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Re: Software Center instead of gnome-packagekit

 

On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Nathanel Titane
<nathanel.titane@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> It seems I must unfortunately agree now - I wanted to install 'Nitro' and
> it seems only the software center caters this application, and maybe many
> others. Trying to use a specific apt-url that links to the center borks the
> install process, as the center is not installed by default.
>
> Go for it then - or else it'll have to become a bug report and then mucho
> fixes.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:51 AM, Tim <darkxst@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yes, I agree this is the best option. Its going to be a bit of a mess
>> otherwise, trying to enable packagekit in gnome-settings-daemon and not
>> interfering with update-notifier.
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 29/11/12 11:03, Jeremy Bicha wrote:
>> > 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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