Then you run the program and install it by clicking next,next,next and blah, blah, blah. You go to the web and search for the particular software’s website from where you could download it from. By all means, go and check it out and test it – I’m sure Patrick and the gang would love to hear further feedback.What comes first on your mind when you install a fresh copy of windows or linux on your PC or even when you buy a new computer? You all first think of downloading and installing the latest and most popular softwares for your operating system.

I hope this clears up some of the details about how Ninite works and what information it sends back, and why. Lastly, Patrick said that they’ve mainly been testing with gDebi – which is perhaps why Ninite didn’t work for me when I opened up with the Software Center on Ubuntu 10.10. There’s really no “mystery that is Ninite,” everything we do is right there if you open it up. “ just adds the right repositories and keys, runs apt-get, and then kicks off report.py to let us know if something breaks. Patrick also wanted to explain how the script actually works: The only added information in that report is whether things worked.” “The architecture plus the Ubuntu version is sent back with success/failure status of each app so we can improve the installer. The machine architecture and Ubuntu version are sent in the User-Agent header to _every website you visit_ and we already know what apps you picked since we made the installer for you. deb you download from Ninite, and it does send information home, it doesn’t send you kernel version but rather your architecture (32 bit / 64 bit) and Ubuntu version.

In the post I mentioned that Ninite ran a script that “reports your kernel version and Ubuntu release” to Ninite – this isn’t entirely true as Patrick explained. Since then, I’ve been chatting with Patrick Swieskowski, Ninite’s co-founder, who wanted to clear up some facts.

and Ninite sent some system information back to their servers.

A few days ago I posted an article about Ninite, a software installation service that helps install multiple applications and repositories – especially handy if you’ve just done a fresh install.

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