Hardware and Architecture Support

Architecture-independent

• readahead
• hotkey-setup

Power management:

• acpi-support
• powernowd
• powermanagement-interface [i386 amd64 powerpc ia64]

i386, i686, amd64

• acpi
• acpid
• apmd [i386]

ppc32, ppc64

• pbbuttonsd #ThomMay

Console-Based Tools

These tools are very commonly used by people who drop into a console shell to do some work.

• bc
• dc
• irssi
• mkisofs
• cdrecord
• cdparanoia
• dvd+rw-tools
• screen
• lftp
• slocate # tool to index user files
• doc-debian # move to Desktop since people doing a Base install probably won't need it
• zip
• unzip # also used for .zip support in file-roller

Network Services

Basic network services and Windows integration.

• smbclient # to access files on other SAMBA and Windows servers
• wvdial # for automatic dialup configuration via g-s-t

These packages help with system integration

• libsasl2-modules # allows integration with MTA and login system

Printing

Printing and printer configuration is a real weak spot in Debian, and in Linux in general. We will need to stay at the front of the curve here.

• cupsys # our preferred printer management infrastructure
• cupsys-bsd # gives us lpc, lpq, lpr, lprm
• cupsys-client # gives us cancel, cupstestppd, lp, lpoptions, lppasswd, lpstat, cupsaddsmb, accept, lpadmin, lpinfo, lpmove
• foomatic-db-engine # integrate the foomatic printer driver engine
• foomatic-db # the foomatic printer driver database
• foomatic-filters # converter from postscript to printer-specific formats
• foomatic-db-gutenprint # printer drivers from the gutenprint project
• foomatic-db-hpijs # printer drivers from the hp inkjet project
• foomatic-filters-ppds # a ton of ppds, large but gives us very comprehensive printer support
• cupsys-driver-gutenprint # a ton of cupsys ppds, for real comprehensive printer support
• pnm2ppa # several ppds require this
• gs-esp # some ppds require this, in place of standard gs
• hplip # support for HP all-in-one printers
• hplip-ppds # support for HP all-in-one printers

• min12xxw # support for KonicaMinolta PagePro 1200W, 1300W printers

• foo2zjs # Support for printing to ZjStream-based printers

GUI infrastructure

• x-window-system-core
• xterm
• xserver-xorg-input-synaptics # for enhanced touchpad features
• xkeyboard-config # XKB data now lives here

Fonts:

• x-ttcidfont-conf
• ttf-bitstream-vera
• ttf-dejavu
• ttf-freefont
• ttf-kochi-gothic
• ttf-kochi-mincho
• ttf-arphic-uming
• ttf-arphic-ukai
• ttf-arabeyes
• ttf-baekmuk
• ttf-indic-fonts
• ttf-malayalam-fonts
• ttf-mgopen
• ttf-thai-tlwg
• ttf-lao
• ttf-gentium

======= Input methods:

• scim
• scim-gtk2-immodule

Xfce Desktop

• xfce4-session
• xfwm4
• xfwm4-themes
• xfdesktop4
• xfce4-panel
• xfce4-utils
• xfce4-mcs-plugins
• xfce4-mixer-alsa
• xfprint4
• xfce4-terminal
• xfce4-appfinder
• xfce4-taskmanager
• xfce4-mailwatch-plugin
• xfce4-fsguard-plugin
• xfce4-verve-plugin
• xfce4-battery-plugin
• xfce4-clipman-plugin
• xfce4-mount-plugin
• xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin
• xfce4-weather-plugin
• xfce4-xkb-plugin
• orage
• thunar
• mousepad
• xfmedia

Other desktop apps

• gqview
• gaim
• gdm
• gimp
• evince-gtk
• hal # it's not very polished but it's the future
• libglib2.0-data
• firefox
• scrollkeeper
• synaptic # will this be our default package manager?
• dbus-1-utils # for session dbus, #895
• abiword
• xscreensaver
• xscreensaver-gl # MRS, we will only ship a subset of the screensavers from rss-glx and xscreensaver
• xscreensaver-data # subset package for the non-gl screensavers we ship
• gdebi # view/install deb packages
• language-selector
• xubuntu-system-tools
• gtk2-engines-xfce
• gtk2-engines-clearlooks
• gtk2-engines-mist
• gtk2-engines-industrial
• gtk2-engines-smooth

Documentation:

• doc-base
• xubuntu-docs

Other

• xubuntu-desktop # metapackage for everything here
• anacron # generally appropriate for desktops
• usplash
• libxp6 # required for some thirdy part apps. See #15739
• xubuntu-artwork-usplash
• xubuntu-default-settings
• libpam-foreground