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Canonical is letting the Ubuntu Software Center wither and die

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PCWorld; By Chris Hoffman 		Mail this story
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Canonical has silently discontinued the paid app store without informing developers, Ubuntu flavors are dropping it, and free software enthusiasts aren’t happy with it. It’s still fine for installing free software from Ubuntu’s software repositories—but it can be slow and clunky even for that.

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