I switched to Xubuntu a few weeks ago. I thought I would force myself to use it until 16.10. (I wanted a little more eye candy. But, something about Xfce is frustrating to me. I'm glad to be back to Lxde). I encountered the "Software" software there. When I saw it again in Lubuntu 16.10 it felt like a step backwards.
I don't understand why anyone would create a new software center, recreate the wheel (leading to problems like progress indicators that don't work, requiring credentials when they aren't needed, and don't work) when they could have taken over (or forked) something that worked really (really) well: Lubuntu Software Center. I have used apt-get a lot. If I know what I need to install, I do it that way. But, when looking for things to install, I like a "software center" which narrows the choices. The Synaptic package manager is nice as a UI to the command line. But, it shows a lot of stuff you're not normally interested in. (Searching for GIMP produces a lot of output to wade through when all you want is GIMP.). As a side note: My foray into Xubuntu was due to how Ubuntu (as an organization) does wacky stuff like this. Initially I was going to use Mint Xfce. To me, Mint (as an org) seems more inclined to view things from the user's perspective. But, it doesn't have the support community Ubuntu has. You can be stranded if you have trouble. So, I used Xubuntu for my trial at loving Xfce. I'm glad to be back. I'm looking forward to LXQt. I was getting impatient, that's why I tried Xfce. On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Ian Bruntlett <[email protected]> wrote: > In the pre-release I did try to use "Software" to install packages. > Couldn't work out how it was meant to be used so I defaulted to Synaptic > Package Manager. I can use the command line (sudo apt-get install) at a > pinch. > > BW, > > > Ian > > -- > -- ACCU - Professionalism in programming - http://www.accu.org > -- My writing - https://sites.google.com/site/ianbruntlett/ > -- Free Software page - https://sites.google.com/site/ > ianbruntlett/home/free-software > >
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