Ailurus = "Install software" + "Configure Linux" + "Study Linux skills"

Ailurus is an application which aims at making Linux easier to use.

I just surfed and found this project which is at the code.google pages.
It seems to be an effort to be able to install applications which are not in your distributions repository.
I agree that it would be a good idea to have one installation methode for Linux applications, it would make it so much
easier for many starting linux users. But it is a dream that would never come through, cause of the different ideas the developers
have. There have been serveral others who tried it, but never became a default in our linux world.

However the possibilities are enormous for such a tool, just think of it, no more hassles with dependencies, just click on the package
you want and click on apply to install it, it would be great.

So Ailurus is a effort for applicaitons which are not in your repository, so it might not take over the current repository, perhaps there
they got a key and hopefully it will be available for many distributions, cause now it only supports:

Fedora	10 ~ 12
Ubuntu/KUbuntu/XUbuntu	8.04 ~ 9.10
Mint	5 ~ 8

Perhaps it can be installed on any debian based linux distribution, but have to test this first.
I present you the features of Ailurus below:

• Help users study some Linux skills
• Install/remove some applications which are not provided in the official repository
• Enable/disable some third party repositories
• Display information about BIOS, motherboard, CPU and battery
• Show/Hide Computer, Home folder, Trash icon and Network icon on desktop
• Configure Nautilus thumbnail cache
• Configure Nautilus context menu
• Configure Window behavior
• Configure GNOME auto-start applications
• Show/Hide GNOME splash screen

You can download it right away if your are using one of the Ubuntus by:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ailurus

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ailurus

And then giving it a go, if you do, please post a message what you think of it, if I should give it a try or not, but it certainly will make it easier for you to install applications which are not default in your distribution repository and that is a good thing.

For more information, click on the ICON to go to the ailurus website.