Distributions/Packaging Recommendations: Revision history

8 April 2024

• curprev 19:0619:06, 8 April 2024‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,396 bytes +9‎ No edit summary
• curprev 16:3316:33, 8 April 2024‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,387 bytes +295‎ Add a disclaimer for any regular users who may be reading this page

16 February 2024

• curprev 04:0304:03, 16 February 2024‎ Fanzhuyifan talk contribs‎ 10,092 bytes +308‎ →‎Qt Virtual Keyboard: add note about vkb_arrow_keynavigation compilation option

4 February 2024

• curprev 00:1300:13, 4 February 2024‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,784 bytes −68‎ Remove the print-manager recommendation, since in Plasma 6 it's a plasma package and thus included in the general recommendation to pre-install Plasma packages

25 December 2023

• curprev 13:0613:06, 25 December 2023‎ Ngompa talk contribs‎ 9,852 bytes −68‎ →‎Recommended packages to pre-install: qqc2-breeze-style is now required by plasma-integration, so remove the recommendation to omit it

1 December 2023

• curprev 08:1708:17, 1 December 2023‎ Sitter talk contribs‎ 9,920 bytes +281‎ No edit summary

13 November 2023

• curprev 09:1909:19, 13 November 2023‎ Ngompa talk contribs‎ 9,639 bytes −691‎ →‎Fontconfig configuration: Drop this whole section as it now breaks text rendering with newer fontconfig versions

22 September 2023

• curprev 13:1513:15, 22 September 2023‎ Redstrate talk contribs‎ 10,330 bytes +63‎ Add orca package recommendation

19 September 2023

• curprev 13:4313:43, 19 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,267 bytes +9‎ No edit summary
• curprev 13:4013:40, 19 September 2023‎ Ngompa talk contribs‎ 10,258 bytes +89‎ →‎Packages to avoid: Update ibus note to mention it's fine with 1.5.29 or newer.
• curprev 13:2713:27, 19 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,169 bytes +6‎ Make spacing between level-2 sections consistent
• curprev 13:2613:26, 19 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,163 bytes +292‎ Add recommendation about SimpleDRM

11 September 2023

• curprev 16:4516:45, 11 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,871 bytes +117‎ Mention dunst and mako as packaged to avoid

15 August 2023

• curprev 05:2105:21, 15 August 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,754 bytes +185‎ Recommend against splitting packages

9 August 2023

• curprev 21:1721:17, 9 August 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,569 bytes +1‎ Alphabetize "Packages to avoid" section
• curprev 21:1521:15, 9 August 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,568 bytes +80‎ Add switcheroo-control to 3rd-party packages list

18 June 2023

• curprev 21:0221:02, 18 June 2023‎ Ilya b talk contribs‎ 9,488 bytes +464‎ Add IBus to "Packages to avoid"

7 April 2023

• curprev 15:1815:18, 7 April 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,024 bytes +2‎ Change recommended Samba share group name and path
• curprev 15:1815:18, 7 April 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,022 bytes +106‎ Recommend against installing xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
• curprev 15:1415:14, 7 April 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 8,916 bytes +99‎ Recommend pre-installing xwaylandvideobridge

13 February 2023

• curprev 14:2614:26, 13 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 8,817 bytes +227‎ mention kde-inotify-survey

9 February 2023

• curprev 16:3616:36, 9 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 8,590 bytes +90‎ Revise explanation for MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 to include the bug that it introduces
• curprev 15:2615:26, 9 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 8,500 bytes +2‎ Move xsettingsd list item to its proper alphabetical place in the list
• curprev 15:1915:19, 9 February 2023‎ Eszlari talk contribs‎ 8,498 bytes +120‎ 3rd-party packages: add xsettingsd
• curprev 01:1201:12, 9 February 2023‎ Justinzobel talk contribs‎ 8,378 bytes +75‎ →‎Plasma packages

4 January 2023

• curprev 14:2714:27, 4 January 2023‎ Nmariusp talk contribs‎ 8,303 bytes +13‎ h1 is for page title only https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting says "Section formatting – only at the beginning of the line ... == Level 2 == ... Skip Level 1, it is page name level."

2 January 2023

• curprev 15:4115:41, 2 January 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 8,290 bytes +69‎ Add kio-admin to non-Plasma packages list

24 November 2022

• curprev 00:5900:59, 24 November 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 8,221 bytes +1‎ Move libappindicator to its alphabetical order position in the list

23 November 2022

• curprev 23:5823:58, 23 November 2022‎ Fuchs talk contribs‎ 8,220 bytes +238‎ →‎Non-Plasma packages: Add libappindicator-gtk3 for sharp systray icons

10 November 2022

• curprev 16:1916:19, 10 November 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 7,982 bytes +110‎ Qualify the Pulse/Pipe recommendation

3 November 2022

• curprev 20:5520:55, 3 November 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 7,872 bytes +278‎ Recommend phonon-vlc over phonon-gstreamer

28 October 2022

• curprev 04:5004:50, 28 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 7,594 bytes +2‎ Unify spacing again
• curprev 04:4904:49, 28 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 7,592 bytes +28‎ →‎Fontconfig configuration
• curprev 04:4804:48, 28 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 7,564 bytes 0‎ →‎Packages to avoid
• curprev 04:0904:09, 28 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 7,564 bytes +131‎ Add Noto fonts to the list of 3rd-party packages to pre-install
• curprev 04:0604:06, 28 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 7,433 bytes +660‎ Add a section for Fontconfig configuration
• curprev 04:0304:03, 28 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 6,773 bytes +494‎ Add section about systemd configuration
• curprev 03:5703:57, 28 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 6,279 bytes +500‎ Add a "Packages to avoid" section

25 October 2022

• curprev 20:3120:31, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,779 bytes +3‎ Add missing periods
• curprev 20:3120:31, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,776 bytes +18‎ Use different styling for multiline preformatted text blocks
• curprev 20:3020:30, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,758 bytes +2‎ formatting
• curprev 20:2920:29, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,756 bytes 0‎ →‎Plasma packages: Re-alphabetize package list
• curprev 20:2920:29, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,756 bytes 0‎ Re-alphabetize non-plasma package list
• curprev 20:2820:28, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,756 bytes −128‎ Remove mention of plasma-workspace-wallpapers and kdeplasma-addons from "Non-Plasma Packages" section, since they are Plasma packages and as such, covered by the general recommendation to pre-install all Plasma packages
• curprev 20:2620:26, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,884 bytes +338‎ Add code tags to all package names
• curprev 20:2420:24, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,546 bytes +112‎ Use proper <code> tags instead of backticks, which do not work here
• curprev 20:2120:21, 25 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,434 bytes −4‎ →‎General packaging recommendations

21 October 2022

• curprev 13:3313:33, 21 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,438 bytes +62‎ No edit summary
• curprev 13:3013:30, 21 October 2022‎ Bharadwaj-raju talk contribs‎ 5,376 bytes +210‎ →‎Firefox configuration: Mention PBI
• curprev 01:1401:14, 21 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 5,166 bytes +15‎ No edit summary