Additional Software

2019-01-02T14:32:18Z

Amattice: /* Utilities */

GalliumOS comes with a good selection of desktop and utility software, but there is a huge variety of additional options and alternatives.

GalliumOS can install any software packages built for Ubuntu, directly from the Canonical package servers.

There are also some frequently-requested applications that are not available from Canonical, or are more complicated to install. A few are listed here. Please add more!

== Desktop ==

=== Google Chrome ===

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
curl -O https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
</pre>



=== Adobe Flash ===

Adobe Flash apps (and Twitch streams, etc) require Adobe Flash Player, which is not included by default in GalliumOS.

* Install adobe-flashplugin from Canonical's <code>partner</code> repository.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 2em; padding:0.4em;">
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
</pre>
* Confirm installation by entering <code>chrome://plugins</code> (Chromium) or <code>about:plugins</code> (Firefox) into the URL bar

The proprietary version of Google Chrome includes PepperFlash, and does not require an additional plugin.

=== Firefox Aurora ===

Aurora is the '''developer preview''' of Firefox.

The '''stable''' version of Firefox can be installed from the standard Canonical repositories with <code>sudo apt install firefox</code>.

More info: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ubuntu/firefox-aurora

=== Pale Moon ===

Pale Moon is a web browser, originally derived from Firefox, and optimized for performance.

* Official site: http://linux.palemoon.org/
* Installation: https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Astevenpusser&package=palemoon
** (Follow instructions for Ubuntu)

=== TeamViewer ===

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
curl -OL http://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_i386.deb
</pre>

=== Google Drive integration<br> ===
* Install the software
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alessandro-strada/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-drive-ocamlfuse
</pre>

* Run google-drive-ocamlfuse for first time setup.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
google-drive-ocamlfuse
</pre>

You'll get a browser window asking you to sign in to your Google account and if you want to give gdfuse OAuth2 Endpoint permission to access your Drive files. Hit Accept / Allow for any following dialog. Close the browser window.

* Next, create a directory where your Google Drive files will be mounted, preferably in your home directory, and mount Google Drive to that directory.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
mkdir ~/googledrive
google-drive-ocamlfuse ~/googledrive
</pre>

You can check if Google Drive is mounted by performing:
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
mount
</pre>

You can also check how much space you have left:
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
df
</pre>

If you want to unmount, simply run
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
fusermount -u ~/googledrive
</pre>

* To mount Google Drive at startup, set the following command to run at boot with Session and Startup.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
google-drive-ocamlfuse -label default /home/<user>/googledrive
</pre>

Alternatively, you may wish to set Google Drive to mount at startup using the <code>/etc/fstab</code> file. If so, create the file <code>/usr/bin/gdfuse</code> with the following contents, replacing <code><user></code> with your GalliumOS username, then run <code>sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/gdfuse</code>.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
#!/bin/bash
su <user> -l -c "google-drive-ocamlfuse $*"
exit 0
</pre>
Next, add the following line to your <code>/etc/fstab</code>, again replacing <code><user></code> with your user, and replacing the <code>uid/<code> and <code>gid</code> values with the values retrieved from the <code>echo $UID</code> and <code>echo $GID</code> commands respectively.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
gdfuse /home/<user>/googledrive fuse uid=1000,gid=1000,user 0 0
</pre>
If you decide to change the mount location for Google Drive, make sure the location is owned by your user. You can do so by running <code>chown $UID:$GID /mount/location</code>.

A word of warning, large files such as movies or large videos don't work too well with google-drive-ocamlfuse using default settings. Files are cached to ~/.gdfuse/default/cache. A config file can be found in the directory above that, with parameters to allow for streaming larger files, cache size, etc.. The streaming larger files parameter is perfect for large videos and movies. For more information, check out gdfuse on GitHub.

Adapted from: http://xmodulo.com/mount-google-drive-linux.html

Most up-to-date instructions can be found on project home page: https://github.com/astrada/google-drive-ocamlfuse/wiki

=== Skype ===

Download the .deb below, and install using:
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo dpkg -i skypeforlinux-64.deb
</pre>

Deb download: https://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-linux/downloading-web/?type=weblinux-deb

If you have the older Skype client installed, you will need to update to the newest client. For information on the older client, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype

Source: https://blogs.skype.com/news/2017/03/01/the-skype-for-linux-beta-version-5-0-is-now-available-for-download

Note that while this is the only officially supported Skype client, it is an beta, so not everything may work.

=== Wine ===

Wine has been a source of frustration. These instructions are verified on a fresh install of 2.0.

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.8
</pre>

=== Simple Screen Recorder ===
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder
</pre>

=== Spotify ===

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886
echo deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install spotify-client
</pre>

Source: https://www.spotify.com/us/download/linux/

=== Kodi Media Center ===

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties pkg-config software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kodi
</pre>

== Games ==

=== Steam ===

==== GalliumOS 2.x ====

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
curl -O http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb
sudo apt install python-apt
sudo dpkg -i steam_latest.deb
</pre>

Then launch Steam from the application launcher. Your user must be in the "sudo" group (if it is not, the dpkg command above will also fail), so that the installer can do all the things it needs to do.

<div style="background-color:#eeeeff; border:1px solid #aaaaff; padding:0 1em 1em 1em; margin-bottom:1em;">

==== GalliumOS 3.x, method 1 ====

After the steps for 2.x above, you'll need to install another package:

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo apt install libgpg-error0
</pre>

And then launch Steam from the command line:

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
LD_PRELOAD='/usr/$LIB/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/$LIB/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/$LIB/libxcb.so.1 /usr/$LIB/libgpg-error.so' /usr/bin/steam
</pre>

(Awkward(!) shell commands from Valve bug tracker: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/4816#issuecomment-339329851, tested on GalliumOS 3.0alpha1, thanks anathaema via IRC!)
</div>

<div style="background-color:#eeeeff; border:1px solid #aaaaff; padding:0 1em 1em 1em;">

==== GalliumOS 3.x, method 2 (preferred, probably!) ====

Just these commands...

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt install steam-installer
</pre>

Thanks Kharma via IRC!

</div>

=== Minecraft ===
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo bash
apt-get install default-jre
curl -o /usr/local/bin/Minecraft.jar https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/launcher/Minecraft.jar
curl -o /usr/share/pixmaps/minecraft.png https://chrx.org/minecraft.png
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/applications
cat > /usr/local/share/applications/minecraft.desktop <<EOF
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Minecraft
Comment=Minecraft
Exec=java -jar /usr/local/bin/Minecraft.jar
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/minecraft.png
Categories=Game;
EOF
</pre>

== Utilities ==

=== grsync ===
Graphical lightweight version of rsync to back up data between drives
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo apt-get install grsync
</pre>

=== aptik ===
Backup APT sources/repository data
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aptik
</pre>

=== OpenVPN ===
Install the following two packages to get OpenVPN connectivity with your favorite VPN service.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo apt-get install openvpn network-manager-openvpn
</pre>

=== caffeine-plus ===
Used to keep the screen awake with full screen applications such as full screen video.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install caffeine-plus
</pre>
Source: [http://www.webupd8.org/2014/08/screensaver-lock-screen-inhibitor.html Webupd8]

=== Tor Browser ===
Used to browse the tor browser for anonymous web browsing. Can be seen here
https://wiki.galliumos.org/Tor

== Hardware Optimization ==

=== Battery Tuning ===

==== Powertop ====
Monitor process and device power consumption. Includes a handy auto-tune option which can be run at startup that helps to minimize power consumption. Powertop also provides a calibration option, which some people have reported issues with (locks up device?).

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo apt-get install powertop
sudo powertop
</pre>

Powertop needs to be run every time the system boots. Expand for instructions:

<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="border:1px #666666 dashed;padding:0.5em 1em;min-height:2em;margin:0 2em;background-color:#eee;">

Create <code>/etc/systemd/system/powertop.service</code> with the following content:

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
[Unit]
Description=Powertop tunings

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/powertop --auto-tune

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
</pre>

Then reboot.

Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Powertop
</div>

==== TLP ====

Advanced power management tool that also provides a default configuration optimized for battery life for "install and forget it" benefits. TLP has reportedly provided some improvement to battery life. Your mileage may vary.

<div style="background-color:#ffffcc;margin:0 0 0.5em 1.5em; padding:0.3em;border:1px solid #ccccaa">NOTE: There are also reports of system instability while running TLP. If you experience any issues, try disabling it first.</div>

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
sudo apt-get install tlp
sudo tlp start</pre>

== Miscellaneous ==

These have been discussed, but are not presently candidates for inclusion in the default installation. They might be of special interest, might have important caveats, or might be the unchosen of other options. Presented here for convenience.

==== Changing the Window Manager ====
* The <code>i3</code> window manager is a minimal tiling window manager that can be successfully installed alongside the default galliumos WM (<code>xfce4</code>). Instructions are available here[https://wiki.galliumos.org/FAQ/i3wm]. If you want to try something totally new in terms of user-experience, try this out. If you want to improve your development workflow, try this out (then go look up emacs).

==== Hardware temperature monitor ====
* <code>xfce4-sensors-plugin</code> from Ubuntu repositories. '''WARNING:''' Do '''not''' select <code>tachos</code>. It will crash your desktop.

==== Clipboard Manager ====
* <code>clipit</code> from Ubuntu repositories. Developer homepage is missing. Be conscious of the security implications of all clipboard managers.

==== Video Player ====
* https://mpv.io/ Lightweight, but very minimal UI
* <code>smplayer</code> from Ubuntu repositories. Lightweight.

==== Screen Recorder ====
* <code>OBS</code> from PPA. One of the most popular screen recording tools. See https://obsproject.com/ for more info.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install obs-studio
</pre>
* <code>kazam</code> from Ubuntu repositories. Alternative to <code>simplescreenrecorder</code>, above. See https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/kazam/ for more info.

==== Disk Usage/Performance Indicators ====
* <code>xfce4-goodies</code> from Ubuntu repositories includes a free space checker applet
* <code>xfce4-diskperf-plugin</code> from Ubuntu repositories is a disk performance monitor applet, and shows usage as well

GalliumOS Wiki - User contributions [en]

Additional Software