Lucid Software Centre Adds ‘Featured’ Gallery, PPA View

By , Published February 17, 2010

A few small-ish updates to the Software centre just landed in Lucid – but ones that hint at much greater things to come.

Featured
First up is a new ‘section’ called ‘Featured’ accessible from the default USC screen.

Currently only two applications are ‘Featured’ and these may or may not change over the next few weeks…

PPA’s
Another interesting addition – ahead of schedule if we were to go by the current USC roadmap – is the addition of PPA filters in the side pane.

Clicking on these shows you the available applications to install from within that PPA, including the option to remove already installed software or view ‘more info’ on applications within that PPA.

Full PPA management is scheduled for Lucid+1 with the roadmap stating: -

Establish and convey a trust level for software in PPAs, and let you easily add PPAs within the Center.

I’ll round off this relatively minor update with the mock-up of what the Ubuntu Software Centre should look like in over a years time. Just cos it looks awesome!

Thanks to om26er
‘Future-lobby’ USC mock-up copyright Canonical
Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

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  • Anonymous

    Looks great!

  • Burgmaster

    Hello,

    Lucid looks very stylish! Is this the new Metacity by default (for now)? Where do i get the Metacity Style?

  • Mohan

    Very cool, looks like it’s shaping up well.

  • Anonymous

    Wow that is pretty huge.

  • Paool

    could you share wallpaper you used on these screenshots? :)

  • Anonymous

    organized and keyless (at least to the end user) ppa management….it must be a dream
    i love it!!…as long as they don’t handicap the more technically advanced user in the process

  • Anonymous

    Nice few additions there. Most of all though I’m looking forward to the fully tricked out version proposed for a years time :)

  • jay

    its a great idea, the featured section is seen in linux mint, been there a while, hopefully the idea spreads

  • superfly

    They should integrate support for importing PPA’s and Keys next.

  • http://twitter.com/Sephiroth_VII Sephiroth_VII

    Nope, it’s just a theme that’s proposed for inclusion. It’s called Homosapien.