Re: Q. re "Software" on new 11.6 Install
Le mercredi 28 décembre 2022 à 09:05 -0600, Kent West a écrit :
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> I found "Synaptic", which seems to be what I thought "Software" was
> going to be. Perhaps "Synaptic" is Debian-specific, whereas
> "Software" is Cinnamon-specific. Maybe?
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I would say that Synaptic or Gnome-packagekit are GUI package managers
that, on debian and its derivatives use the apt libraries, but are
indeed not dependant of a particular underlying package management
ecosystem. Synaptic is not part of a DE, Gnome-software is part ot the
Gnome project.
In my mind you employ such tools when you think of packets (not apps)
and how to manage them whith a GUI.
Conversely you could think of Software (Gnome-software in fact, and I
think there is an equivalent in the KDE desktop), not as a GUI package
manager for administrators, but as an application center or application
store, for privileged end-users who barely, if at all, know what a
package is. It's more a scenario a la Android/Ios/Windows/MacOS app
store. It's troubling for experienced linux users used to install
packets but much more user friendly for a non-technician user who
searches for an application name or description, browse the results,
read the descriptions, watch the screenshots and install the chosen app.
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