Talk:List of recommended GNU/Linux software

profile-sync-daemon

I would like to add profile-sync-daemon to this list (it symlinks browser profiles to tmpfs/RAM and writes back occasionally) under something akin to a performance subsection. Any suggestions?

-- Galactus (talk) 14:34, 22 November 2015 (EST)

It sounds like it belongs under the Backup and Sync section since it basically just uses rsync to make periodic backups of your browser profile. --Ebay (talk) 18:58, 25 December 2015 (EST)

I suppose I will create a miscellaneous section instead. People tend to have other things in mind when they think about backing things up and syncing them back. — Galactus (talk) 14:47, 26 December 2015 (EST)

Music Players

While there are many music players, MPD is NOT one of them, it is a daemon for music player clients. So I'm thinking of making MPD and its clients in one separate category inside Music Players section, any objections? --Morpheus (talk) 02:50, 12 December 2015 (EST)

It is a bit messy when in its own section. Since MPD plays music in combination with an MPD client it is logical to include it in the Music Players section with a bullet list of MPD clients underneath it. I think it is neater and more compact this way. If you don't like it feel free to revert my edit. --Ebay (talk) 11:57, 25 December 2015 (EST)

Well, mpd doesn't play its own music, it's clients are. And there are numerous MPD players, both graphical and terminal, the last two music players (GMPC and Sonata) is an MPD client.  Morpheus talk 19:05, 25 December 2015 (EST)

Woops, I missed that. I put it back as a subsection now. --Ebay (talk) 20:13, 25 December 2015 (EST)

Not only for Lunix-likes

Is it worth mentioning that a lot of this software will run fine on a BSD operating system? Keboler (talk) 12:48, 19 December 2015 (EST)

You could add a note in the intro that much of this software also works on BSD. Or you could make a new page "List of recommended BSD software" and add it on Recommended_software. Then you could just copy paste software which is compatible from this page onto the new one. Prism Break has a list of BSD compatible software, so it shouldn't be hard to fill out a new page. Ebay (talk) 21:29, 19 December 2015 (EST)

Consistency

For the sake of consistency I think we should use this format:

• Link to internal pages in the first word of the program description rather than in the program title heading. If there is no internal wiki page then use an external link to the project home page instead. It is not practical to make wiki pages for every program listed here.
• Start descriptions as a sentence, not a bullet point. Most entries already use this format. For example: "GIMP is a powerful image editor" not "GIMP - a powerful image editor".

I went ahead and did this on the Windows and GNU/Linux pages. --Ebay (talk) 22:39, 24 December 2015 (EST)

I can agree with this. Also, please add profile-sync-daemon SOMEWHERE. — Galactus (talk) 08:18, 25 December 2015 (EST)

What is it? And in which category does it specifically fall under?  Morpheus talk 08:21, 25 December 2015 (EST)

It's a daemon that moves your browser profile to tempfs (might use overlayfs if you have it, for superior performance) and syncs it back to disk according to a cronjob. Personally, mine does it every 15 minutes IIRC. I have no idea which category it falls under, if any (refer to the first topic of this talk area). — Galactus (talk) 17:10, 25 December 2015 (EST)

You can add a Miscellaneous section and put it there.  Morpheus talk 18:57, 25 December 2015 (EST)

I will do this then. — Galactus (talk) 14:47, 26 December 2015 (EST)

Leafpad

I added Leafpad as a text editor, right under gedit, because it's very lightweight and fast, and is sorta like Notepad.

Leafpad uses less than 1MB of space for the program itself, whereas gedit requires 100+MB of space for the application and required libraries.

I'm sure it's not an issue, just wanted to explain my reasoning behind putting it so high, and adding it, since some might object.

It's just a simple, easy, lightweight text editor.