Default Applications

Setting default applications

To set default applications:

  1. Open Account Settings:

GNOME dropdown menu showing Account Settings
  1. Specify default applications for various categories:

GNOME Default Applications

Default application lists

Accepted

These are the default applications included with PureOS

Note

Applies to the 2020-01-06 ISO.

Main

Icon

Name

Description

Category

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LibreOffice Calc

Powerful and extensible spreadsheet program, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite

Office

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LibreOffice Draw

An easy-to-use graphics editor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite

Office

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LibreOffice Impress

Presentation program, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite

Office

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LibreOffice Math

Formula editor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite

Office

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LibreOffice Writer

Powerful word processor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite

Office

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GNOME Web

Lightweight web browser with privacy defaults

Internet

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Thunderbird

Email and calendar client

Internet

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Tilix

Tiling terminal emulator

Utilities

GNOME

Icon

Name

Description

Category

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Calendar

Simple and beautiful calendar application designed to perfectly fit the GNOME desktop

PIM

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Character Map

Unicode character map program

Utilities

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Cheese

Uses your webcam to take photos and videos and apply fancy special effects

Multimedia

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Contacts

Manage your contact information

PIM

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Déjà Dup

Simple backup tool

Utilities

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Disk Usage Analyzer

Simple application to manage disk usage and available space

Utilities

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Evince

Simple multi-page document viewer

Office

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Eye of GNOME

The official image viewer of the GNOME desktop

Multimedia

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File Roller

Default GNOME application for opening, creating and modifying archive files

Utilities

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Gedit

The official text editor of the GNOME desktop, powerful general purpose text editor

Utilities

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GNOME Boxes

Simple Virtual Machine application

Utilities

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GNOME Calculator

Calculator and application that solves mathematical equations

Utilities

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GNOME Clocks

Simple clock application including world clocks, alarms, stopwatch, and timer

Utilities

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GNOME Control Center

GNOME’s main interface for configuration of various aspects of your desktop

System

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GNOME Disks

Provides an easy way to inspect, format, partition and configure storage devices

System

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GNOME Fonts

Displays the fonts installed on your computer

Utilities

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GNOME Help

GNOME help and documentation viewer

Utilities

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GNOME Logs

Display systemd journal events, sorted into categories such as hardware or applications

System

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GNOME Maps

Quickly and easily browse global maps

Education

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GNOME Power Statistics

Display historical and current battery consumption and software power usage

Utilities

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GNOME Screenshot

Simple utility that lets you take pictures of your computer screen

Utilities

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GNOME Software

Search and manage applications and system extensions

System

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GNOME System Monitor

Process viewer and system monitor with an attractive, easy-to-use interface

System

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GNOME Tweaks

Utility to fine-tune your GNOME desktop

System

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Nautilus

Also known as Files, the default file manager of the GNOME desktop

System

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Photos

Simple application to access, organize and share your photos on GNOME desktop

Multimedia

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Polari

Simple Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client to seamlessly integrate within GNOME desktop

Internet

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Rhythmbox

Music management, music and internet radio player application

Multimedia

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Seahorse

Manage passwords and encryption keys

Utilities

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Simple Scan

Simple way to scan documents and photos

Utilities

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To Do

Task management application designed to integrate with GNOME

PIM

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Videos

Also known as Totem, the official movie player of the GNOME desktop

Multimedia

Other

Considered

Note

These are applications considered for default but not yet voted in

Icon

Name

Description

Votes

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Notes

GNOME note editor

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GNOME Mpv

GNOME frontend for mpv

mp, ft

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LibreOffice Base

Database processor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite

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Laverna

Markdown note taking app focused on privacy

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Audacity

Audio recorder and mixer

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Ardour

Digital Audio Workstation

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Dark Table

Photo Workflow

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Gimp

Photo Editor

ft

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My Paint

Simple Paint Software

mp, ft

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Inkscape

Vector Drawing

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Kdenlive

Video Editor

ft

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Blender

3D Modeling

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Signal Desktop

End-to-end-encrypted messaging

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Pidgin w/off the record

Encrypted IRC

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Tor

Browser

ft

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Transmission

Torrent manager

mp, ft

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VLC

Media Player

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Mpv

Media Player

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Keepass

Local password manager

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Nextcloud

Cloud desktop client

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Clam AV

Antivirus

Uncomplicated Firewall

Firewall

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Ice SSB

Single Site Browser

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Handbrake

Video File converter

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Redshift

Monitor appearance

mp

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Calibre

E-book management

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FeedReader

Modern RSS desktop client

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Riot Desktop

Matrix client for Desktop

mp