
Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements
Source (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work): Add the source-code for this project on opencode.net
Imagine a .rpm or .deb that you can run directly without installing it: that's .cmg
The advantages are numerous:
* No more software installations
* One single .cmg file per application
* Total transparency about what is installed where (one .cmg file per app)
* You can store .cmg files where you want (HD, USB stick, CD-ROM, DVD) and run them from there
* Efficient use of storage space due to .cmg compression (saves 50%)
* No possibility to destroy anything (all is contained in a read-only .cmg file)
* Easy to give an application to a friend (just mail one .cmg file)
* Easy to keep your additional applications if you upgrade or change the base Operating System or move to another machine
* Makes it possible to run additional applications on Live CDs such as Knoppix or Kanotix
* If something doesn't work, simply remove one .cmg file and everything is reverted
* No need to be root in order to run new software
The hard part about .cmg compressed application images is to create them. There are thousands of applications out there that need to be repackaged as .cmg files. Fortunately, there is an advanced technology available that can automate this process: klik.
klik is the KDE-based Live Installer for Knoppix, Kanotix and mepis. From the point-and-klik software store, you can install applications simply with a klik (even without the need for a hard disk).
More information:
http://klik.atekon.de/docs/
14 years ago
December 19, 2006
* Version numbers throughout the site
* Bugfixes and reliability improvements
June 1, 2006
* Started to categorize software in a hierarchy like "Topic > Games/Entertainment > Puzzle Games"
* Software in each category is ordered by popularity
* See http://klik.atekon.de/trove.php
May 5, 2006
* More and more screenshots
Feb 1, 2006
* Entire suite of KOffice 1.5 beta applications online in collaboration with KOffice team
Dec 4, 2005
* i18n localized package descriptions from DDTP
Nov 7, 2005
* Recipe updates
October 2, 2005
* Celebrating 100,000th klik download
September 2005
* Major updates in all areas
* Initial GNOME support
14 years ago
December 19, 2006
* Version numbers throughout the site
* Bugfixes and reliability improvements
June 1, 2006
* Started to categorize software in a hierarchy like "Topic > Games/Entertainment > Puzzle Games"
* Software in each category is ordered by popularity
* See http://klik.atekon.de/trove.php
May 5, 2006
* More and more screenshots
Feb 1, 2006
* Entire suite of KOffice 1.5 beta applications online in collaboration with KOffice team
Dec 4, 2005
* i18n localized package descriptions from DDTP
Nov 7, 2005
* Recipe updates
October 2, 2005
* Celebrating 100,000th klik download
September 2005
* Major updates in all areas
* Initial GNOME support
janet
15 years ago
Currently klik installs applications to Desktop. So you have a desktop entry .cmg with a non-changeable icon.
I always move the klik application from my desktop to ~/klik and then make a url link to it on my desktop. That way I can get rid of the .cmg ending on my desktop and can give the application a nice icon.
It would be great if that would be the default or at least configurable behaviour.
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probono
15 years ago
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Ekardnam
15 years ago
I never really cared about klik, it sounded just... too easy. However, today I visited http://klik.atekon.de/ and thought "Why not try it out?".
I did the installtion - omg, first good impression. No trouble at all, easy and fast. This is how it should be!
Tried to download a game. Nope, dependencies problems right? Whoa! The game started without a problem. It's just fantastic!
The only thing that I dislike is the desktop thing. It's ok to have as default, but I want them to go elsewhere. I tried to create the alterantive configure file, but it doesn't seem to work. :/
located at ~/~/.klikrc
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# Sample ~/.klikrc file
# This is optional and not needed by most users
# The following line makes klik save cmg files
# in another directory instead of the default (desktop)
export DESTINATION=$HOME/Program/klik
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I have just made a supid mistake somewhere, right? Please tell me where. And thanks for this awesome... thing.
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Ekardnam
15 years ago
It should of course be "~/.klikrc".
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dalin-computer
15 years ago
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megustas
15 years ago
nice work!
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felipe
15 years ago
It's working even on my gentoo, i've run realplayer, lphoto and a bunch of other apps by simply clicking on a link!
I'm recommending it to everybody and really hope all the ideas to improve it come true... a .app appfile that integrates with my desktop would be just too cool
Seriously, there's no single reason i can find not to love this project :-)
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gmatht
15 years ago
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Bandersnatchy
15 years ago
Not for everyone, but cool. And so it was with Linux. I liked Linux because it was cool; the Grunge of the desktop.
In the past Linux has been for a small subset of PC enthusiasts.
klik changes that. klik is huge. klik is the final piece that makes Linux a comfy fit for lots of people.
Techies may quibble about some of the details, but klik adds a streak of simplicity into what can be an overwhelming operating system. It's a new option that suits me fine much of the time; I now use Kanotix daily as my main OS.
Grunge is still cool [Go PJ!], but Linux may become too easy, which will be uncool - more useful than ever, but less cool. Linux will simply be the powerful, user-friendly platform upon which my hobby rests.
Advice for Simon Peter: Don't react to criticism. Stick with your concept. Remember, klik users are too busy using their software to hang out in forums.
Hats off to Atekon, the hosting sponsor. Atekon may have been the first to recognize that klik and the people who put it together are winners.
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tech53
15 years ago
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probono
15 years ago
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MxCl
15 years ago
Not to belittle your invention, it's cool =) Just I've yet to see anyone use sensible file extensions in the entirety of software. Oh actually the autopackage guys picked .package, and I applaud them for their choice.
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Rinse
15 years ago
It is so easy!!
Like today, on irc rikva told me about yakuake, which he installed on ubuntu using klik://yakuake.
I asked him to mail the .cmg image to me, and seconds later I ran yakuake on my desktop without any hassle.
Also the difference between distributions (i run suse, he runs ubuntu) was no issue for the cmg-file :)
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amdecko
15 years ago
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Rinse
15 years ago
And besides that, with "Emerge" you are actually installing yakuake, while with "Klik" that is not the case at all ;)
Rinse
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felipe
15 years ago
don't feed the troll :>
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amdecko
15 years ago
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vardhman
15 years ago
Being able to install one app inside another installed using kipi would be probably usefull for pluggin supported apps probably!! (e.g Digikam and kipi-plugins)
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probono
15 years ago
The main philosophy behind klik is "1 application = 1 file". Hence, plugins should be part of the corresponding application. GIMP, for example, comes with plugins, and they are all part of gimp.cmg.
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ra1n
15 years ago
the cmg file it's good to distribute the app though
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probono
15 years ago
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gnumdk
15 years ago
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panzi
15 years ago
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ra1n
15 years ago
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probono
15 years ago
* Applications are stored compressed at all times, you get ~50% hard disk space savings, which is quite a bit for applications like OpenOffice.org
* No need to unpack
* You can easily e-mail cmg files
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