Public bug reported:
The recommendations in the Software Center are a bit off. This one thing
in particular irks me because there is no value—assuming discovering new
software is the value we are after—to the user to recommend them
software they have already got installed on their system.
I suggest that software that is already installed on the current system
should never be recommended. The software listings even have the little
green check mark indicators showing the application is installed. (See
attached screenshot.)
Steps to reproduce:
1. Clean installation of Ubuntu
2. Open the Software Center
3. Login using a Ubuntu single sign on
4. Enable software recommendations
5. Open Recommended for you
Some of the software is installed by default.
With customization:
(steps 1–5 above)
5. Install any of the one or several of the recommended software
6. Exit and restart the Software Center
7. Open Recommended for you
You get the same recommendations including the application you installed
in your last session. (With enough applications
Ubuntu 12.10, software-center 5.4.1.3
** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: quantal software-discoverability software-recommendations
** Attachment added: "Recommended software includes already installed software"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1096950/+attachment/3476206/+files/List%20of%20recommended%20apps%20including%20installed.png
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1096950
Title:
Do not recommend software already installed on the system
Status in “software-center” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
The recommendations in the Software Center are a bit off. This one
thing in particular irks me because there is no value—assuming
discovering new software is the value we are after—to the user to
recommend them software they have already got installed on their
system.
I suggest that software that is already installed on the current
system should never be recommended. The software listings even have
the little green check mark indicators showing the application is
installed. (See attached screenshot.)
Steps to reproduce:
1. Clean installation of Ubuntu
2. Open the Software Center
3. Login using a Ubuntu single sign on
4. Enable software recommendations
5. Open Recommended for you
Some of the software is installed by default.
With customization:
(steps 1–5 above)
5. Install any of the one or several of the recommended software
6. Exit and restart the Software Center
7. Open Recommended for you
You get the same recommendations including the application you
installed in your last session. (With enough applications
Ubuntu 12.10, software-center 5.4.1.3
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