Classification

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 * Applications:
  * Games
   * Action
   * Adventure
   * Boardgames
   * Cards
   * Educational
   * Music
   * Puzzle (was Logic)
   * Racing
   * Roleplaying
   * Shooter
   * Simulation
   * Sports
   * Strategy

This is largely consistent with the game categories at Newegg.com, although I simplified it a touch for areas we probably don't have a huge number of games yet.

 -- BryceHarrington

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Freshmeat and [[http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Software%20Map%20and%20Trove|Sourceforge]] use the Trove system for organizing their stuff, I believed it's based off of [[http://www.catb.org/~esr/trove/|this]]. -- [[LaunchpadHome:jorge]] <<DateTime(2009-08-28T16:42:50-0628)>>

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Use the same categories as KDE as they follow the XDG spec. Also if someone does install a program from an outside source, we can be relativity certain it will be placed in the right category. Finally it will promote continuity over various *buntu variants.

--Corey Buckingham

Present your ideas here of how SoftwareStore application categories could be subcategorized or redistributed. Please sign your name with each proposal, and put a separator (----) between proposals. Thanks!

  • Applications:
    • Games
      • Action
      • Adventure
      • Boardgames
      • Cards
      • Educational
      • Music
      • Puzzle (was Logic)
      • Racing
      • Roleplaying
      • Shooter
      • Simulation
      • Sports
      • Strategy

This is largely consistent with the game categories at Newegg.com, although I simplified it a touch for areas we probably don't have a huge number of games yet.

Freshmeat and Sourceforge use the Trove system for organizing their stuff, I believed it's based off of this. -- jorge 2009-08-28 23:10:50

Use the same categories as KDE as they follow the XDG spec. Also if someone does install a program from an outside source, we can be relativity certain it will be placed in the right category. Finally it will promote continuity over various *buntu variants.

--Corey Buckingham

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