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Additional Software

2016-02-04T21:13:09Z

Yekutiel: /* Simple Screen Recorder */

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!

== User-Friendly Method for Installing Additional Software ==
I suggest allowing users to install software with something like Puppy Linux’s [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3wRTUmSRswQ/VIjKl-JX3UI/AAAAAAAAG84/aawWhFO1DMk/s1600/capture5553.png Quickpet Tahr]

== Desktop/Productivity ==

=== Google Chrome ===

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
curl -O https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
sudo apt-key add linux_signing_key.pub
sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
</pre>

=== Google Drive integration ===

* 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>

* Next, add yourself to the Linux group ''fuse'' so you can mount Google Drive without root.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo usermod -a -G fuse <user_name>
exec su -l $USER
</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 Startup Applications.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
google-drive-ocamlfuse -label default /home/<user>/googledrive
</pre>

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

=== Skype ===

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype
</pre>

Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype

=== Wine ===

Wine has been a source of frustration. We're working on reliable and repeatable instructions, the essentials of which will be:

* Enable i386 libraries
* Add the proper PPA package source
* Update package lists
* Install Wine

<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>

Try it, it might work! Sometimes it doesn't though. Requires more testing.

=== Simple Screen Recorder ===
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
Kazam is a simple screen recording program that will capture the content of your screen and record a video filesudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder
</pre>

=== Kazam Screencaster ===
* it can be installed from the Synaptic Package Manager.
* [https://launchpad.net/kazam Kazam is a simple screen recording program that will capture the content of your screen and record a video file].
* See these [https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/kazam/ reviews of Kazam].

== Games ==

=== Steam ===
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
curl -O http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb
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.

=== 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>

== 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.

==== Hardware temperature monitor ====
* <code>xfce4-sensors-plugin</code> Do '''not''' select "''tacos''." 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.

Additional Software

2016-02-04T20:11:58Z

Yekutiel: Suggestion for an interface to allow users to easily install software .

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!

== User-Friendly Method for Installing Additional Software ==
I suggest allowing users to install software with something like Puppy Linux’s [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3wRTUmSRswQ/VIjKl-JX3UI/AAAAAAAAG84/aawWhFO1DMk/s1600/capture5553.png Quickpet Tahr]

== Desktop/Productivity ==

=== Google Chrome ===

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
curl -O https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub
sudo apt-key add linux_signing_key.pub
sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
</pre>

=== Google Drive integration ===

* 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>

* Next, add yourself to the Linux group ''fuse'' so you can mount Google Drive without root.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo usermod -a -G fuse <user_name>
exec su -l $USER
</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 Startup Applications.
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
google-drive-ocamlfuse -label default /home/<user>/googledrive
</pre>

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

=== Skype ===

<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype
</pre>

Source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Skype

=== Wine ===

Wine has been a source of frustration. We're working on reliable and repeatable instructions, the essentials of which will be:

* Enable i386 libraries
* Add the proper PPA package source
* Update package lists
* Install Wine

<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>

Try it, it might work! Sometimes it doesn't though. Requires more testing.

=== 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>

== Games ==

=== Steam ===
<pre style="margin:0 0 0 1.5em">
curl -O http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/archive/precise/steam_latest.deb
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.

=== 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>

== 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.

==== Hardware temperature monitor ====
* <code>xfce4-sensors-plugin</code> Do '''not''' select "''tacos''." 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.