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Ninite linux11/19/2023 debs aren’t GPG signed, I wouldn’t trust it.Īll that aside, if you are daring and brave, check it out and tell us what you think – nobody I know could get it to work anyway. Although, with the fishy reporting back of system information and because standalone. Ninite looks perfectly legit, they have a wikipedia page, which isn’t much value on its own, but they also have a good rating on Web of Trust with many happy customers. deb executes this python script, which, if you don’t know python, reports your kernel version and Ubuntu release to – not ideal. Rather than posting something without fully knowing what it does, I took to the OMG! Ubuntu! IRC channel for their opinions – everyone who tested it reported that it didn’t work for them, and Ubuntu Member and all-round whizz kid (whizz man maybe) Alan Pope (popey) did a little more snooping around.Īpparently the. My computer is still alive (it’s not a smoldering pile of ash), but I don’t appear to have any of the applications I checked in my menus. Software Center opened, I installed it and… so far nothing has happened. So, taking one for the team (you guys) I went ahead and double clicked. I didn’t want to bork my system or install some malware, so before installing it I did do a quick Google and it appears to be legit (as tacky as the website background is). I presumed this would run some sort of magical script. I tested out Ninite just now by going to the site and checking Google Chrome, Transmission, and Thunderbird. It contained a bunch of apt-get install commands to make it just a little bit easier. Traditionally I’ve just manually installed everything I need after a fresh install, and for a while, I had a simple script that I would run. It will also apparently “add the proper APT repositories and keys and then install the apps for you.” deb for you to download and then installs all of the applications you checked. That’s right, us!īut, it’s not all fresh roses – I delved deeper into the mystery that is Ninite, surely something as good as this can’t be true? Reader Heiner Valverde dropped us a handy hint today in the OMG! inbox: Ninite, a website that provides an easy way to install multiple applications after a fresh install, has released a beta version for Linux users. If you’re going to read this post, I suggest you also read this post here afterwards.
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