Are There Alternatives To Software Center?
Answer : Yes, there is an alternative to the Ubuntu Software Center named appgrid . It's a very lightweight application center for Ubuntu and it will let you purchase applications too. You can install it in Ubuntu with these following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:appgrid/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install appgrid It was only a 100KB download for me. Comparison between appgrid and Ubuntu Software Center: Feature | appgrid | Ubuntu Software Center -------------------------------------------------------+----------+----------------------- Programming language | Python 3 | Python 2 Warm start to home screen | 2.7s | 20s Warm start to details screen (eg opening an apt: link) | 2.3s | 30s Full database build | 58s | 6min24 Initial database size | 36.7MB | 96.5MB Me...