Re: Ubuntu Software Center future

2014-09-28 Thread Tim Heckman
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 4:11 AM, David Raphaël wrote: > However, I am a bit concerned about package management and I think that > Ubuntu should develop (or improve) its own package management system in > order for the distribution to be more administrators friendly. I'm sorry, but you can't cite

RE:Ubuntu Software Center future

2014-09-28 Thread David Raphaël
Hi Martin, Thank you for your answer. I really like your idea of showing only the .desktop in the scope and the rest with synaptic. A return of synaptic as the default package management tool would make a lot of people happy. However, my idea was a little different. As I said, I don't know exact

Re: Ubuntu Software Center future

2014-09-28 Thread Dale Amon
On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 11:39:26AM -0700, I.E.G. wrote: > I don't often respond . Personally I ignore the entire GUI update package. I use dselect or apt-get at command line, and if issues arrive I use dpkg --force-whatever's to fix them. The command line is far faster and more powerful for many

Re: Ubuntu Software Center future

2014-09-28 Thread I.E.G.
I don't often respond . Unity was and is a total abortion . If I wanted a tablet or glass-phone OS I'd own a tablet or glass-phone. Unity just sucks . What sucks more is that it is force fed . Having to install something you despise to get something you want is in no way a pleasant experience .I

Ubuntu Software Center future

2014-09-28 Thread David Raphaël
Hi everyone! With the recent development of Unity8, I have noticed that the Ubuntu Software Center is becoming an App Store equivalent, which I think is fine. For me, the Ubuntu Software Center should focus on applications and not on packages. However, I am a bit concerned about package manageme