further to my last long post: specific issue that is probably multiple issues.
example: I want to install unetbootin from the repo. * It doesn't show up in synaptic * it shows up in add/remove applications* when I click on the check box the cursor becomes a spinny wheel indefinitely until I quit add/remove applications. * sudo apt-get install unetbootin doesn't work (E: Unable to locate package unetbootin)
related issue icecat doesn't show in add/remove applications but does in synaptic.
