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CategorySub CategoryApp / PackageSize (archive)Size (disk space)ReasoningXfce DistrosOther Distros
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Accessories
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Backupdeja-dup1,1205,990mentioned in documentation and was proposed in 14.10Linux Mint, MX
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate
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patchClipboard Managerxfce4-clipman-plugin1701,018
fixes X11 issue with clipboard clearing when closing an app and provides useful functionality
Manjaro, MX
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Dockplank5782,510useful for those wanting to use a Mac OS styled dockEnso, Voyager, Emmabuntus
Ubuntu Mate, elementaryOS
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Password Managerkeepassxc2,85213,000encourages offline password saving rather than online (e.g. lastpass) or in-browser
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Password Manager (PGP)seahorse7023,631assist users who are making/viewing their PGP or SSH keysLinux Mint, MX
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie
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Remote Desktopremmina4,21117,900for users wanting to remote into their other systems or systems of remote family membersUbuntu
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Screen Readerorca7196,105improves default setup for accessible users
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie
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10,35250,154
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Games
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Chessgnome-chess3471,538
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Four in a Rowfour-in-a-row4871,820
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Minesgnome-mines-115-934should be removed if SGT puzzle's Mines has the same features
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Mahjongggnome-mahjongg2,5203,441MX
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie
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Solitareaisleriot5,89054,600
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie
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Snakegnome-nibbles1631,456
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Sudokugnome-sudoku-426-1,922should be removed if SGT puzzle's Solo has the same features
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Tetrisquadrapassel155885
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9,02160,884
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Graphics
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Image Organizershotwell2,1467,492
includes basic image editing features like crop, red-eye removal, and color adjustment, not available in ristretto
Linux Mint
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate
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Internet
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Chathexchat1,1485,595IRC is our primary support medium, so having an IRC client preinstalled is usefulLinux Mint, Manjaro, MX
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Chattelegram-desktop18,70049,500highly used in FOSS community and useful if telegram is our secondary support medium. poll
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Chatpidgin-6,671-35,730not as useful as it once was with MSN and hangouts no longer workingManjaro
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13,17719,365
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Multimedia
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Music Playerrhythmbox2,0078,394parole is a video player and can't be used affectively as an audio player substituteLinux Mint, Manjaro, MX
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie
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Webcamcheese211728take pics and videos from webcam. parts of cheese are already bundled for mugshotMX
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate
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2,2189,122
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Settings
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Firewallgufw8603,538useful as an entry to have in Settings ManagerLinux Mint, MXUbuntu Mate
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Monitor Color Temperatureredshift-gtk3041,882wellness featureLinux Mint, Amarok Linux
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1,1645,420
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System
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Boot Repairboot-repair1,8336,789solve boot issues (only for live session)Linux Mint, MX, EmmabuntusUbuntu Mate
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Backuptimeshift6403,323easily recover from system failures due to software installation / upgrading
Linux Mint, Manjaro, Emmabuntus
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Disk Partitioninggparted4011,721available in live session and mentioned in documentation
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Disk Managmentgnome-disk-utility3751,999provides partition auto mounting, ISO mouting, USB ISO writingLinux Mint
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie
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Disk Usagebaobab95737useful as mentioned in documentation
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Firmwaregnome-firmware37161useful as an entry to have in Settings Manager
Ubuntu Mate, Ubuntu Budgie
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Log Viewergnome-logs122713useful as an entry to have in Settings ManagerLinux Mint
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Mate
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Package Managersynaptic1,3626,346
gnome software is fine for beginners, though still quite buggy, but not useful for finer package management
Linux Mint, Manjaro, MX
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System Infoneofetch5,30714,300issue was solved upstream - fix the issue
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3,03215,000
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ThemingPolls: Gtk theme (twitter, facebook, reddit), Icon theme (twitter, facebook, reddit)
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Gtk Themearc-theme3278,625most popular theme and also competes with Manjaro's Arc-based Matcha theme
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Gtk Themenumix-blue-gtk-theme1062,817adds blue variant to the already shipping Numix theme
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Gtk Themeadapta-gtk-theme3,05425,000
flat, second most popular themes. no longer maintained and has large recommended dependencies
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Gtk Thememateria-gtk-theme2107,532flat, material design, theme used by default in ubuntu studio
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Icon Themeadwaita-icon-theme-full7,24822,700https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xubuntu-meta/+bug/1866814
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Icon Themepapirus-icon-theme14,400141,000very popular icon theme. 1st on OMG
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Icon Themenumix-icon-theme-circle3,47667,500compliments the already installed numix gtk theme and is a popular icon theme. 2nd on OMG
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28,611275,174
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Others
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Compressionp7zip-rar45118to be able to open .rar files (its a 'Suggests' package for p7zip-full)
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Thunar Pluginthunar-shares-plugin49374available in the extras PPA and very useful as shares-admin doesn't work
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bugCJK Keyboard Inputibus5,10246,500
make it easy for CJK users (user 1, user 2) to get up and running and used by apps like Zoom
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Qt Themingqt5-style-plugins10,60045,400
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Toolkit Settingsqt5ct202979
make it easy for users to customize the appearance of Qt apps (if we ship any or user installs any)
Ubuntu Budgie
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patchGlobal Menuxfce4-appmenu-plugin3832,201very useful if plank is preinstalled or the Mac OS panel layout is implementedUbuntu Mate
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16,38195,572
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Laptop
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Hiberationpm-utils269997requested to be installed in documentation for enabling hibernation
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Power Managmentlaptop-mode-tools16,70072,100highly installed app based on popularity-contest data (has a Qt GUI and conflicts with tlp)
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Power Managmentpowertop195659diagnostic tool for power consumption and power management
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Power Managmenttlp209852improves battery lifeUbuntu Mate
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Grand Total86,775540,691
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Grand Total (Must Add)
7,25633,571
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Grand Total (Recommended)
45,129188,377
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Grand Total (Good to Add)
4,48812,581
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Qt Apps32,354108,879
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Default Apps Comparison - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TiVcXNSfiDkwIIonz5WyBFAcTkg-hw7iIVzDH6_gsME/edit#gid=0
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Github Issue - https://github.com/Xubuntu/xubuntu-default-settings/issues/5
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Tweet - https://twitter.com/jphilipz/status/1282838891154812930
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Post - https://www.facebook.com/xubuntuusers/posts/2985186154863605
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Dark green entries indicate apps that have to be added
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Green entries indicate apps that are recommended to be added
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Light green entries indicate apps that are good to be added
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Red entries indicate apps that are recommenede to be removed
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Apps that install in space above 40 mb
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Apps that install in space from 10 to 30 mb
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