This is an idea I've had about a year ago and gave some thought on and
off since then, but Richard Hughes has mentioned a similar idea several
times on this list as well.
The idea is to show the (large number of) applications available to
Fedora users through yum, but instead of a linear list displayed in
pirut for example, show them directly in the main menu: that way the
available apps are already categorized in a familiar way, and you can
see the application icons and short descriptions through the menu tooltip.
For kicks and giggles, I hacked up a proof-of-concept RPM here for F-8 :
http://www.poolshark.org/src/fedora-apps-0.1-1.fc8.i386.rpm
After installation, you'll have to restart the gnome-panel with a quick
'killall gnome-panel'. The rpm is 5 MB, which is not bad for almost 1000
apps (remember we're only talking about GUI apps here, i.e. apps that
install a desktop file).
Screenshots:
http://www.poolshark.org/apps1.png
The RPM comes with a 'fedora-apps-update' binary that updates the
symlinks based on the apps already installed (so that an installed
application doesn't show up on the uninstalled list).
What command should this menu entries run ? i was hoping there would be
a simple 'pirut --install foo' or 'pup --install foo' option, but
apparently there isn't.
Comments ?
-denis
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