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ushabtay
Asked: 2014-10-19 00:05:19 +0800 CST

Why is GNOME Software Center not included in Ubuntu GNOME (14.04/14.10)?

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So I installed Ubuntu GNOME 14.04 (which included GNOME 3.10) and noticed that GNOME Software Center isn't included and isn't available through the repositories. Then I tried installing Ubuntu 14.10 (which included GNOME 3.12 stack) and, you guessed it, no GNOME Software center. Only the Ubuntu Software center.

Any idea why the devs didn't include it even as an option? Isn't Ubuntu GNOME meant to be a vanilla-GNOME-type-of-distro?

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  1. Best Answer

    I would say it's because Ubuntu has it's own Software Center which is better then GNOME Software Center, in their opinion. Ubuntu GNOME FAQ says the following about it:

    Why do you include Ubuntu Software Center instead of GNOME Software for installing software?

    Ubuntu Software Center offers user ratings and reviews, screenshots, and better search. GNOME developers currently do not intend to support easy install of proprietary software like Steam or the Humble Indie Bundles.

    Source: http://ubuntugnome.org/documentation/faq/

    But I'm pretty sure there is a possibility to install it, even though I can't tell you how.

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  2. Gnome SOftware Center will now be available on 16.04 release to replace the current software center. So probably you can install it now.

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