https://userbase.kde.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Colomar&feedformat=atomKDE UserBase Wiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T19:21:43ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.40.2https://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=Discover&diff=376033Discover2016-10-06T14:59:09Z<p>Colomar: Some minor edits</p>
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<div>== Welcome to Discover==<br />
''An Application Installer for the 22nd Century''<br />
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[[File:Discoverfront.png | 900px]]<br />
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Discover is your new one stop shop for all things app- and addon-related. Designed from the ground up to be easily handled by users as well as easily integrated for distributions. A place where skill level isn't blocking the user from executing the action she wants, in this case installing new apps and add-ons!<br />
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Discover was redesigned from the ground up to make the experience of usage intuitive and clear. We've based the work on the new Kirigami-technology, new app delivery technologies as well as the safe repository system to create an application for any distribution and any skill level - an application which is as much as a joy to use as to provide to your users.<br />
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===What Discover is===<br />
Discover is intended for users and distros where the terminal isn't the optimal solution for installation of apps and add-ons or updates. Where we want something intuitive and simple to use and above all safe to use. <br />
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We've all been there, someone has copy pasted commands from some website and suddenly they destroyed their entire installation. From a users perspective, especially a new user or a casual user this is disastrous and they will not be able to easily discern where the fault is: this shady website or your distro.<br />
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With Discover the focus is to empower the user to browse, test, install apps and update her installation without fear of disastrous misspellings and where trust is given, not taken.<br />
===What Discover isn't===<br />
Discover may be much but it is not an experts application for minute control of repos. It is not a replacement intended to compete with the terminal for experienced expert users. Our goal has been to focus clearer on a certain set of users where an application such as this is not only needed, but critical to their usage. To do this we have excluded other user groups entirely from the application goals. This doesn't mean they can't use Discover just that their specific use cases may not be perfectly covered.<br />
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Discover is not perfectly "child safe". It will never be something with which you can force the hand of the user, we believe in empowerment and try to guide the user through safe choices, but never force her into an action. Do not expect Discover to remove those options from your users.<br />
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==How to use Discover==<br />
Discover is made for usage - it was made to be intuitive. So try it out and see for yourself.<br />
===How to search for applications===<br />
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The easiest way to search for an app is to simply start typing in the name or what the app is intended to do. The search field will always be selected by default and the only times it isn't nothing will happen, the search field is greyed out and when you click it you are brought back to the application search. So don't be scared of the keyboard!<br />
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The search is always performed within the category you are currently in (this is also indicated in the placeholder text of the search field), so be sure to navigate to the category you want to search in before entering your search term.<br />
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[[File:Discoversearchfield.png | 500px]]<br />
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If you just want to browse or feel unclear on what the application name is or how to best define it in text simply click either "Applications", "Plasma Add-ons", or "Application Add-ons". You will find complete applications in the "Applications" category, Plasma widgets and extensions in "Plasma Add-ons" and extensions for your apps like snippets for coding apps in Application Add-ons. <br />
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Let's focus on complete applications for now! Below you can see the category tree that is displayed when you click "Applications". Whenever you want to go back, the "Back" button underneath the search field and in the top of the categories will bring you back to the previous section! From this list of six categories you can go deeper into some categories to display subcategories by clicking them. <br />
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By clicking "back" you can always reach the starting point. From here you can continue searching freely. In the column in the middle/to the right in the application you have all installable apps or extensions. When you click them a third column on the right will open with detail info about that application or extension as it is available. You can now scroll through the list and click other apps to display detailed information about them. To remove the right-hand column click on one of the categories in the left column to bring you back to the beginning of your search.<br />
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(If you are an app developer and notice that your app has no information or screenshots - see below in "Discover for Devs")<br />
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Now try to resize the window. See what happens? Discover, using Kirigami the widget library for convergent apps will react and change to the size of screen you have available. Try resizing it to about the size of a cellphone. It reshapes to better fit that size.<br />
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Now to you sitting on a computer this means that if you have a smaller screen the right column will cover the center to give you the user more visual space for the application you chose to get more information on. To get back from that simply hit the back button in the left column!<br />
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===How to install applications===<br />
Installing an application is easy! When you've found the application that you want, simply click the "Install" button in the middle column and it will begin to install. If you are checking out the detailed information like the image below, you can also click "Install" in the bottom right of the right hand column.<br />
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Installation with Discover is just as simple as that.<br />
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===How to uninstall applications===<br />
To uninstall apps is just as easy as installing them. Simply find the application that you wish to uninstall in the normal manner - you can note that it has "remove" instead of "install" in the little button next to it. Then click it! <br />
All you have to do then is fill in your password and the application is removed directly without fuss.<br />
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[[File:Discoveruninstalling.png | 500px]]<br />
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You can also easily click "Installed" in the left hand column to see all applications and extensions you have installed in your system! That way you can simply scroll through the entire list and look for the app or extensions you wish to uninstall and with ease click "remove". That's all that's needed!<br />
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[[File:Discoveruninstall.png | 500px]]<br />
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===How to upgrade applications===<br />
Linux distributions come with upgrades, new releases of apps and system details, bugfixes and improvements. To be able to keep your system up to date and safe Discover has made it easier for you to upgrade. When the update section in the bottom the left column is bright yellow, that means that you have updates waiting for you. Just click it and you will be moved to this screen (you can as usual simply click in another area in the left column to leave it)<br />
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In the list you can see all the software that will be updated when you click "Update" at the top right. You can click each individual row to get further information about it.<br />
If something is not to your liking, simply uncheck it on the left of the name of the software and it will be held back from the update.<br />
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==How to master Discover==<br />
In this section we will bring up how to handle upgrades, repositories and how to file bugs.<br />
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===How to handle repositories===<br />
Currently Discover focuses on stability and safety and interactions with repositories is beyond the scope of Discover in the current iteration (changing repositories is also potentially dangerous for inexperienced users). Future versions will include a more extensive repository feature and parts of the interface can be tested here.<br />
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===How to check for Upgrades manually===<br />
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Sometimes you may want to check the system for updates manually. Discover will check for you automatically, but perhaps you are waiting for something good and want to look to make sure it hasn't arrived yet. In that case go to "Settings" in the left column, click "More" at the top of the middle column and then "Check for updates".<br />
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[[File:Discoverupdate.png | 500px]]<br />
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===How to file a bug===<br />
[[File:Discoverbugset.png | 500px]]</div>Colomarhttps://userbase.kde.org/index.php?title=IRC_Channels&diff=374212IRC Channels2016-06-06T14:15:27Z<p>Colomar: Added link to VDG IRC channel</p>
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== Getting Started with IRC == <!--T:16--><br />
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Sometimes people will tell you that they can help you more if you visit an IRC channel. If you've never done it before, that sounds scary, but it's easy to set up. There are even ways that will work equally well in Linux and in Windows. [[Special:myLanguage/How_to_chat_with_other_KDE_users|How to chat with other KDE users]] tells you in detail one easy way to get started. Give it a try! More developers are on IRC than read mailing lists or any other help channel.<br />
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You can find the following KDE-related IRC channels in the [http://www.freenode.net/ freenode] IRC Network (alias irc.kde.org):<br />
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== Community/Support== <!--T:4--><br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde #kde] - Main channel for users of KDE software<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-devel #kde-devel] - For general KDE development<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-quality #kde-quality] - For KDE quality assurance<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-chat #kde-chat] - For Off-Topic discussions<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-docs #kde-docs] - Official KDE Documentation Project<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-women #kde-women] - Women who use KDE software<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-www #kde-www] - The channel for discussion regarding the KDE community web sites<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-soc #kde-soc] - The channel for Google Summer of Code and Code In students<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-vdg #kde-vdg] - KDE V Design Group channel<br />
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==Communities by Country== <!--T:6--><br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-ar #kde-ar] - KDE software in the Argentine <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-be #kde-be] - KDE software in Belgium <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-brasil #kde-brasil] - KDE software in Brazil<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-cn #kde-cn] - KDE software for Chinese speakers<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-de #kde-de] - KDE software in Germany <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-el #kde-el] - KDE software in Greece<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-es #kde-es] - KDE software in Spain<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kdehispano #kdehispano] - KDE software for Spanish speakers<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-fi #kde-fi] - KDE software in Finland<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-fr #kde-fr] - KDE software for French speakers<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-gl #kde-gl] - KDE software for Galician speakers<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde.hu #kde.hu] - KDE software for Hungarian speakers<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-in #kde-in] - KDE software in India <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-ir #kde-ir] - KDE software in Iran<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-italia #kde-italia] - Italian user support<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-nl #kde-nl] - KDE software in the Netherlands<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-pt #kde-pt] - KDE software in Portugal<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-pt #kde-latam] - KDE software in Latin America<br />
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==Communities around a distribution== <!--T:8--><br />
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|[irc://irc.debian.org/debian-kde #debian-kde] - KDE software on Debian. Note a different network: irc.debian.org also known as oftc.<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/fedora-kde #fedora-kde] - KDE software on Fedora<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/gentoo-kde #gentoo-kde] - KDE software on Gentoo <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-freebsd #kde-freebsd] - KDE software on FreeBSD <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kubuntu #kubuntu] - KDE software on Kubuntu/Ubuntu<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kubuntu-es #kubuntu-es] - KDE software on Spanish Kubuntu/Ubuntu<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/mandriva-kde #mandriva-kde] - KDE software on Mandriva Linux<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/mageia-kde #mageia-kde] - KDE software on Mageia Linux<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/opensuse-kde #opensuse-kde] - KDE software on openSUSE<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/chakra #chakra] - KDE software on Chakra<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-windows #kde-windows] - KDE software on MS Windows <br />
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==Applications== <!--T:11--><br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/akonadi #akonadi] - Users and developers of Akonadi <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/akregator #akregator] - Users and developers of aKregator <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/amarok #amarok] - Users and developers of Amarok <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/amarok.de #amarok.de] - German users and developers of Amarok <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/amarok.es #amarok.es] - Spanish users and developers of Amarok <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/amarok.fr #amarok.fr] - French users and developers of Amarok <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/rokymotion #rokymotion] - Promotion stuff of Amarok <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/apollon #apollon] - Users and developers of Apollon<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/Calligra #Calligra] - Users and developers of Calligra<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/gluon #gluon] - Users and developers of Gluon<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kaxul #kaxul] - Users and developers of KJSEmbed <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kate #kate] - Users and developers of Kate <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-accessibility #kde-accessibility] - Users and developers of accessibility apps, including KDE Text-to-Speech (KTTS)<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-edu #kde-edu] - Users and developers of KDE's Educational programs<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kdevelop #kdevelop] - Users and developers of KDevelop<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-games #kde-games] - Users and developers of KDE's games<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kde-telepathy #kde-telepathy] - Users and developers of KDE-Telepathy<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kexi #kexi] - Users and developers of Kexi <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kmymoney #kmymoney] - Users and developers of KMyMoney<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/koffice #koffice] - Users and developers of KOffice <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/konqueror #konqueror] - Users and developers of Konqueror <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kontact #kontact] - Users and developers of Kontact <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/konversation #konversation] - Users and developers of Konversation <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kopete #kopete] - Users and developers of Kopete <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/krita #krita] - Users and developers of Krita<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kvirc #kvirc] - Users and developers of KVirc <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/kwin #kwin] - Users and developers of KWin <br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/marble #marble] - Users and developers of Marble<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/okular #okular] - Users and developers of [[Okular]]<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/plasma #plasma] - Users and developers of Plasma<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/choqok #choqok] - Users and developers of Choqok<br />
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|[irc://chat.freenode.net/yakuake #yakuake] - Users and developers of Yakuake<br />
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Note that more channels for applications appear from time to time and may be added to this list. You can sort any list for ease of finding entries, by using the icon at the head of each list.<br />
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