ubuntu-mate-welcome

The Ubuntu MATE Welcome application to greet and assist new and returning users.

Features

• Introduce new users to the operating system.
  • Highlight key features of Ubuntu MATE and GNU/Linux.
  • Provide quick guidelines on getting started.
  • Provide quick installation guidance.
  • Inform users of their system's specifications.
• Grow the Ubuntu MATE Community
  • Links to the community forums and social networks.
  • Inform of Ubuntu MATE branded products for sale.
  • Provide details on donating to the project.
• Software Boutique
  • From a pick of Ubuntu MATE's recommended software tested for the distribution.
  • Simple tools to manage packages on the system.
  • Install a package manager, such as Ubuntu Software Center.

Originally based on:

• https://github.com/Antergos/antergos-welcome
• http://blog.schlomo.schapiro.org/2014/01/apt-install.html

Parameters

Welcome does not require parameters for general usage, but for debugging and testing purposes, the following can be specified:

ubuntu-mate-welcome

Usage: ubuntu-mate-welcome [arguments]
  -d, --dev, --debug           Disables locales and is very verbose
                               intended for development purposes.
  --font-dpi=NUMBER            Adapt zoom setting based on DPI. Default 96.
  -h, --help                   Show this help text.
  --force-arch=ARCH            Simulate a specific architecture.
                                -- Examples: i386, amd64, armhf, arm64
  --force-codename=CODENAME    Simulate a specific release.
                                -- Examples: trusty, wily, xenial
  --force-net                  Simulate a working internet connection.
  --force-no-net               Simulate no internet connection.
  --force-session=TYPE         Simulate a specific type of session.
                                -- Options: guest, live, pi, vbox
  --jump-to=PAGE               Open a specific page, excluding *.html
  --locale=CODE                Locale to use. e.g. fr_FR.
  --simulate-changes           Simulate software package changes without
                               modifying the system.
  -b, -boutique,               Open Welcome only for the software selections.
  --software-only
  -v, --verbose                Show more details to stdout (for diagnosis).

Dependencies

• gir1.2-gtk-3.0
• gir1.2-notify-0.7
• gir1.2-webkit2-4.0
• libnotify-bin
• parted
• pciutils
• policykit-1
• python3
• python3-apt
• python3-aptdaemon
• python3-aptdaemon.gtk3widgets
• python3-gi
• python3-setproctitle
• software-properties-common
• inxi
• humanity-icon-theme

Daily Builds

For the latest Snap Build:

snap refresh ubuntu-mate-welcome --channel beta --amend

For the latest Debian Package (PPA):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/welcome
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade ubuntu-mate-welcome

Tests

To perform tests against the application, see the tests/ folder. These scripts check the application for consistency and may catch bugs early.

tools/app-index-debugger.py

This tool is for making queries on the Software Boutique's JSON database.

• --list-index = List applications in the index.
• --list-broken = List applications that are not working.
• --list-missing-codename=<RELEASE> = List applications not present in a release.
• --list-missing-arch=<ARCH> = List applications not present for an architecture.
• --list-special = List applications that pre-install differently on releases.
• --list-sources = List each application's source (eg. PPA, Ubuntu Archives)

Translations

Translators

We are on Transifex!

• https://www.transifex.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome/

To test translations:

1. Navigate to the repository folder.
2. Run ./create-translations.sh
3. Run ./ubuntu-mate-welcome --locale=<CODE> (e.g. fr_FR, es_ES)

A member from the Ubuntu MATE with access to Transifex may run:

./scripts/sync-translations.sh

The following cannot be translated:

• Software Boutique - Names and descriptions for applications.
• Terminal debug output.
• Screenshots.

edgar-allan

Stupid name, but we like it, which supports the following arguments:

• create-all-pots - will create a .pot file for every slide (using @zwnj; chars to denote translatable string) and place it in data/po/<slide name>
• translate-all - for each slide, will produce translated html for each .po found in data/po/slidename. The .po should according to locale e.g. en_GB.po. The output will be written to the data/i18n/<locale>/ directory as slide_name.html
• create-pot - create a single .pot file (mainly for testing purposes)
• translate - translate a single slide (mainly for testing purposes)
• po - for each translatable string in a po file, set the translation to be the original string reversed (only for use when testing...)

Additional arguments:

• --input=<filename> used with create-pot and translate and specifies the source html. Also used with po to specified .po file containing strings to be reversed --po-file=<filename> used with translate and specified .po file to use
• --output=<filename> used with create-pot, translate and po and specifies the output file

Normal usage would be to:

• run create-pot to create an initial set of .pot files or to update them when new strings are added to slides.
• check the .pots in poedit or a text editor in case missing or misaligned ‌'s in the html
• copy .po files translations from Transiflex into the data/po/<slide_name>/ directories
• run translate-all to build a set of translated slides

Building a local package

If you want to build a local package for testing then do the following:

sudo apt-get install python3-polib
./welcome-po.py --update-pos
./welcome-po.py --install
./edgar-allan translate-all
debuild -b

The resulting .deb can be installed with sudo dpkg -i or gdebi.