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[Jean-Pierre Vidal Piesset <jpxsat@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm giving it a try, some apreciations:

- must install gnome-packagekit (graphical front-end)
- It's a complete replacement for synaptics+update-manager and the softwares
related - maybe the inclusion of packagekit will need some of pulishement to
be included perfectly on lubuntu
- it's way more friendly than synaptics :)
- it adds 'lots' of shortcuts to the system preferences menu (but it's
unified in the add/remove programs , just like it was on 10.04 for UM pack)
- it's not connecting to the actualizations :/ ? (a reboot will make the
trick)
- here on my pentium 3 it runs well, it's not very ram-demanding and just
like update-manager it runs on the background but with some root processes,
increasing a little the ram demanded for the system and i don't know if it's
heavier than "update-manager pack" - i 'feel' that is lighter.
- the UI launch faster than synpatics and update-manager respectively,
opening a category makes the system 'lag just a little' i think because it
loads the list IN THAT moment -a change of what we are used to in synaptics.
- it interacts beautifully with the notification area... and the icons are
nice :)
- in the packagekit page there are some
screenshots<http://www.packagekit.org/pk-screenshots.html>that show
interaction with the notifier popups that Lubuntu use
- it's as configurable as update-manager and the whole thing (i like to
maintain it off and update the packages myself when i remember to do so -
quite often really :) - only problem it's when i do that conf with UM pack,
UM wasn't 'there around' anymore, packagekit is still there (maybe needs
polish for this)
- don't know how to add a new ppa :(
- it groups the updates when it's from the same family :)
- in general i find it very attractive and friendly
- once installed it asks for launch the new app installed :)

My user apreciations :)

Humble opinion: honestly i think that we should use something less
complicated and nicer than synaptics for the average user :) and maybe
packagekit it's a good way to make it. (i really would like it if it were
included :)

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jpxsat