Bug 350285

Summary:	missing software categories endanger the renowned of the OS
Product:	[Unmaintained] apper	Reporter:	Axel Krebs <axel.krebs>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Daniel Nicoletti <dantti12>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	major
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Axel Krebs 2015-07-16 09:51:31 UTC

when opening the apper GUI, one can see the following icons:

I: actualisation, installed software
II: groups, containing some 17 thematic assortments of software packages.

is is strange to me, that some redundant groups are listed here:
- what would be the difference between system and system tools?
- are gnome, XFCE or KDE not all the same category-namely software packages to operate some hardware?

On the other side, apper-developers seem to have more interest in multimedia or game than in realy relevant categories, as I'd like to suggest here:
- engineering: mechanical engineering, image analysis and so on
- sciences: geography, astronomics, Genetics,


Axel

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. finding really interesting and serious software packages is not possible.
2. such a luck discredits the whole armada of volunteers work for an OS
3.



Why don't you just check at UBUNTU how this could be arrange more intelligent and less childrens orientated?

Comment 1 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 01:00:05 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 2 Christoph Cullmann 2025-06-10 18:22:48 UTC

This project is unfortunately no longer maintained.

If a new maintainer wants to step up and take care, the project is archived here:

https://invent.kde.org/system/apper

You can just clone it in your private namespace on invent.kde.org and if you have started to work on it and fixed/implemented something get it reviewed and the project unarchived.

Sorry for the inconveniences.