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Re: Software Center instead of gnome-packagekit

 

+1 For a newbie, installing programs is one of the harder things in
GNU/Linux. USC , like the many App Stores, is something many are already
familiar with.


On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Zhuo.M <mengzhuo1203@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> +1
> Without Ubuntu software center, it is not an Ubuntu any more.
>
> -----
> Light up the darkness
>
>
> 2012/11/29 Lukas B. Snelling <luke@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > +500000000000001
> >
> > On Nov 28, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Nathanel Titane <nathanel.titane@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > -500000000000000
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Vibhav Pant <vibhavp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> +1
> >>
> >> On Nov 29, 2012 5:38 AM, "Alfredo Hernández" <
> aldomann.designs@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> As GNOME software apps redesign isn't ready yet, I think that this is
> the
> >>> most coherent decision.
> >>>
> >>> El 29/11/2012 01:04, "Jeremy Bicha" <jbicha@xxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> >>>>
> >>>> I think we should use Ubuntu Software Center by default instead of
> >>>> "Software" (gnome-packagekit or gpk) for the Ubuntu GNOME Remix.
> >>>>
> >>>> - Ubuntu Software Center is one of Ubuntu's best features with ratings
> >>>> and reviews, screenshots, app icons, access to commercial software,
> >>>> and decent search.
> >>>>
> >>>> - Software on the other hand is currently pretty disappointing
> >>>> (although it will be the default in Debian Wheezy). I think the
> >>>> proposed Software redesign is a ways off still.
> >>>>
> >>>> - Other GNOME distros (Mageia and openSUSE) ship their own software
> >>>> management apps.
> >>>>
> >>>> - This also means that we would switch to Ubuntu's Update Manager
> >>>> instead of the gnome-packagekit updater which is hidden in the
> >>>> Software app menu.
> >>>>
> >>>> - Both Update Manager and the Software Center get a lot more attention
> >>>> from Ubuntu developers than the gpk tools.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Jeremy
> >>>>
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