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gnome-core
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The intent of the GNOME Core metapackage is to closely match what
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GNOME themselves determine to be core GNOME. The apps are listed in
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/tree/master/elements/core/meta-gnome-core-shell.bst
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/tree/master/elements/core/meta-gnome-core-apps.bst
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However, we do make a few adjustments to better fit our user's needs:
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- Firefox ESR is preferred over Epiphany
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- Several Sharing extensions are Recommends to allow them to be uninstalled
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+ GNOME Remote Desktop
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+ GNOME User Share
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+ Rygel / Media Sharing
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- GNOME Initial Setup is suggested instead of pre-installed
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because it isn't needed in typical installs done by the Debian Installer
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- GNOME Color Manager is suggested
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+ It provides some minor functionality in Setttings > Color
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- GNOME Music is not included in GNOME Core but is currently include in
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the gnome metapackage
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+ It is an unusual app for a default music player
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gnome
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=====
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A separate metapackage, gnome, includes several apps to supplement core GNOME.
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It is installed with the GNOME task during the install of Debian.
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switching default apps
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Sometimes it may seem useful for the metapackages to provide alternatives
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to allow users who prefer an older or newer variant to install those instead.
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For instance: gnome-text-editor | gedit. Debian doesn't provide a direct way
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to ensure that users who upgrade to a new Debian release will have the first
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alternative dependency installed from the list of alternatives. Therefore,
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we generally do not provide alternative dependencies when switching default
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apps.
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Users are welcome to uninstall the undesired app which would uninstall
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the metapackage. The metapackage provides no other functionality than
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to provide a standard list of packages that should be installed.
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Or users can copy the .desktop from /usr/share/applications/ to
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~/.local/share/applications and add this line:
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NoDisplay=true
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to hide the undesired app from the list of apps in the GNOME Overview.
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apt is configured to keep packages installed if they are demoted to Suggests.
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GNOME Initial Setup
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OEMs may find it useful to pre-install gnome-initial-setup.
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gnome-initial-setup has a new user mode where it provides a wizard for
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the end user to create their own username and password. This only
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shows up if the system does not have a regular user configured
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(typical userid >=1000); which is not a typical result for a
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system installed with the Debian installer.
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OEMs should also ensure that appropriate locales are configured for
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their target users. English spellchecking, thesaurus, hyphenation,
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and LibreOffice help is pre-installed; OEMs can pre-install similar
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packages for other languages. See the binary packages provided by
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the tasksel source package for ideas.
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