DefaultApps

Default Ubuntu Desktop Apps

Ubuntu Desktop includes a number of apps that are shipped by default (i.e. included on the CD image). These apps are included with the following criteria:

  • They are good quality apps.
  • They are useful to the target audience of Ubuntu Desktop users.
  • They keep the CD image to a reasonable size.

Since Ubuntu 17.10 we ship the GNOME desktop by default. GNOME has a set of core apps that should be shipped by default. Where we are not shipping a core app we have listed here the reasons for this. A core app that doesn't have a reason not to ship is a good candidate for being a default app in Ubuntu. The list of core apps is managed in jhbuild.

Any discussions about default apps should occur on the Ubuntu Desktop mailing list.

GNOME Core Apps

App name

Type

Included

Notes

baobab

Disk Usage

Yes

cheese

Camera

Yes

eog

Image Viewer

Yes

epiphany

Web Browser

No

We ship Firefox instead for security, functionality and brand recognition.

evince

PDF Viewer

Yes

file-roller

File Archiver

Yes

gedit

Text Editor

Yes

gnome-boxes

Virtual Machines and Remote Desktop

No

With default dependencies is very large (>500Mb). Upstream plans to support RDP which will make it a future candidate for replacing Remmina.

gnome-calculator

Calculator

Yes

gnome-calendar

Calendar

Yes

Default since 16.04 LTS.

gnome-characters

Character Browser

Yes

Default since 18.04 LTS

gnome-clocks

Clock Tool

Proposed

Proposed for inclusion.

gnome-contacts

Address Book

Proposed

Proposed for inclusion.

gnome-disk-utility

Disk Tools

Yes

gnome-documents

Document Manager

No

Relies on tracker.

gnome-font-viewer

Font Browser

Yes

gnome-logs

Log Viewer

Yes

gnome-maps

Maps

Proposed

Proposed for inclusion. Uncertainty surrounding use of Mapbox tiles into the future.

gnome-music

Music Player

No

Discussion about inclusion. Relies on tracker. We ship Rhythmbox instead.

gnome-photos

Photo Manager

No

Discussion about inclusion. Relies on tracker. We ship Shotwell instead.

gnome-screenshot

Screenshot Tool

Yes

gnome-software

App Manager

Yes

Default since 16.04 LTS.

gnome-system-monitor

System Monitor

Yes

gnome-terminal

Terminal

Yes

gnome-todo

Task Tracker

Yes

Default since 18.04 LTS.

gnome-weather

Weather Tool

Proposed

Proposed for inclusion.

nautilus

File manager

Yes

simple-scan

Document Scanner

Yes

sushi

File Previewer

Proposed

Proposed for inclusion.

totem

Video Player

Yes

yelp

Help browser

Yes

Other Default Apps

App name

Type

Notes

aisleriot

Card Game

checkbox

Hardware Testing Tool

deja-dup

Backups

firefox

Web Browser

epiphany is the GNOME web browser.

gnome-mahjongg

Puzzle Game

gnome-mines

Puzzle Game

gnome-sudoku

Puzzle Game

gucharmap

Character Browser

GNOME uses gnome-characters by default.

libreoffice-writer

Document Writer

libreoffice-calc

Spreadsheet

libreoffice-impress

Presentations

remmina

Remote Desktop

Proposed for removal. Used to ship Vinagre, but users preferred Remmina. gnome-boxes is working on functionality that will make it a replacement for Remmina.

rhythmbox

Music Player

GNOME uses gnome-music by default.

shotwell

Photo Manager

GNOME uses gnome-photos by default.

thunderbird

Email Client

There are a number of GNOME email clients being developed, but none has gained core app status.

transmission-gtk

BitTorrent Client

usb-creator-gtk

Startup Disk Creator

xdiagnose

Diagnostic Tool

Proposed for removal.

xterm

Terminal

Proposed for removal.

DefaultApps (last edited 2018-06-21 13:30:36 by seb128)