-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Nicolas Michel wrote on 21/08/12 22:52: > ... > > So I thought the best I would want as a user is to search for > everything I want to install on my desktop from the Ubuntu Software > Center. Although I'm not aware of the future plans for the > application I think it would be really amazing to have a plugin > system on the Ubuntu Software Center to plug external content > database to its search engine so we could see the content > available from Desura, Steam AND Play on Linux (and maybe others). > These plugins should work (and keep updated their databases) even > without these applications installed. So the user should be asked > to install it to be able to install that game or that software.
This would be useful for software developers, too: imagine being able to access all of Cpan from the "Developer Tools" > "Perl" subcategory, PyPI from the "Python" subcategory, or RubyGems.org from the "Ruby" subcategory. > ... > > Secondly to offer what guys that are coming to our platform are > searching for: freedom. You may think it's ironic since we are > talking about closed-source softwares but it is not. I'm talking > of freedom as in freedom of choice. Regarding this topic I think > the Ubuntu Software Center should really tag clearly what is > open-source, closed-source, free of charge and not. USC already does this. We could perhaps do it more prominently <http://launchpad.net/bugs/715683>, and we could definitely be more specific about the open-source licenses being used. <http://launchpad.net/bugs/435183> > It should also really well highlight who is providing the software: > Ubuntu, Steam, Desura, others? We have work to do on this, though each application already links to the publisher's Web site. > So we'll have the choice: if I'm searching for the "video" keyword > and I want to use only open-source softwares provided by > Canonical, I should be able to click on a filter to only see it. > > ... You can already filter on software provided by Canonical, but that's not the same as filtering on open-source software. <http://launchpad.net/bugs/630730> Cheers - -- mpt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAlA15aYACgkQ6PUxNfU6eco38gCdFIJPvGoAKGAdTFvCs7lLwf95 hAAAnA35Jw09f+qia4JTf99ArNAJBacm =MBeC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
