Pling Store and OCS-URL: 2 apps to customize Linux and more
As we have seen here Ubunlog every day friday, by participating in the customary online celebration of #DeskFridays, Both the screenshots of our Distribution and those of others usually show that our used operating systems have excellent and striking customizations that usually vary by the Wallpaper used and the arrangement of the elements of its graphical interface. But, also, for the visual theme packages implemented both for the graphical interface and for the icons and cursors.
And while it is true that many of these packages can be obtained through the packages included in the repositories of each GNU/Linux Distribution, there is a very quirky online software store called Pling dedicated to it. Therefore, it brings together a good compendium of them; and in addition to the website, it includes 2 apps, one for desktop and one as a web plugin, called «Pling Store and OCS-URL».
But, before starting this post about the Pling software store and the “Pling Store and OCS-URL” apps, we recommend you explore a previous related post With the topic of personalization, at the end of reading this:
Pling Software Store: Pling Store and OCS-URL to customize and install apps
What are the Pling website, and its Pling Store and OCS-URL apps?
According to his own Pling website, this project is described as follows:
The Pling.com website and technology project is part of the web portal and technology project called Opendesktop.org. More precisely, it is the Shop section, where creators can publish their free products and content and obtain a small compensation every time they download a product or view a media, which is limited to the amount of donations available for each section.
And in case you want to know what the Opendesktop.org project, the same is:
One of the largest websites for the free software and content community. Because its main objective is the promotion and advancement of free and open software and content. And its large size is due to the fact that it works as a web portal that brings together other sites such as Pling.com, Appimagehub.com, Opencode.net and many others.
Pling Store
Pling Store It is a desktop app, which is a local graphical user interface of the Pling.org Online Software Store. Therefore, without opening a web browser we can have access to all its content, both to just download them and to directly install them (applications, games, visual themes, icon themes and cursor themes). For download and installation you can directly access the following link and use their installers in the following format: AppImage.
OCS-URL
OCS-URL It is a desktop application that works like a kind of web plugin, since it is integrated into web browsers, in such a way as to facilitate the installation of the contents offered therein. Above all, those that are visual themes, icon themes and cursor themes. For download and installation you can directly access the following link and use its installers in the following format: *.tar.xz, *.rpm and *.deb.
Summary
In summary, both the Pling Software Store website and its 2 useful apps «Pling Store and OCS-URL» They are great resources to use, both when beautify and customize our GNU/Linux Distros as when it comes to getting and installing apps and games, little known and infrequently used. Or others not found in an ideal format (compatible/native) for our free and open operating system based on Linux.
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