Programs to add to the Software Boutique

[maro]

Continuing the discussion from Jitsi (encrypted IM/OTR and encrypted VoIP and video conferencing/ZRTP) for Software Boutique - best Skype alternative + installation guide:

Great idea to start a new thread. This looks very organized and I rather contribute here. The current Software Boutique (Version 16.10.0~xenial1.6) has the following categories: Accessories, Education, Games, Graphics, Internet, Office, Programming, Sound & Video, System Tools, Universal Access, Servers, More Software, and Fixes. Could we get a new category Security & Privacy and move the sub-categories Encryption and Password Management from Accessories into it? The Accessories category is already very cluttered and is very likely to expand. My suggestions for such a new category and the Internet category are:

Security & Privacy

• Vera Crypt (move from Accessories > Encryption to Security & Privacy > Encryption)

• Enpass (move from Accessories > Password Management to Security & Privacy > Password Management)

• ClamAV (Security & Privacy > Antivirus)

• OpenVPN (Security & Privacy > VPN)

• AirVPN (Security & Privacy > VPN)

• Cisco AnyConnect (Security & Privacy > VPN)

Internet

• Jitsi (> Instant Messaging)

[Steve]

Unless they can be installed through a repository or PPA they can’t go into the Software Boutique. See comment by @Wimpy in this thread:

2 Amazing softwares that should be added to the software boutique!

Hi ! if you like video editing and adding a lot of effect , you certainly miss AfterEffects , even if blender is realy good , the interface is not very user friendly. There is an alternative called Natron : http://natron.fr/ i think it should be added to the software boutique with shotcut https://www.shotcut.org/ an excellent video editor

I do like the look of the CLI Companion though and will probably install it myself.

[Cold]

Oops, I knew I was forgetting something. Just added them.

[Joss]

What the Boutique needs, and it needs it badly, is a search function.
That said, SMPlayer is missing under Sound & Video.

[lah7]

First post is now a Wiki. Please feel free to edit and add more applications in @Cold’s format.

Makes it easier for @Wimpy too!

[Wimpy]

Thanks for sorting this @lah7 and thanks to everyone for contributing your suggestions

[wizd3m]

I’ve added Systemback to the list. As an alternative to dejadup.

[xaitec]

I often use Deluge as a torrent client since it is GTK.

DeVeDe could be a nice addition its probably the only gui software I install that is not in the boutique.

[maro]

I’ve added Zotero (zotero.org and launchpad) to the wiki. It is the best alternative to the proprietary referencing tools Thomson Reuters EndNote and Elsevier Mendeley.

[Cold]

@Wimpy You should also take a glance at this guy other extensions:

Nautilus-lxSplit
Split or join files with Nautilus-lxSplit extension, incase you need to send a file on gmail, but is bigger than 25MB you can split it into parts, and then join them when you receive them.

Website

sudo add-apt-repository nautilus-extensions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-lxsplit

Nautilus Document Converter

• Convert documents between 100 different formats on Nautilus context menu.
• If necessary automatically starts LibreOffice to convert
• It can be used as client / server
• You can use templates to convert the document
• Is multi platform

[Website](http://www.atareao.es/apps/convertir-pdf-en-ubuntu-con-nautilus-document-converter//)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/nautilus-extensions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-document-converter

Nautilus-PrintIt
Lets you print one or multiple images without having to open Gimp or other image applications. Comments mention that he is working on adding pdf print.

Website

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/nautilus-extensions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-printit

nautilus- copypaste -images
nautilus- copypaste -images is a plugin for Nautilus that allows us to copy and paste images to the clipboard in Ubuntu from any image editor ( Gimp , Krita , Paint , etc ) and Nautilus. It creates new images from existing ones , you only select what you need from a particular image in any editor , and paste it in Nautilus , and in the same way , you can copy it in Nautilus , and paste it into the editor images , all simple , fast and effective.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g8iKN6hidRU/Vs9tDtjEH8I/AAAAAAAAyJs/bmEWrV3396s/s800/Guardar%2520la%2520imagen%2520del%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520%2520portapapeles%2520como%2520..._476.png

Website
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/nautilus-extensions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nautilus-copypaste-images

Crushing Machine
Crushing Machine you can delete files securely so that it cant be able to restore it. It's a GUI of the app secure rm (srm) .

Website

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/nautilus-extensions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install crushing-machine

replace-me
Replaces strings in multiple files

Website

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/nautilus-extensions
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install replace-me

[maro]

Crushing Machine looks very good (the other suggestions are great too). What is your experience with it and do you think it is good enough for the Software Boutique? Or are you suggesting possible integration into Caja in form of a context menu entry Securely Delete? If something like this is technically feasible it would be amazing! @Cold

[Cold]

@maro

Crushing machine is a program that has nautilus integration with the context menu showing Securely Delete option. If you press that you will go to that program window and delete the stuff, or you can open the program by going into the other category. Haven’t tried it yet, just found it and wanted to show it to the mate team to check it, and help atareao in porting it.

BTW, where can I check what extensions for caja exist?

[wolfman]

BTW, where can I check what extensions for caja exist?

Hi @Cold,

does this help?:

http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/applications:caja