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Re: [LUG] Kubuntu manual -Synaptic

 

On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 17:18 +0100, tom wrote:

> On my GUI machines (now all nUbuntu) I do most of my package management
> with Synaptic - only very occasionally do I use apt* directly. So why
> does no-one suggest using Synaptic in user guides - a lot easier for the
> beginner for most tasks???

Do they point out the add/remove programs tool? I think this is even
nicer to use for simple install tasks. Plus it doesn't ask you to
authenticate until you actually want to do anything.

Telling newbies to open a terminal and run apt-get is just going to turn
people off.

I think it's a shame the process for adding new repositories can't be
made a simple click, click process. I like the idea that people can
setup launchpad accounts and build packages but if you actually want to
get people to use them properly (ie add it to apt and install the gpg
key) then it's a non trivial task.


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