Are they phasing out Synaptic package manager?

[madjr]

i use synaptic almost exclusively. I find software center to be slow and clunky.

this !

+100

anyway would be cool to see a synaptic and/or software center or package manager lens, which would be pretty fast and probably feel integrated or be useful.

gotta put this lens stuff we got now to good use!

I can't code, so anyone up for the challenge ?

[Primefalcon]

simply search thew USC for it or do a sudo apt-get install synaptic for it.... simple

[Paqman]

It's not trollage. The OP's experience from installing Ubuntu showed that Synaptic wasn't installed anymore, which does make it seem like they are phasing it out. The truth of the matter is that they already did phase it out of the default install. I don't think he was trying to troll.

Well, I did initially assume that this was the case, but the fact that the OP hasn't come back puts this down as a drive-by post. That's classic troll behaviour. Drop a controversial and/or confusing first post, sit back and watch the forum tie themselves in knots.

Just in case the OP is genuine: being dropped from the default install doesn't mean anything. As long as Debian have Synaptic in their repos, Ubuntu will have it too. It's only a couple of clicks away, just like the other 40,000 packages.

[Grenage]

While I don't use synaptic now (I rarely install, and usually from terminal), when I was starting with Linux, I used to detest it; you'd search for an application, and end up with 100 results - mostly irrelevant.

I don't use Software Centre, but at least it's simple and obvious.

[forrestcupp]

Well, I did initially assume that this was the case, but the fact that the OP hasn't come back puts this down as a drive-by post. That's classic troll behaviour. Drop a controversial and/or confusing first post, sit back and watch the forum tie themselves in knots.

Good point.

[Michaeljs1990]

i hope not, ubuntu software center is to graphic intense and slow and still runs slow on one of my desktops even though i also use it for games like COD without any problems.

[vasa1]

I think the confusion, if any, has been cleared and this thread may be "phased out"

[nothingspecial]

I think the confusion, if any, has been cleared and this thread may be "phased out"

Good idea.

Closed.