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In the <guilabel>Get Software</guilabel> section, find the thing you want to install. If you already know its name, try typing the name in the search field. Or try searching for the type of program you want (like “spreadsheet”). Otherwise, browse the list of departments.
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Some items, such as media playback or Web browser plugins, do not appear in the menus. They are used automatically when Ubuntu needs them. For a Web browser plugin, you may need to close the browser and reopen it before the plugin will be used.
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Multiple applications are sometimes provided as a single package. If any of them are installed, all of them are installed. And if any of them are removed, all of them are removed. Ubuntu Software Center cannot remove them individually, because it has no instructions on how to separate them.
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You can use the <guilabel>Main Menu</guilabel> settings to hide unwanted items without removing them from the computer. In Ubuntu, you can find <guilabel>Main Menu</guilabel> inside <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice>. In Ubuntu Netbook Edition, it is in <menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu> <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu></menuchoice>.
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Some of the software available in Ubuntu Software Center is maintained by Canonical. Canonical engineers ensure that security fixes and other critical updates are provided for these programs.
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Other software is maintained by the Ubuntu developer community. Any updates are provided on a best-effort basis.
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<guilabel>Canonical Partners</guilabel> shows software from vendors who have worked with Canonical to make their software available for Ubuntu.
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Most of this software is developed as <firstterm>open source</firstterm>, which means anyone is allowed to alter it and redistribute it for any price. Ubuntu developers, Debian developers, and others package the software available in Ubuntu Software Center, and make it available to you for free.
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help/C/software-center.xml:263
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If a program is available for other operating systems but not for Ubuntu, let the developers know that you’re interested in running it on Ubuntu.
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help/C/software-center.xml:305
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With tens of thousands of programs in Ubuntu Software Center, there’s always the chance that a few of them won’t work properly on your computer.
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