12-18-2014, 04:20 PM
Interesting post you've got here misko_2083.
Have never heard of either one of the software centers you've pointed out. Haven't yet tested either of the two myself yet and probably won't have time for that this week, but appreciate the heads up.
From what's been posted so far, I gather that neither one "breaks" LL, but they may not necessarily be good for installing software because some of the things listed are not in the LL repos. If that's the case, things like these might just be more useful to people (especially newcomers to Linux) as a source of well organized listings of software with good descriptions and screenshots that will be easier to understand than the somewhat more cryptic use of Synaptic. In other words, use either of these (or lubuntu-software-center) for informational purposes only and use traditional Synaptic to do the actual installations once they find what they want. (If something's not available through Synaptic, they can come here for help or use a search engine.)
Just food for thought right now. Not a recommendation until further testing confirms that LL is not adversely affected by their installation.
I started testing Lubuntu Software Center on two test machines a couple of days ago and can confirm that not all software for LL shows up in it for installation. Most does, but not all. Plan to test it long term to make sure future system updates don't pull something in that breaks LL. So far it doesn't appear to hurt anything. I did experience a potential problem on one machine -- but have a feeling it may have been due to physical hardware slowly failing on it rather than the software center itself. Will have better idea as testing continues over time and will keep everyone informed accordingly.
Have never heard of either one of the software centers you've pointed out. Haven't yet tested either of the two myself yet and probably won't have time for that this week, but appreciate the heads up.
From what's been posted so far, I gather that neither one "breaks" LL, but they may not necessarily be good for installing software because some of the things listed are not in the LL repos. If that's the case, things like these might just be more useful to people (especially newcomers to Linux) as a source of well organized listings of software with good descriptions and screenshots that will be easier to understand than the somewhat more cryptic use of Synaptic. In other words, use either of these (or lubuntu-software-center) for informational purposes only and use traditional Synaptic to do the actual installations once they find what they want. (If something's not available through Synaptic, they can come here for help or use a search engine.)
Just food for thought right now. Not a recommendation until further testing confirms that LL is not adversely affected by their installation.
(12-18-2014, 01:10 PM)misko_2083 link Wrote: Lubuntu Software Center isn't showing all the packages.
I started testing Lubuntu Software Center on two test machines a couple of days ago and can confirm that not all software for LL shows up in it for installation. Most does, but not all. Plan to test it long term to make sure future system updates don't pull something in that breaks LL. So far it doesn't appear to hurt anything. I did experience a potential problem on one machine -- but have a feeling it may have been due to physical hardware slowly failing on it rather than the software center itself. Will have better idea as testing continues over time and will keep everyone informed accordingly.
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