Hi Clem,

Yeah I really liked the abstraction between Synaptic and the Software Portal. Don't get me wrong, I love Synaptic and don't find it counter-intuitive, but I think taking it one step further by using Software Portal is a great idea.

So yeah, Synaptic is great but I'm not sure it's too obvious for the average user - and that's where I think Mint really came into it's own by showing forward thinking.

Thanks for the feedback.