[Q] Add New Apps for Webtop [Gimp, Thunderbird, etc...]

[gtmaniak]

I would like to get more than just Firefox on the webtop. A few applications in particular:

• Mozilla Thunderbird
• Gimp (or equivalent)
• OpenOffice (or equivalent)

If I can get these three applications installed, I could fully function without a PC nearby all the time. I have very little Linux background beyond loading up a build and playing with the applications that were already installed. Any information will be appreciated. Anyone think this can be done? Memory limitations is all that I see really standing in the way. I doubt this will be even up to par with most netbooks as far as multi-tasking...

 

[Sogarth]

It can be done. It's just a matter of doing it cleanly, which at least I'm working on. Although trying to run Gimp on this hardware... that's gonna suck.

 

[SS2006]

I want chromee!

 

[Sogarth]

I want chromee!

As others have pointed out, ya ain't getting Chrome. Source code isn't available for it. The best you can get would be Chromium, but the earliest Ubuntu packages available for that are for 10.04, and we're running on a 9.04 base. It'll be painful to do that upgrade, and there are no guarantees on what would work after that.

But, if you're willing to do the work, I'll happily cheer you on!

 

[Mr. Clown]

Moved to Q&A

 

[agentdr8]

It can be done. It's just a matter of doing it cleanly, which at least I'm working on. Although trying to run Gimp on this hardware... that's gonna suck.

Sogarth, do you have a cross-compiling environment setup that you can share? So far I've just been locating debs already compiled for the arm platform, but I'd like to start building things from source.

 

[Sogarth]

Sogarth, do you have a cross-compiling environment setup that you can share? So far I've just been locating debs already compiled for the arm platfom, but I'd like to start building things from source.

I've not built one out yet since I haven't needed to yet (especially since I'm trying to tackle a different problem first). That's not to say that I won't eventually need to, though.

 

[gtmaniak]

Moved to Q&A

Sirry for posting in development area. I thought it was more a develomental question...

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[gtmaniak]

Sirry... Ment "sorry"

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