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when synaptic created

I was wondering in when (which year) the first version of synaptic was created. I didn't find this information here, so if someone knows or wants to look it up: please add it to the article. --Bernard François 19:29, 1 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Icon

Should we add the icon: ? --Ysangkok 21:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why not...done.--Chealer 04:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kynaptic

Since the Kynaptic page redirects here, it seems like it deserves a mention, even if it's just to say that they're two different names for the same product(which they seem to be). BioTube 21:10, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done! --RaviC 20:58, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Screenshot change

Someone changed the screenshot to Image:Synapticpm.png. I've reverted this, but the change was done again "because it show a new layout for the filters in the lower left and also has a new filter 'Origin'". I have no idea what Origin is, but, obviously, it's not really a *new* layout, it's an *adapted* layout because the real layout wouldn't be great with 5 filters categories, so the different layout is not a reason for change. As for the new filter category itself, this is rather a reason to not use that screenshot, since that filter category is not present in Debian 4.0. I've reverted again. If you still intend to change the screenshot, please provide a new justification here before.--Chealer 04:50, 14 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

One question...

I'm looking at the articles for Ubuntu Software Center, CNR (software), and Synaptic (software), and one thing is a little ambiguous. Do you need to use them like an App-store to download and install software from a certain associated website? Or can you use some/all of these to install a .deb program file that's sitting on your desktop? Which (if any) of these can you use as a GUI to install software if you don't have an internet connection and you copy the package to your computer from a flash-drive? (Or you download something obscure from the project's own website, or SourceForge, or bit-torrent, or where-ever...) Maybe this should be obvious, but it seemed a bit unclear to me, so a clarification would be appreciated, and some other readers would probably appreciate more clarification in the articles as well. Thanks! :-) 84.138.195.88 (talk) 10:50, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GO AWAY NOOB 66.158.190.91 (talk) 04:30, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Alternatives" section

The "Alternatives" section contains the following:

"When one installs a new package, Aptitude like Synaptic automatically install required packages (called dependencies). But when one remove a manually installed package, Aptitude also has the ability to remove the no longer used packages that were automatically installed."

I don't understand why it's there. It should probably be either placed elsewhere, or, if it describes the behaviour of an alternative, its name should be listed ("... as opposed to ..."). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.7.191.119 (talk) 10:16, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Vogt wrong redirection...?!

A Swiss bobsleigh pilot Michael Vogt gets redirected from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E2%80%932019_Bobsleigh_World_Cup to here (Synaptic page). Highly unlikely that Swiss bobsleigh pilot is German co-author of Synaptic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.109.201.177 (talk) 15:07, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]