Feature Idea - Tool Centre

[Aaron Honeycutt]

So what your thinking of is an application that can install meta packages
with preset application bundles for users different setups.

On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Rick Timmis <rick-timmis at kubuntu.org>
wrote:

> Hi folks
>
> I checked in on Ubuntu-Make, but it's not what I had in mind. Also it
> seems what it provides is quite limited, especially on 16.04 ( I'll discuss
> this a bit more on the Kubuntu Podcast )
>
> Marco -> Yes this is a great idea, and would be wonderful way of
> implementing the Feature I mentioned, but at the same time would promote
> the use of Activities
>
> Does anyone have any pointers / documentation links about created
> Activities ?
>
> I would see this implemented as a meta-package, which pulls in various
> tools, dependencies, and of course an Activity
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
>
> On 24/12/16 19:39, Marco Parillo wrote:
>
> Could each setup automajically be placed on a separate activity?
> Activities are no longer new, but it seems as if many do not see the use
> case for them yet?
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Rick Timmis <rick-timmis at kubuntu.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Friends
>>
>> I'll keep this brief. Years ago Red Hat offered a set of installation
>> options to setup different environments. I think it would be cool to do
>> the same.
>>
>> Using a Mint Style Welcome Screen ( Some work already done on this )
>> we'd provide a "Tool Center" feature.
>>
>> In this centre would be installation scripts for different setups. For
>> example
>>
>> Video Editing - Installs KDEnlive, Krita, DVD Tools etc...
>>
>> Web Developer - Installs Kdevelop, PHP Plugins, Xdebug, KlinkChecker,
>> etc...
>>
>> In addition we would ask the community to provide installer scripts (
>> Basically apt-get lists )
>>
>> Just an idea...
>>
>> Rick
>>
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