cool stuff On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Nasimul Haque <nasim.ha...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Disclaimer: This is an advertisement. > > Hello everyone, > > I have built a new website for Ubuntu lovers. The site is located at > > http://ubuntu-apps.appspot.com/ > > The goal of this site is to build an APT front-end for web-browsers > with the help of community. Registered users can add their favourite > apps in the site. This will let other users to install it on their > machine. Users can also vote for apps that are already listed. And > useful comments from the users will certainly help others to find what > they are looking for. It has a social-networking nature, too. You can > add users to your friends list and follow their favourite apps. > > Actually, the main idea behind the site is to use the very much useful > program already installed in your Ubuntu system. It's called apturl. > Because of this program you can install software from the repositories > right inside the web browser. It assigns a protocol apt: to the > browser. So that, to install VLC you can just type apt:vlc in your > browser's address bar and hit Enter. Your VLC will be installed in > your system. Of course, provided you have the right/necessary > repositorie(s) activated in your repo list. > > You may visit the FAQ page: http://ubuntu-apps.appspot.com/faq/ > > The site is in Beta testing. You are most welcome to test the site and > report bugs and improvements at: > > http://ubuntu-apps.appspot.com/contact/ > > Thank you for your kind patience. > > Nasim > > -- > M. Nasimul Haque, M.Sc.(SUST) > Wessex Institute of Technology > Southampton, UK > > -- > Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list > ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > -- DARKLORD (:= -- Ubuntu Bangladesh mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
