Open Source programs you wish were in the Ubuntu Repos

[murderslastcrow]

There are plenty of good open source applications that I think should be packaged for the Ubuntu repositories that just aren't there. I'm going to list a few, and you can add more if you feel inclined.

Stepmania
AceToneISO
PCSX2
Mupen64Plus
Songbird

Any other nice programs you think should be included?

[Bachstelze]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide

Go, go, go!

[Paqman]

Handbrake & Googsystray

[the8thstar]

Global Menu http://www.code.google.com/p/gnome2-globalmenu/

[3rdalbum]

I thought Stepmania and PCSX2 were in the repositories a while ago? Possibly removed due to licensing.

I'd like to see Blacklight in the Ubuntu repositories, but it seems so ridiculously fiddly to make a package that Ubuntu will accept that I simply haven't done it. I might end off seeing if Medibuntu or Getdeb will accept my perfectly-good-but-not-built-from-a-source-package packages.

[nickstu]

Jdownloader

[Mighty_Joe]

Jdownloader

Some packages get outdated quick, for example, Eclipse. The version in the repos is 3.2.2 and the current version is 3.5. JDownloader would probably be like that, since every time I fire it up, it downloads a couple (hundred!) updates. At least they don't rely on a bunch of external dependencies, so they're easy to manually install.

[earthpigg]

TrueCrypt

im not sure why it does not not to meet the FSF or Debian or Open Source Definitions / standards / guidelines.

it has a 'must advertise' clause, but so did the old BSD license.

it has a 'cannot change the license' clause, but so does the current GPL.

here is the legaleze (http://www.truecrypt.org/legal/license) if anyone wants to give it a read.

[deadalus.globalnode]

Hand brake and true crypt

[earthpigg]

well, i found two noteworthy quotes on the subject of truecrypt's license:

http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2006/06/msg00295.html


The license shows many signs of being written by someone with just
enough knowledge to be legally dangerous.
...
[example snipped from license]
...
This is a lawyerbomb. It is not clear that including a copy of the
full source code with every copy you distribute is sufficient, and it
is not clear whether "every copy of your product/modifications" is
meant to apply to copies made by third parties.
...
[another example]
...
Another lawyerbomb. Under traditional laws of agency and employment,
this is redundant of III.3.a, except that it mixes in the vague term
"member" with the term of art "employee".


http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/distributions/2008-October/000276.html

same type of thing:

This is ambiguous, but the best reading of "the copies" seems to refer to "every copy of Your Product that You make and distribute". That therefore means that if you distribute modified versions of TrueCrypt, you cannot charge for copies. That is non-free.



it seems to be that the license leaves stuff open to opinion and personal interpretation. distributions dont get to feel safe including it, because 5 different lawyers can interpret the terms 5 different ways... and there is no way to know which way the judge will interpret it when/if you get taken to court.

[oldos2er]

Acetoneiso is in the repositories.

[Jimmey]

Just before this thread does get quite popular (I imagine alot of people could find it quite useful), can I suggest that any packages mention come accompanied by a small description, so that those of us reading back have an idea of what these apps do?

Thanks

[juancarlospaco]

Savage 1 FPS/RTS game
(sources avaliable at newerth.com)

NX NoMachine
(sources avaliable at nx nomachine website)

PyCracker AirCrack-ng PyGTK GUI
(is python so its open source)

Angry IP Scanner
(i filled a "need-packing bug", and its in-progress state)

Adobe Air
(suck, but i hate more the actual installer)

World of Padman
(nice FPS, very funny, opensource)


:)

[DeadSuperHero]

Shotwell is very promising. Other than that, probably official inclusion in the repos for things like globalmenu, Chromium-browser, etc.

[oldos2er]

can I suggest that any packages mention come accompanied by a small description, so that those of us reading back have an idea of what these apps do?


You can see a description in Synaptic, or in terminal with apt-cache show <package name>

[Hwæt]

A version of Fluxbox that isn't 3 years out of date.

[zerubbabel]

KeepNote is an excellent open-source note-taking and outlining program superior to NoteCase, which is in the repos.

[murderslastcrow]

Hm, maybe we should contact the maintainer of the current edition of fluxbox provided?

Lots of good suggestions here, guys. And thank you for the links to other viable information, such as how to package these for Ubuntu. GetDeb certainly is the number one site to get these things. But with the attention Ubuntu's getting, I think it would be worthwhile to spend a bit of time packaging for the new releases.

[gsmanners]

Handbrake gets my vote. They already supply a package, but they didn't bother backporting it to older Ubuntu releases.

[blueshiftoverwatch]

LeoCAD (http://www.leocad.org/)

[daniele80]

Tivion (http://shakaran.es/blog/tivion/)
world web tv software


Keepnote (http://rasm.ods.org/keepnote/)
Note taking program

Bashare (http://code.google.com/p/bashare/)
«BaShare is an utility that allows you to send large files to your friends quickly.»


Moiosms (http://www.moioli.net/sms/)
Send sms

Ubuntu tweak (http://www.ubuntu-tweak.com/)

Icecat (http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/)

Swiftfox (http://getswiftfox.com/)

Chromium Browser (http://code.google.com/intl/it/chromium/)

Uget (http://urlget.sourceforge.net/)

Minitube (http://flavio.tordini.org/minitube)

[Anxious Nut]

>SKYPE (the site is blocked in my country; the only way to have it is to download it from the repository :( )

>HandBrake