"software" has very limited applications on menus

[Jim Byrnes]

On 08/17/2016 11:51 AM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> Ubuntu 16.04 installed fresh (not an upgrade)
>
>
> On 08/17/2016 09:29 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>> On 17 August 2016 at 17:22, John R. Sowden
>> <jsowden at americansentry.net> wrote:
>>> I have a box with Ubuntu 16.04 installed fresh (not an upgrade). When
>>> I go
>>> to the "Software" menu selection (a rather generic menu title), I see
>>> the
>>> recommended titles at the top with color icons, but there are no (none)
>>> "categories" or programs in any of the categories selections.  There
>>> is no
>>> reference to Gnome, so I don't know if this is the Gnome Software
>>> Downloader
>>> or not.
>> Which version of Ubuntu have you installed?
>>
>> Colin
>>
>

I had much the same thing happen but mine was on an upgrade.  The 
following day after I had rebooted it sort of fixed itself and I could 
see the various categories.  If you have not rebooted give that a try.

Regards,  Jim