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Included apps
Every app installed by default
Aurora includes the everyday apps Ubuntu ships (GTK 4 versions where they exist), plus its own. Each is checked by Aurora's tests to be installed, visible and able to start.
| Group | App | Desktop file |
|---|---|---|
| Internet | Web Browser (Firefox) | firefox-esr.desktop |
| Internet | Mail (Geary) | org.gnome.Geary.desktop |
| Internet | Torrents (Transmission) | transmission-gtk.desktop |
| Internet | Remote Desktop (Remmina) | org.remmina.Remmina.desktop |
| Internet | Nearby Sharing (LocalSend) | localsend_app.desktop |
| Office | Writer | libreoffice-writer.desktop |
| Office | Calc | libreoffice-calc.desktop |
| Office | Impress | libreoffice-impress.desktop |
| Office | Document Viewer (Papers) | org.gnome.Papers.desktop |
| Office | Text Editor | org.gnome.TextEditor.desktop |
| Office | Document Scanner | simple-scan.desktop |
| Personal | Calendar | org.gnome.Calendar.desktop |
| Personal | Contacts | org.gnome.Contacts.desktop |
| Personal | Weather | org.gnome.Weather.desktop |
| Personal | Maps | org.gnome.Maps.desktop |
| Personal | Clocks | org.gnome.clocks.desktop |
| Personal | Calculator | org.gnome.Calculator.desktop |
| Media | Image Viewer | org.gnome.Loupe.desktop |
| Media | Music (Rhythmbox) | org.gnome.Rhythmbox3.desktop |
| Media | Videos (Celluloid) | io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid.desktop |
| Media | Camera | org.gnome.Snapshot.desktop |
| Media | Sound Recorder | org.gnome.SoundRecorder.desktop |
| System | Files | org.aurora.Files.desktop |
| System | Settings | org.aurora.Settings.desktop |
| System | Terminal (Ptyxis) | org.gnome.Ptyxis.desktop |
| System | App Center | org.gnome.Software.desktop |
| System | Dev Hub | org.aurora.DevHub.desktop |
| System | Screenshot | aurora-screenshot.desktop |
| System | Disks | org.gnome.DiskUtility.desktop |
| System | Disk Usage | org.gnome.baobab.desktop |
| System | Task Manager | org.aurora.TaskManager.desktop |
| System | Logs | org.gnome.Logs.desktop |
| System | Backups | org.gnome.DejaDup.desktop |
| System | System Snapshots | timeshift-gtk.desktop |
| System | Passwords and Keys | org.gnome.seahorse.Application.desktop |
| System | Characters | org.gnome.Characters.desktop |
| System | Fonts | org.gnome.font-viewer.desktop |
| System | Archive Manager | org.gnome.FileRoller.desktop |
| System | Power Statistics | org.gnome.PowerStats.desktop |
| System | Firmware | org.gnome.Firmware.desktop |
| System | Printers | system-config-printer.desktop |
| System | Bluetooth | blueman-manager.desktop |
| System | Welcome | org.aurora.Welcome.desktop |
| System | Port Monitor (portop) | portop.desktop |
| System | Packages (pkgtui) | pkgtui.desktop |
| Games | Solitaire | sol.desktop |
| Games | Mines | org.gnome.Mines.desktop |
| Games | Sudoku | org.gnome.Sudoku.desktop |
| Games | Mahjongg | org.gnome.Mahjongg.desktop |
Default apps for web, mail, music, video, pictures and so on are chosen in Settings → Apps.
Torrents (Transmission)
Transmission, the BitTorrent client, is installed but never starts by itself: open it from Launchpad when you need it. It is also set up to stay quiet until you use it: the public peer network (DHT), local peer discovery (LPD), peer exchange (PEX) and opening a port on your router (UPnP/NAT-PMP) are off, and added torrents don't start until you press Start. With these off, opening Transmission contacts nobody.
Many company networks flag any BitTorrent traffic, including the single contact a client makes when it joins the DHT. If you use torrents at home and want magnet links to find peers, turn the switches on in Transmission → Preferences → Network (and Privacy). They are kept in ~/.config/transmission/settings.json; new accounts start from /etc/skel/.config/transmission/settings.json.