Oh, one more thing. I don't know if you're familiar with any other operating system but Linux. However, have you ever opened Applications menu in Mac OS X or Add/remove in Windows just to see what's installed on your system? Sometimes you decide which application you don't need anymore at that moment.
The problem of Synaptic is that it shows everything. Just everything. Even packages that are important, installed by default with Operating System and which are required for Ubuntu to proper functioning. Applications like Thunderbird are mixed with ultraimportant core packages. Don't you think that it confuses users, even power users (I don't mean Linux kernel hackers and other computer maniacs), too? -- Very difficult to review installed software https://launchpad.net/bugs/64694 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
