Thank you for taking the time to report this problem. What theme are you using? It's clearly not the default Ambiance nor Radiance. I suppose it's a theming bug, e.g the background is the same color as the text on the links, that would explain why the cursor changes when hovering over the link.
** Changed in: software-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1108612 Title: side menu (List of Categories) displays links but no names To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/1108612/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs