to make using your Raspberry Pi more like a desktop PC
PiKiss stands for "Pi Keeping It Simple, Stupid!" It is a bunch of scripts with a menu, to make life easier.
Works on: RPiOS 32bit, TwisterOS 32bit
Lead developer: Jose Cerrejon
Installation:
curl -sSL https://git.io/JfAPE | bash
Project Home Page: https://github.com/jmcerrejon/pikiss
Pi-Apps is a Raspberry Pi App Store for Open Source Projects
Works on: any Debian-based distribution for the Pi, with a desktop interface and the necessary dependencies
Lead developer: Botspot
Installation:
wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Botspot/pi-apps/master/install | bash
Project Home Page: https://github.com/Botspot/pi-apps
Featured in Novaspirit Tech's video here WARNING! This will UNINSTALL pi-package (or add/remove software) from the system. Do not use this guide if you don't want pi-package removed.
Install gnome-software-common packages
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-software -y
Install snapd, flatpak
sudo apt-get install flatpak snapd -y
sudo reboot
Install flatpak repo
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
Install gnome-software plugins
sudo apt-get install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak gnome-software-plugin-snap -y
Install add/remove software (not pi-package)
sudo apt install gnome-packagekit
Snap Store is a software center based on GNOME Software Center, but it's used for installing snaps.
Project Home Page: https://snapcraft.io/snap-store
To install:
# install snapd
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install snapd -y
# install snapstore
sudo snap install snap-store
It's also available through Pi-Apps.
Synaptic is a package manager GUI for power-users. It is included with the Raspberry Pi repositories and comes with many distributions.
To install:
# update apt lists
sudo apt-get update
# install synaptic package
sudo apt-get install synaptic -y
Synaptic can be launched from the Main Menu, in the System Preferences part.