I think most people that understand the power of anything are gonna use apt most of the time. Sometimes people have a need for a gui, for whatever reason, and the Software Center is not a replacement for Synaptic in this capacity.
Chris... On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Mark Holmquist <marktrac...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Unexpectedly, Canonical has decided that it is time for the Software >> Center to replace Synaptic as well. So, in the next daily build of >> Ubuntu 11.10, Synaptic will no longer be installed by default. The >> Software Center?!!! > > Brings to mind the GNOME 3 design choices: > http://www.christoph-wickert.de/blog/2011/06/25/gnome-developer-quote-of-the-day/ > > Maybe Ubuntu 11.10 is not being developed for people who like a featureful > package manager GUI.... > > Besides, most people who understand the power of Synaptic would probably be > better off with gnome-terminal + apt-get anyway. > > -- > Mark Holmquist > Student, Computer Science > University of Redlands > marktrac...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
