Comment 62 for bug 342671

"PackageKit allows applications to interact with the package
manager without knowing exactly what it is (yum, apt, zypper etc.)"

What advantage has that in Kubuntu, since Kubuntu only uses apt/aptcc as a backend?

"Boot time security updates"

I've never experienced this so far.

"Installing files automatically, e.g. openoffice-clipart"

Adept does that too.

"Installing new features, e.g. smart-card readers"

Adept does that too.

"Allowing unprivileged users to install software in a corporate build"

Ok, Adept can't do that, but when modified a bit, Adept can use Policykit for this too.

"Opening unknown file formats"

As in what?

"Removing dependencies for files"

Adept does that too.

"PackageKit itself is a system activated daemon called packagekitd"

Not true. It runs on the background all the time on my Kubuntu 9.10