Ubuntu
software-center package

  1. Bug #978118
  2. Comment #16

Comment 16 for bug 978118

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Nathan Williams (nathwill-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

so, the issue here seems to be that there are 2 packages that are easily confused in Software Center.

The first is gnome-control-center, which is the "System Settings" application that is installed by default, and shows up in the Dash, but is listed in Software center with the title of "utilities to configure the GNOME desktop"

the second is systemsettings, which is NOT installed by default, but is listed in software-center with the *same name and icon* as gnome-control-center has in the dash (but not in software-center).

IIRC, this is a big usability problem, and frankly confused me quite badly before i read the version details in software center.

My opinion is that the right fix for this issue is to have gnome-control-center more closely resemble it's installed appearance in software-center (suggest changed title and icon to match those used in Dash). This would then lead to 3(!) results for "System Settings" search term, but at least the most likely candidate would be returned in the results.