Bugs and irritations

[Knapp]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 8:09 AM, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
> Billie Erin Walsh wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 09:24, O. Sinclair <o.sinclair at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK after some time with Karmic 9.10 as main system here some bugs and
>>>> irritations:
>>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>
>>>> KPackagekit - try to explain to new users that they must know the name
>>>> of any application to find/install it and not just check for say Games,
>>>> Office or whatever.
>>
>> Forget about Kpackagekit and Adept. Both have been trashed to the point
>> of stupidity. Install Synaptic and be a happy camper again.
>>
> Synaptic has sort of the same approach - you must know what you want to
> find it rather than "let me see what I can find". I liked the layout and
> approach of the old Adept Installer, a kid will understand that one

+1 for missing the old Adept!!!!
All I want to do is have it load up and then type word processor and
be given a choice of what to remove and what I can add. Very simple.
Plus a button to update, upgrade, dist-upgrade and change to the next
distro. I don't think that is asking for that much, really.


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Douglas E Knapp

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