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When searching for software in the Software Center the search algorithm
gives poor results making it very difficult to find the desired software
or discover new software.

For example, searching "system monitor" the top result is the KDE System
Monitor (ksysguard). Searching "Gnome System Monitor" the top result is
Camera Monitor (cameramonitor). The only way to get the default Ubuntu
system monitor to show up at all is to search the exact application name
"gnome-system-monitor". The results are so bad that omitting even one of
the dashes by searching "gnome-system monitor" will give no results at
all!

These results are undesireable because even experienced users are
unlikely to know applications by their binary file names. How many
Ubuntu users know that Document Viewer's real name is Evince? In order
to provide a better experience for new and experienced users the search
results should be improved.

** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New


** Tags: u1-notrack
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Ubuntu Software Center returns poor search results.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1190016
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