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Ubuntu Software Center is Mixing Proprietary and Free Software in a Dangerous Way

posted by n1 on Monday June 08 2015, @03:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the mix-and-match dept.

tonymercmobily writes:

I have been watching the evolution of the Ubuntu Software Center for quite a while now. I had doubts about its interface and its speed, but I liked the fact that it offered an easy, down-to-earth interface that allowed users to install software easily. However, I have to say that the way the Ubuntu Software Center has evolved is worrying me -- a lot. I am not against the idea of selling software. What I am against, is confusing proprietary software with non-proprietary software, The Ubuntu Software Center seems to be doing just that.

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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday June 08 2015, @07:18AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Monday June 08 2015, @07:18AM (#193551) Homepage Journal

    Debian was the reason I used Ubuntu.

    Slackware was the reason I used Debian.

    For now Linux Mint is OK but there are times when I really want to use google for my search engine; not being able to set it in the browser gets on my nerves.

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    Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2015, @08:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2015, @08:21AM (#193569)

    so what was your reason for using Kuro5hin?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2015, @03:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2015, @03:01PM (#193678)

    I really want to use google for my search engine

    Maybe not what you are looking for, but there is a plugin to help with that [techbrown.com].

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by mmcmonster on Monday June 08 2015, @03:52PM

    by mmcmonster (401) on Monday June 08 2015, @03:52PM (#193696)

    Google isn't the default search engine on Linux Mint, but it's easy to change the search engine. :-)

    So easy that I forgot how I did it. :-(

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday June 08 2015, @05:54PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Monday June 08 2015, @05:54PM (#193741)

      It tells you how. on the page about search engines, as it also explains to you why it isn't there by default.
      It's about 4 clicks...

  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Monday June 08 2015, @06:27PM

    by isostatic (365) on Monday June 08 2015, @06:27PM (#193751) Journal

    Do you remember the olden days when you visited http://www.google.com [google.com] and typed in there - before you had searches direct from your browser?