It does open in the terminal with no error messages but it will not open without the terminal.
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I agree, I installed 12.10 the other day and was expecting a number of changes to Muon, but it is still as clunky as ever. I've enjoyed Synaptic and use it for almost all my installs. I don't even know why they waste space on the Muon updater, it hangs up frequently and is always slower than a CLI update/upgrade. Not to mention, there is no option (that I know) for dist-upgrade in Muon.
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Pan-Galactic QuordlepleenSo Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
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Originally posted by capt-zero View PostNot to mention, there is no option (that I know) for dist-upgrade in Muon.
In Muon Package Manager, I clicked Check for Updates in the toolbar and waited while Muon downloaded the latest list of updates. Then I clicked Full Upgrade and saw a collection of upgradable packages.
Then I dropped to a command line and ran sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. Saw the exact same list of packages.
If you try the same experiment, do you have different results?
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Originally posted by SteveRiley View PostSo I just ran a parallel trial.
In Muon Package Manager, I clicked Check for Updates in the toolbar and waited while Muon downloaded the latest list of updates. Then I clicked Full Upgrade and saw a collection of upgradable packages.
Then I dropped to a command line and ran sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade. Saw the exact same list of packages.
If you try the same experiment, do you have different results?
but I must confess it's the first time I have used Muon in a wile ,,,,,,usually just do the sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
every other day or so (I have the update notifier turned off )
VINNYi7 4core HT 8MB L3 2.9GHz
16GB RAM
Nvidia GTX 860M 4GB RAM 1152 cuda cores
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I have to admit, I've never done a comparison test like that. I had never seen an option in Muon to do a dist-upgrade before. I haven't used it much, just like vinny, I always use the CLI with dist-upgrade. I will say that Muon does sometimes hang up during an operation, especially large ones. I have to go back, cancel it out, then use the CLI. It did this right after this last install, just two days ago. It's always possible that I'm just a luddite at heart and like to do things the old fashioned way.
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My 2c on this... I have a memory-constrained system, (0.85 GiB indicated in system monitor), and Muon thumps it really hard. Maybe it's written in python... or maybe dpkg is. When muon is running, I have to avoid using firefox.Regards, John Little
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