Posts Tagged ‘ubuntu software center’
Dec
Dec
PayPal Now An Option On Ubuntu Software Center
Category: Ubuntu · Tags: ubuntu 11.04,ubuntu 11.10,ubuntu software center
It is great that Ubuntu has finally included PayPal as a payment option on Ubuntu Software Center. This certainly gives Ubuntu users more reasons to buy non-free apps from USC because they now have an easier way to pay for it – me included. In fact, I feel more at ease paying through PayPal than with a credit card.
I wonder why it took them so many years to integrate PayPal into USC? It is not like PayPal is new to the market. So what’s next, Google Checkout, 2Checkout or Moneybookers (Skrill)?
Jun
Jun
Ubuntu Software Center Updates With Wrong Password
Category: Ubuntu · Tags: gksu,gksudo,ubuntu 11.04,ubuntu natty narwhal,ubuntu software center
A bug or what? While I was tinkering around with the gksu ‘force-grab’ functionality with the Ubuntu Software Center (USC) I realized that it was updating the cache every time I entered a wrong password.
Although the Software Sources window did not come out, as expected, because of the wrong password, nothing else should have happened except for an alert that the password was incorrect. Unfortunately, gksu does not appear to have that functionality by default. It is a hit or miss event and it will not repeat or warn the user if the process failed. It will simply terminate. (Try ‘gksu geditor’ on a terminal, or Alt + F2, and type in the wrong password.)
