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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