Is Zorin 17.3 fully compatible with the Software store?

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Greetings fellow Zorin Forum members

I just want to raise two issues pertaining to the Zorin Software store

  1. 'Duplicate' listings

The caveat here is that I do not know if the issue is directly related to Zorin 17.3 or the apps themselves or both.

Can duplicate listings be combined into one listing with all the install methods listed on the same page?

Dup1
Dup11920×1080 65.4 KB

Dup2
Dup21920×1080 61.2 KB

  1. 'Failed' installations

Apps appear to fail the installation but get listed in my Start Menu and subsequently load. Where does that leave me as a newbie user? Am I supposed to ignore the 'failed installation' message and hope for the best? Or do I need to spend time testing every feature of an app before I can trust that it was properly installed?

One example of a 'failed' download...

DLa
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Another example...

DLb
DLb1208×812 58.9 KB

DLc
DLc1252×1080 158 KB

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I changed the post from general help to feedback, as it seems like this is more related to feedback. (at least, to me that's what it seems like)

If I'm wrong about that, let me know and we can change it elsewhere.

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We had another user unable to install something from the software store recently with the same error when trying to install Windows App Support; some of the dependencies did this to them.

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I noticed a couple similar to that. I meant to try that in some downtime, hopefully I can take a look this weekend.

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Not saying this will fix the problem, but we typically recommend people to switch their download server to "Main Server" in software & updates configuration.

Software Updater Main Server
Software Updater Main Server2010×1170 198 KB

Startreker Signature
Startreker Signature700×342 112 KB

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This could be because of different Package Formats. So, one could be the APT Package and one could be a Flatpak or a Snap.

It seems that this could be a Problem with the Source Server I would think. Like @StarTreker already showed, You could try to set that to ''Main Server'' or at least to another local Server if available.

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