Thanks for your report. It's because an entry correspond to the snap package and the other for the debian package. It's indeed confusing.
** Summary changed: - VLC appears twice in Ubuntu Software + VLC appears twice in Ubuntu Software (snap / deb) ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Summary changed: - VLC appears twice in Ubuntu Software (snap / deb) + Applications packaged as snap and deb appear twice in the search results. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1749085 Title: Applications packaged as snap and deb appear twice in the search results. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1749085/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs