Hi Genesis
I don't thing it would be possible to recommand some software! The use of PC is to variable from person to person as well as the teel and perception.
For some use you have no alternative: for example open and change details in autoCAD drawing (you have to own a legal copy of autoCAD or invite your partner to save the drawing again in the exchange format of autoCAD; if you have luck, you can open this drawing in OpenOffice and look on details on a machine range being more than 100 meter long or a high building!). Second example you will reproduce exactly a form of an autority that have to fill often (and know that it would be accepted; all autorities find not that always ok). If it is really tricky, you will probably have to use OpenOffice (again! as OpenOffice will offer the about full compatibility with Microsoft Office).
But for the most other purposes? Hm...
Browser are a special case as SliTaz always includes in his graphic system the browser engine "webkit" and uses a own user interface for it, "TazWEB". So you can add more "webkit" derivates without toil and without to make your system to fat. For this reason, SliTaz comes with Midori, a webkit derivate, and I use actually Xombrero, an other webkit derivate and find it very good as included in SliTaz now (it is not always as well included: good in Kubuntu 14.04 upgraded 14.10 but bad in Debian8 or actual SID).
Probably you will have to add in all cases flashplugin and java. I don't install open java but the original one (non free and non open :-(( ... but I have never uses where it doesn't work ;-) ...). See into /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins if you find both (files libflashplayer.so and libnpjp2.so).
flash is available using tazpkg but you will have to download java directly from the java page https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp and follow the instructions (link on the same page) as package packed as *.tar.gz,
download directly into the /usr directory:
open sakura monitor
su -
mkdir /usr/java
cd /usr/java
wget http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=103418
tar zxvf jre*
this unpack the package
rm jre*
cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
prepare the next step in Sakura:
ln -s+"space"
(space bar of course!)
roll up in sakura using the mouse roll key and search the entry with libnpjp2,so in it
mark all the content of that line
roll back to the new line "ln -s space"
hit on the mouse key used as key now and active the line with "enter"
ls
(you have to see the new link now as well as the link to libflashplayer.so.)
exit
exit
I never use Firefox any more. I don't accept the deprivations tactics from the mozilla co. against xulrunner and so against all xulrunner derivatives especially Seamonkey and Instantbird. And I find bad that it is not possible to erase each entry separately that you did make in a mozilla but only complete categories of entries. As the ~/.mozilla subdir becomes a very heavy depot of private dates along the time, and as it is easy to copy that subdir and re open it on a different PC it doesn't meet in the least my exigences of protection of private dates...
xombrero do about the same but is secure! sorry for kompoZer (not available on SliTaz depots but a Seamonkey version would be to find there and can do the same, and probably offer IRC ability if you want it! But the inconvenients are exactly the same as with Firefox: giant subdir with tons of your date and looked pages traces)...
yes, of course, I also install Mplayer as you are proposing.
I regret don't to find some geographic applications (marble qt version, and the old, but always usefull, merkaartor at the SliTaz depot) as I am a very active bicycle user! This would be more important for me as to listen music on the PC (my PC is not adequat in sount quality at all!!!): I use geographic app's really each day (not all stand alone as marble or merkaartor: there are some good ones also online. But if I need merkaartor, merkaartor is able to re draw all the streets of a big town themself from the aerial view of BING and it is legal between OSM and BING but probably also legal for private use) I have to reboot from SliTaz and use an other Linux...
There are my ideas concerning your proposals...
Kind regards
