Ideas for Strengthening GhostBSD’s Community and Support

vimanuelt

What can be done to better engage with the GhostBSD community and improve our support resources?

Snubbi

Regarding support, it would be nice if https://ghostbsd-documentation-portal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ was updated with the latest knowledge within GhostBSD. It is missing if we are going to have new users. I am missing it as a new user of GhostBSD. I am not so good at English that I want to write something on the Wiki, and I don't have enough knowledge about GhostBSD yet. But later I would like to translate the Wiki into Danish.

brianthehughes

I’m going to second the documentation being updated with released changes. Example installer steps/features (like host name, root password) aren’t in alignment with current system experience.

This could be a low risk new contributor testing level / introductory developer work to ensure documentation aligns with the experiences.

brianthehughes

Oh oh oh!!!

Best of applications a curated list of not 30000 applications but perhaps the GhostBSD 100 best tried and true. The top 1% if you will.

Application Suites/Profiles:

If you’re a developer check these 10 tools
If you’re an business analyst check these 10 tools
If you’re a student check these 10 tools
If you’re a tradesperson check these 10 tools
If you’re coming from Windows/Mac…
If you’re an entertainment user…
If you’re a social media pro…

We don’t need to install all the apps in a given profile but giving them a short check box list to apply all or a portion of a profile of apps.

Profiling our community and aligning identifying with the different types could help GhostBSD better fit users trying out or coming to GhostBSD.

I assume leveraging packages for this type of thing.

vimanuelt

brianthehughes What are your suggestions for applications in each profile?
For example, would you add or subtract from these lists?

For Developers

Visual Studio Code A versatile code editor with support for a wide range of programming languages and a robust extension marketplace.
Git Essential for version control and collaborating on projects.
PostgreSQL - Popular database for managing structured data.
Node.js - Essential for JavaScript and TypeScript development, useful in many web projects.

For Business Analysts

LibreOffice A full office suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more.
GnuCash Financial accounting software to manage personal and small business finances.
R and RStudio For statistical computing and graphics.
ProjectLibre Project management software, a good alternative to Microsoft Project.
Dia A diagramming tool useful for creating complex diagrams.
Zotero A powerful tool to manage bibliographies and references.
OBS Studio For video recording and live streaming, useful in presentations and demos.

For Students

TeXLive Comprehensive TeX document production system.
GIMP An image editor for image retouching, editing, and drawing.
Audacity For recording and editing audio files, useful for lectures and presentations.
VLC Media Player Plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, and various streaming protocols.
Calibre Ebook management tool, great for managing academic papers and books.
Anki A program which makes remembering things easy with flashcards.
Octave For numerical computing environments and programming languages.
Ungoogled-Chromium Web browser with support for educational plugins and tools.

For Tradespeople

FreeCAD Parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects.
InkScape Professional vector graphics editor for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Great for creating diagrams and plans.
Measure Tool For handling various measurements and conversions.
LibreCAD A free Open Source CAD application for Windows, Apple, and Linux.
GanttProject Project management software that offers Gantt and PERT charts for scheduling.
KMyMoney Personal finance manager, ideal for small business accounting.
Thunderbird with Lightning Calendar For managing appointments and contacts.
FileZilla FTP client for managing files on remote servers.

If You’re Coming from Windows/Mac

Wine - Run Windows applications on FreeBSD.
Ungoogled-Chromium Web browsers that offer a similar experience to browsers on Windows/Mac.
Pinta Simple yet powerful way to draw and edit images, similar to Paint.NET.
OBS Studio For recording and streaming media, similar to functionality available on other OSes.
Steam (via Wine) For gaming, as many users migrating from Windows might appreciate.
VLC Media Player Familiar media player that runs across multiple platforms.
GIMP For digital artists coming from Photoshop backgrounds.
LibreOffice A robust office suite that reads and writes Microsoft Office file formats.

If You’re an Entertainment User

Kodi Media center software for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more.
Spotify (via Wine or Browser) Streaming music service.
VLC Media Player For playing various media formats.
Audacity For audio editing and recording.
Steam (via Wine) For gaming.
Plex Media Server To organize and stream your media collection.
HandBrake For converting video from nearly any format.
GIMP For those who enjoy digital art.
SimpleScreenRecorder For recording your screen, useful in creating content.
Blender For 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and more.

** If You’re a Social Media Pro**

GIMP For image editing.
Kdenlive Video editing software to create professional-looking videos.
OBS Studio Essential for content creators for recording and streaming.
Thunderbird Manage multiple email accounts and communications.
Ungoogled-Chromium Browser with strong social media integrations and extensions.
Inkscape For creating vector graphics for posts and advertisements.
Audacity For podcasting and audio editing.
VLC Media Player To preview media files before uploading.
SimpleScreenRecorder For recording your screen, useful in creating content.

Snubbi

vimanuelt
Now I may be answering for someone else. But I won't be without any of them.

brianthehughes

vimanuelt

Let's keep adding, but ideally calling out any OR choices, that will have to be made later, but important to carry for now.

Thanks @vimanuelt for the wealth, @Robin for adds, and to @Snubbi for the insight toward ALL. 😃

Ghost – All

Ether - Office

LibreOffice A full office suite for documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and more.
Ungoogled-Chromium Web browser with support for educational plugins and tools.
LibreCAD A free Open Source CAD application for Windows, Apple, and Linux.
VLC Media Player Plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, and various streaming protocols.
Calibre Ebook management tool, great for managing academic papers and books.
Xournalapp for taking notes during class, and it's a nice PDF editor too.
Evoltuion / Thunderbird Manage multiple email accounts and communications. (Please vote Ghosts)

Arc - Media

Pinta Simple yet powerful way to draw and edit images, similar to Paint.NET.
OBS Studio For recording and streaming media.
InkScape Professional vector graphics editor.
Audacity For recording and editing audio files, useful for lectures and presentations.
GIMP For image editing.
OBS Studio Essential for content creators for recording and streaming.
SimpleScreenRecorder For recording your screen, useful in creating content.
Kodi Media center software for playing videos, music, pictures, games, and more.
Plex Media Server To organize and stream your media collection.
HandBrake For converting video from nearly any format.
Blender For 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and more.

Ion - Technology

Visual Studio Code A versatile code editor with support for a wide range of programming languages and a robust extension marketplace.
Git Essential for version control and collaborating on projects.
PostgreSQL - Popular database for managing structured data.
Node.js - Essential for JavaScript and TypeScript development, useful in many web projects.
GnuCash Financial accounting software to manage personal and small business finances.
R and RStudio For statistical computing and graphics.
Dia A diagramming tool useful for creating complex diagrams.
Zotero A powerful tool to manage bibliographies and references.
TeXLive Comprehensive TeX document production system.
Octave For numerical computing environments and programming languages.
FreeCAD Parametric 3D modeler made primarily to design real-life objects.
FileZilla FTP client for managing files on remote servers.

Couple Small Categories on the Extreme ends of the topic:

Web – The Web Browser Edition (Answering the question, do we really need all the apps?)

(Install no apps, except: Firefox, Terminal, ...?)

Dev – GhostBSD Dev (Contributor Collection)

Install a GhostBSD Contributor Toolkit & Extras

Robin

I'm a student

so most of my software choices have to do with writing term papers (one of my teachers insists on what she calls "Microsoft format" in our term papers - she must be on their payroll or something), and I use LibreOffice for all of that. I'm not familiar with TeXLive at all. Is it similar to LibreOffice?

I also have Xournalapp installed for taking notes during class, and it's a nice PDF editor too. GIMP is kinda okay, but the UI is bewildering. I use Inkscape for most of my graphics work and then copy it over to LibreOffice.

I find Evolution much more reliable than Thunderbird for calander and contacts as well as email.

Jus' say'n.

ericbsd

brianthehughes I have a ticket to create a meta port/package to install everything needed to work on developing GhostBSD. ghostbsd/issues175

vimanuelt

Any new ideas?