Default applications

Setting default applications

To set default applications:

1. Open Account Settings:

   

2. Specify default applications for various categories:

   

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
	LibreOffice Calc	Powerful and extensible spreadsheet program, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite	Office
	LibreOffice Draw	An easy-to-use graphics editor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite	Office
	LibreOffice Impress	Presentation program, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite	Office
	LibreOffice Math	Formula editor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite	Office
	LibreOffice Writer	Powerful word processor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite	Office
	GNOME Web	Lightweight web browser with privacy defaults	Internet
	Thunderbird	Email and calendar client	Internet
	Tilix	Tiling terminal emulator	Utilities

GNOME

Icon	Name	Description	Category
	Archive Manager	Default GNOME application for opening, creating and modifying archive files	Utilities
	Backups	Simple backup tool	Utilities
	Cheese	Uses your webcam to take photos and videos and apply fancy special effects	Multimedia
	Disk Usage Analyzer	Simple application to manage disk usage and available space	Utilities
	Evince	Simple multi-page document viewer	Office
	Eye of GNOME	The official image viewer of the GNOME desktop	Multimedia
	Gedit	The official text editor of the GNOME desktop, powerful general purpose text editor	Utilities
	Boxes	Simple Virtual Machine application	Utilities
	Calculator	Calculator and application that solves mathematical equations	Utilities
	Calendar	Simple and beautiful calendar application designed to perfectly fit the GNOME desktop	PIM
	Character Map	Unicode character map program	Utilities
	Clocks	Simple clock application including world clocks, alarms, stopwatch, and timer	Utilities
	Contacts	Manage your contact information	PIM
	GNOME Control Center	GNOME’s main interface for configuration of various aspects of your desktop	System
	Disks	Provides an easy way to inspect, format, partition and configure storage devices	System
	GNOME Fonts	Displays the fonts installed on your computer	Utilities
	GNOME Help	GNOME help and documentation viewer	Utilities
	Logs	Display systemd journal events, sorted into categories such as hardware or applications	System
	Maps	Quickly and easily browse global maps	Education
	GNOME Power Statistics	Display historical and current battery consumption and software power usage	Utilities
	Screenshot	Simple utility that lets you take pictures of your computer screen	Utilities
	Simple Scan	Simple way to scan documents and photos	Utilities
	Software	Search and manage applications and system extensions	System
	System Monitor	Process viewer and system monitor with an attractive, easy-to-use interface	System
	Tweaks	Utility to fine-tune your GNOME desktop	System
	Nautilus	Also known as Files, the default file manager of the GNOME desktop	System
	Photos	Simple application to access, organize and share your photos on GNOME desktop	Multimedia
	Polari	Simple Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client to seamlessly integrate within GNOME desktop	Internet
	Rhythmbox	Music management, music and internet radio player application	Multimedia
	Seahorse	Manage passwords and encryption keys	Utilities
	To Do	Task management application designed to integrate with GNOME	PIM
	Videos	Also known as Totem, the official movie player of the GNOME desktop	Multimedia

Other

Considered

These are applications considered for default but not yet voted in.

Icon	Name	Description	Votes
	Notes	GNOME note editor
	GNOME Mpv	GNOME frontend for mpv	mp, ft
	LibreOffice Base	Database processor, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite
	Laverna	Markdown note taking app focused on privacy
	Audacity	Audio recorder and mixer
	Ardour	Digital Audio Workstation
	Dark Table	Photo Workflow
	Gimp	Photo Editor	ft
	My Paint	Simple Paint Software	mp, ft
	Inkscape	Vector Drawing
	Kdenlive	Video Editor	ft
	Blender	3D Modeling
	Signal Desktop	End-to-end-encrypted messaging
	Pidgin w/off the record	Encrypted IRC
	Tor	Browser	ft
	Transmission	Torrent manager	mp, ft
	VLC	Media Player
	Mpv	Media Player
	Keepass	Local password manager
	Nextcloud	Cloud desktop client
	Clam AV	Antivirus
	Uncomplicated Firewall	Firewall
	Ice SSB	Single Site Browser
	Handbrake	Video File converter
	Redshift	Monitor appearance	mp
	Calibre	E-book management
	FeedReader	Modern RSS desktop client
	Element Desktop	Matrix client for Desktop	mp