10 Questions: How to avoid conflicts when installing and updating software through terminal and multiple software centers?

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@lah7

Instead, we could consider showing a "2 proprietary applications hidden, Click to enable" at the bottom, similar to the search results.

I think this is a good suggestion! I still think the solution with mini icons on the left would look very elegant though.

@CrazyDesi

I also believe that adding a tag for proprietary and open source/free software to each of the items in the list is important, if nothing else, for the purposes of allowing users to have a visual que of what exactly will be hidden if they check the hide proprietary software checkbox.

@CrazyDesi has made a similar point in this thread. It is not simply a matter of avoiding proprietary software but rather about allowing users to make an informed decision and having a smoother computing experience. I would suggest three tags/labels: Free, Proprietary, and Commercial (payment necessary in order to use the full functionality of a program). I really like to campaign a bit more for this.

Do you think this topic should be moved to a new thread? @lah7