.row h1 About this web site p ' This is a public repository of screenshots taken from applications contained ' in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution and its derivates like Ubuntu. It was ' created to help getting an impression of what a certain software will look ' like on your desktop before you install it. Everybody can take screenshots and ' upload them. Our admin team will just review your changes before they become ' publicly visible. h2 Which software packages are listed? p ' The information on packages listed on this site is taken from APT repositories ' like Debian or Ubuntu. We are just throwing out packages that are bad ' candidates for screenshots like transitional packages, header files or debug ' packages. The repositories that we are scanning frequently are: ul - @package_sources.each do |repo| li a href=repo[:url] =repo[:description] h2 Who is using this site? p ' Many users interested in Linux distributions and their applications visit ' this site either to look for specific pieces of software for certain use ' cases or just to see if there are any new applications they may have missed out on. ' And then there are several applications and web sites that use the screenshots ' from this site: ul li Ubuntu's Software Center li Benjamin Mesing's Packagesearch application li a href="https://packages.debian.org" packages.debian.org li a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com" packages.ubuntu.com h2 How you can use the screenshots p ' You can use the screenshots on your own website. Some useful URLs: ul li // TODO: Use actual virtual host name here instead of hardcoding screenshots.debian.net ' http://screenshots.debian.net/packages br ' (List of all packages with screenshots) li ' http://screenshots.debian.net/package/PACKAGENAME br ' (Page with details and screenshots for a certain package) li ' http://screenshots.debian.net/thumbnail/PACKAGENAME br ' (Returns a thumbnail (160x120 pixels or less) of a package's first found ' screenshot. If no screenshot was found then a dummy image will be returned ' along with the HTTP code 404.) li ' http://screenshots.debian.net/screenshot/PACKAGENAME br ' (Returns a screenshot (800x600 pixels or less) of a package. If no ' screenshot was found then a dummy image will be returned along with the ' HTTP code 404.) li ' http://screenshots.debian.net/rss br ' (An RSS feed showing the most recently uploaded screenshots.) ' If you would like to get a complete list of packages or screenshots in JSON ' format then contact us and we will give you the URL. h2 Uploading new screenshots p ' Whether you are a developer or not - we appreciate if you upload screenshots. ' See if your favorite package does not yet have a screenshot and a href=upload_package_path upload one ' . h2 Statistics p // TODO: Use real values ' We currently have #{@package_count} packages in our database. ' 3798 of them have screenshots. ' That makes a total of 7.8%. ' We have #{@screenshot_count} screenshots on the server which means ' every package has an average number of #{@pkg_avg_screenshots} screenshots. p // TODO: Use plot about upload statistics ' (Number of screenshots uploaded each month.) h2 Who is behind this site? p ' This site has been developed and is maintained by Christoph Haas. ' It runs on a web application called debshots that was written in Ruby-on-Rails. ' debshots also uses a PostgreSQL database, the jQuery Javascript library ' and the Zurb Foundation toolkit. Further code has been ' contributed by Michael Vogt - programmer of Synaptic and Ubuntu's Software ' Center. h2 Kudos p ' It would not be possible to run this web site without these fabulous ' open-source software components: the a href="https://jquery.com/" jQuery Javascript library ', the a href="http://www.fancyapps.com/fancybox/" Fancybox plugin ', the a href="http://www.postgresql.org/" PostgreSQL database ', the infamous but fabulous a href="http://komodoide.com/komodo-edit/" Komodo Edit ', the a href="http://foundation.zurb.com/" Zurb Foundation responsive web framework ' and last but definitely not least the a href="http://rubyonrails.org/" Ruby on Rails web framework ' . And of course thanks to a href="http://vexxhost.com/" VEXXHOST ' for sponsoring the server.