Comments on: Never judge a book by its cover!

By: Jenay

Jenay — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:55:22 +0000

That’s way more clever than I was excpetnig. Thanks!

By: Hennis45

Hennis45 — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:19:25 +0000

Eva Longoria is not even close Desperate now. She has been announced as the official host of the MTV EMAs next month. Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria, will lead proceedings at the event, which is set to see stars including Katy Perry and Linkin Park take to the stage in Madrid.And also the lovely Latino couldn’t be happier about landing the much-coveted Spanish gig, the MTV EMAs, taking place on November 6.

By: cleatus

cleatus — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:31:10 +0000

i would really like to see a few things done. a very good search filtering system available (sourceforge, etc.) there needs to be clarification on dependencies, or extras deemed most important to actual usability, with the option to add from same menu(or include by default with option to uncheck, though not hidden to0 well) as well as a fairly comprehensive list of most applicable/highest rated add ons, extensions codecs etc.again from same window. so people that think installing software is exciting(like me when implemented correctly) can have their fun without having to bounce all over usc in embarrassment( especially when trying to show new user how easy everything is!) Anyways…as it is now the search engine brings up software that is sometimes almost esoterically/metaphorically linked. just whatever we do don’t get the microsoft mentality of trying to block and control user’s movement through “their” own operating system.also, every capability with improvements of synaptic should still be available. maybe usc should have three main “view filters” …”human”, “nerd”, and “major dork” with less off putting/less hilarious titles. btw, what’s with the luciferianism with 10.4? i mean come on!

By: John T

John T — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:55:06 +0000

I agree with AdamF, but think that something similar to the thing at the bottom of Amazon pages and some other online shops “others who bought this also bought…” or similar.

I understand that some people, like me, install lots of completely unrelated apps at the same time, but it could work.

By: Drew Ewing

Drew Ewing — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:00:29 +0000

I think we should use tags/keywords and a description, allow the user to search both. Also an embedded video player would work wonders for demoing games to determine their value to your graphical requirements. LOVE UBUNTU! KEEP IT UP & KEEP IT FREE (as in beer)!

By: Schalken

Schalken — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:08:05 +0000

This is a wonderful initiative. Furthermore, I disagree with Les that Mint is something to emulate. The user comments that they include in package descriptions in the Software Manager look as if they were written by illiterate 13 year olds or people who rarely use English. I certainly don’t want to diminish the contributions of speakers of languages other than English, but poorly written comments would be a major turn off for most users, I’d wager.

By: timothy jones

timothy jones — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:24:44 +0000

i just want to share these two efforts on which i came across:

* http://fossfor.us/recent_reviews (has data on reviews, the same idea online)
* http://debtags.alioth.debian.org/ (with tags like “format: html”, “interface:x11″, “scope:english”)

By: Rishav Thakker

Rishav Thakker — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:04:42 +0000

I think that there should be a reinstall option. Uninstalling a package and then re-installing it manually can be a pain, especially if its a dummy package.

And the new Ubuntu ubuntu software center looks awesome great improvement

By: AdamF

AdamF — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:54:52 +0000

Hi Folks, Newbie to Ubuntu. Debian, Linux in general. Its Fantastic.
I have noticed that software like audio players at times need mp3 codecs etc. installed. Would love to see a “you may also need” section appear for each piece of software that may ned it, so that new users downloading a program don’t end up head scratching as to why its not operating as it should. Just a thought.
Also like the thumbs up/down idea.
Am spreading the word…..keep up the good work!!

By: jmite

jmite — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:56:47 +0000

Also useful would be some way of distinguishing GUI apps from CLI apps. For example wants to write music, so they download Lilypond. Great, till they find out it’s a language, not a program, and when they look for Lilypond in the menu, it’s nowhere to be found. Even if it were not removed, putting these cli things at the bottom of searches for new users could help them find the apps they want to use.