Highlight Cockpit Files somewhere on the website

[garrett]

Cockpit Files is newer, but doesn't really have representation on the website.

[Mash707]

Hi @garrett ,I see that cockpit files have been mentioned in a blog and under the applications tab. I got to know about blog when I searched on google about cockpit files.
By representation does it mean that we can have a new page talking about cockpit files apart from the blog and linking this new page in other parts of the website? Thank you

[garrett]

We could have a page about it, but I was thinking about at least:

1. Showing it off in a screenshot on the front page
2. Mentioning it on the front page

We do mention it from time to time on release blog posts and on the applications page, at least.

[Mash707]

Can you share more details about cockpit files, some links which I can read to get better understanding.

I'll try to create a draft of a page talking about cockpit files which we can include in the website.
Along with this could you share details about how can I install cockpit files in WSL2 (Ubuntu) so I can add screenshot of it on the front page.

Can we create a section on the front page, something like "Latest features" under which we can mention new things like cockpit files, cockpit client etc with descriptions of 1-2 lines?

[garrett]

Oh, I'm not sure if Cockpit works inside of WSL2. I assume it would, and for Ubuntu at least, you can sudo apt install cockpit for the base... but you'd probably want to use the backports, and you might want to include more than just the base of Cockpit.

Instructions are at https://cockpit-project.org/running.html#ubuntu

You might want to modify it to pull in more cockpit-* packages; I think this might work instead:

. /etc/os-release
sudo apt install -t ${VERSION_CODENAME}-backports cockpit\*

(Note the quoted asterisk \* which, I think should work in Ubuntu inside WSL2.)

[Mash707]

So I did install cockpit using backports. I did not add \*.

It only works when enter into wsl.

So do I need to install it using by adding \*?
Also I am getting errors of being offline.

[martinpitt]

@Mash707 That's not related to WSL or backports, it's a long-standing bug in Ubuntu's PackageKit. Please see https://cockpit-project.org/faq.html#error-message-about-being-offline for how to work around it.

[Mash707]

@martinpitt @garrett all issues have been resolved(Thanks for the help) and I have successfully installed cockpit files and it is working fine.

Can you share more details about cockpit files, some links which I can read to get better understanding.

I'll try to create a draft of a page talking about cockpit files which we can include in the website. Along with this could you share details about how can I install cockpit files in WSL2 (Ubuntu) so I can add screenshot of it on the front page.

Can we create a section on the front page, something like "Latest features" under which we can mention new things like cockpit files, cockpit client etc with descriptions of 1-2 lines?

If possible could you tell the above details. I can start by adding screenshots of cockpit files.
Thank you

[Mash707]

We could mention support for Windows via WSL for these applications on the website or in the respective repositories.

[martinpitt]

@Mash707 There is no operational documentation about c-files. We hope the UI makes sense on its own. The release blogs regularly demonstrate new features.