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Distribution Requirements for Linux Desktop

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 23:21 — jmeeuwen

Conditions

The following conditions apply to a Linux Desktop distribution:

  1. One or two Desktop Environments
  2. Graphical User Interface

Available Software

Given the conditions above, we would want the following software to be available on a system to be installed with Desktop Linux:

  • Bittorrent Client
    • Transmission
  • Browser
    • Firefox
    • Konqueror
  • Email, Calendaring & Collaboration Client
    • Thunderbird(-lightning)
    • Kontact
  • GNOME
  • Instant Messaging
    • Pidgin
  • IRC Chat Client
  • KDE