Public bug reported: Ubuntu Software Center just seems unfinished. When adding "more items" to an already installed application, each time a check-box is clicked, the software is unresponsive for 10-20 seconds. I can click multiple check-boxes in succession, but it takes forever for the UI to catch up. Also, scrolling after clicking one of the check-boxes is ridiculously out of sync and it often causes the window to scroll far away from the viewpoint i've settled on. Scrolling is very responsive, and the Install button works fine, as long as no additional items are checked. These problems only show up after an extra item has been checked. After clicking "Apply changes" the UI becomes responsive again and i can scroll to the top to view the installation progress.
Also, after I added extra repositories (or PPAs... I don't know the official term as I'm a new Linux user), occasionally when using the Software Center interface to add packages from third-parties, after installing one package, when I use the UI to go back to the main listing, the description text for all of the packages disappear and the "More Info" and "Install" buttons don't do anything. The only fix is to close and re-open Software Center, and on rare occasion, Log out or Restart the computer completely. Finally... the Software Center app does not respond well when an internet connection has been temporarily interrupted (like a temporary glitch of a wired connection, or temporary loss of signal on a wireless connection). The UI just displays spinning progress wheels but becomes completely unable to recover, at which time the application must be restarted or the entire Ubuntu session must be restarted. I'm a new Linux user, although I have 20 years experience with other platforms. I am amazed and impressed at how much Ubuntu and the entire Linux community has matured, and I'm now using Ubuntu as my ONLY netbook OS and as one of my main desktop OSes. I figured the best way to get acclimated with Linux was to just jump in headfirst rather than dual- booting or using a virtual machine. I'm not trying to pick apart all the hard work that has gone into Ubuntu, and I absolutely love Software Center and think it's genius (and Linux package management in general was surely the inspiration for App Stores on other OSes... a fact that will not be lost on me). My job is to develop and integrate computing solutions for homes, students, small businesses, etc. I am converting a lot of people to Linux, so i am submitting bugs and feedback from the average user perspective. I think that a few of the problems I've outlined in this report might cast a dark cloud over an average user's experience, which is why I believe it is important to be fixed, even if these are just minor cosmetic and UI issues that don't necessarily impact the stability and capability of the Ubuntu operating system as a whole. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: software-center 4.0.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Jul 9 11:08:29 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: software-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: software-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug apport-lpi i386 natty running-unity unity-2d -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808024 Title: Software Center is glitchy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/808024/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs