As I wrote just several hours ago, I have made the move (temporarily) to Freespire.
It looks like that stay will be short-lived.
The CNR client is not working on my computer. I go to CNR, with the CNR client running, click “Install Now”… and I get redirected to a page that says something along the lines of “Upgrade CNR client to install software.” The problem? It upgrades… but I have performed the upgrade 3 times — and still without success!
I am really not sure what is going wrong. I have found that it is indeed a bit unstable on other systems, since CNR is in beta form. Thankfully, apt-get is available to help in the effort, althouh I will not be staying for long.
I have used cnr on Gusty for a couple of months now and have never had a problem. Is it really needed I’d say no but a very convenient way to find software and very easy to use. So far it has worked with 100% success though I have only installed around 15 or so packages. I just installed Adobe Reader just to see if it’s working after reading this post and true to form a perfect install. I love synaptic but cnr rocks too. My only complaint is many times after I install something from crn the update manager in Ubuntu finds a newer package. Not every time but it happens often. On occasion cnr finds something newer than what’s in synaptic also.
It’s probably not a good idea to use both but I’m never happy until I break my system. Gusty however seems to be a tough nut for me to crack. That is a huge tribute to both cnr and Ubuntu if I can’t screw it up.
If you’re using an older version of Freespire (with and older client) there was an issue, but that has since been resolved using the CNR Client Upgrade (http://www.cnr.com/supportPages/aboutClientInstall.seam). The latest version of Freespire (2.0.8) and the latest CNR Client (0.2.3690) are very stable. Give http://CNR.com another try…
Actually, I’m back in Ubuntu, but thanks for the comment!
I know that CNR works with Ubuntu, but I now notice that I was indeed using Freespire 2.0.3. I do not think I will be using CNR in the future.
Visit http://CNR.com from time-to-time to see if there might be some value provided that’s not available anywhere else…
Perhaps “I do not think I will use CNR in the future” is a bit dogmatic…
I will keep an eye on it just as every other thing Linux has to offer, CNR isn’t bad, but for now I will stick with the standard Add/Remove in Ubuntu. Later on, who knows.