[xubuntu-users] Install software

[Neil Winchurst]

On 10/05/16 20:48, Peter Flynn wrote:
> On 05/10/2016 04:39 PM, Petter Adsen wrote:
> [...]
>> I'm guessing that you, like many users, are using the software that has
>> replaced Software Center, named Gnome Software. There are a number of
>> outstanding bugs in it, so lots of people are unhappy with it.
>
> Clearly there are some issues with 16.04.
>
> \begin{rant :-}
> It's unclear to simple users like me why the designers or developers
> feel it necessary constantly to fix things that aren't broken.
>
> a) the installer interface: Synaptic works perfectly and has never
> failed me. Software Centre is a joke: one package at a time, half the
> stuff is missing, and it's as slow as trying to waltz in mud. I can't
> even begin to imagine what ghastliness awaits in Gnome Software.
>
> b) the repos: the replacement of perfectly-working and valuable software
> by part-broken packages with poor interface design has been going on
> unchecked for far too long. It started way back with kpdf and kdvi being
> replaced by okular, which is messy, usurps valuable screen space with a
> completely useless sidebar, and still doesn't print accurately; it
> continues with each successive release.
> \end{rant}
>
Agree with you entirely. I never upgrade, I always install the new, 
up-to-date when I move on. The very first thing I do once the new 
version is in place is install synaptic. Then I use that for most of ny 
installs from then on, except the occasional apt-get install in a terminal.

Neil