Hi, I was about to post this in this thread: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/helping-new-users-choose-application-software
But, as I don't have an opinion, but a basic help request, I opened a new topic.
The thing is that I still don't know how the software installation works. I normally install apps through Add/Remove Applications. When I cannot find a program there, I try to find out if that application is really free software, and then I sometimes find that I can magically install it with the apt-get command. Some minutes ago I have just discovered that there is this Synaptic Package Manager. Sometimes I have also installed software from a website because I have considered it free software but could not get it with the apt-get commands.
My concern is, are the apps that I get with the apt-get command stored in the same Trisquel-verified repository as the ones I get using the Add/Remove Applications? Is it just one repository?
If so, why some apps are here and others there? Is it because only those apps appearing in Add/Remove Applications are being monitored for updates? And why only some? Is it just because of a lack of resources to monitor the whole repository?
And, is this Synaptic Package Manager just a GUI for the apt-get commands? Is it the same thing?
And, I don't really know how a repository works... I think Trisquel only has one. Who in the community manages? Am I trusting anonymous people?
Who should I ask if I have a proposal to include an app in the repo? Thank you for your patience with gnubies!
