Synaptic lingo
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Synaptic lingo
What is the difference between the regular, multiverse, and universe categories in synaptic package manager. I assume they are pretty important since they are so prominently delineated in the application interface. I prefer it to Software Manager simply because there's more stuff and nice filters/search stuff. Is there something even better than Synaptic package manager as far as interface goes? there isn't really anything answering this question that i can find under "Software and Applications" in linuxmint forums, so i figure it counts as a newb question. Cheers! (no i'm not british, but i love dr who and imho there needs to be a dr. who distro called BlueBox or Dalinuks am i right?)
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Re: Synaptic lingo
How about Tardus Linux? In my personal opinion Synaptic Package Manager is the best thing there is for package managment.
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Re: Synaptic lingo
I think you will find this helpful: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/synaptic-pack ... users.html .
The section that answers that specific question:
I've seen questions here occasionally answered with "Google is your friend" which strikes me as a bit rude, but one thing about Linux that makes it harder for those familiar with Windows or Mac is that much of the terminology is new. This also happens to make web searches more likely to be helpful. Another factor in making that so is that commercial entities are not spending mega-bucks to shape search results.
And one more correction to that "Google is your friend" reply. Dubious, based on their tracking and database building. ScroogleSSL (a search add-on for Firefox) is your friend.
Hope this helps, and Have Fun!
The section that answers that specific question:
There are a lot of very helpful guides, how-to's and explanations that have been created by members of the Linux community.Main Repositories
The main distribution component contains applications that are free software, can freely be redistributed and are fully supported by the Ubuntu team. This includes the most popular and most reliable open source applications available, much of which is installed by default when you install Ubuntu.
Restricted Repositories
The restricted component is reserved for software that is very commonly used, and which is supported by the Ubuntu team even though it is not available under a completely free licence. Please note that it may not be possible to provide complete support for this software since we are unable to fix the software ourselves, but can only forward problem reports to the actual authors.
Universe Repositories
The universe component is a snapshot of the free, open source, and Linux world. In universe you can find almost every piece of open source software, and software available under a variety of less open licences, all built automatically from a variety of public sources. All of this software is compiled against the libraries and using the tools that form part of main, so it should install and work well with the software in main, but it comes with no guarantee of security fixes and support. The universe component includes thousands of pieces of software. Through universe, users are able to have the diversity and flexibility offered by the vast open source world on top of a stable Ubuntu core.
Multiverse Repositories
The “multiverse” component contains software that is “not free”, which means the licensing requirements of this software do not meet the Ubuntu “main” Component Licence Policy.
I've seen questions here occasionally answered with "Google is your friend" which strikes me as a bit rude, but one thing about Linux that makes it harder for those familiar with Windows or Mac is that much of the terminology is new. This also happens to make web searches more likely to be helpful. Another factor in making that so is that commercial entities are not spending mega-bucks to shape search results.
And one more correction to that "Google is your friend" reply. Dubious, based on their tracking and database building. ScroogleSSL (a search add-on for Firefox) is your friend.
Hope this helps, and Have Fun!