Canonical to distribute Parallels

I’ve always considered the repositories one of the strongest parts of “modern” Linux but until now, most have only been used for distributing free apps.

Now Canonical are moving to enable developers to distribute their closed-source applications through Synaptic; something that could really spur on the enterprise and newbie-home-user support for Ubuntu.

Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, will on Thursday begin making commercial applications available to Ubuntu users directly through the desktop, in a step designed to simplify software installation.

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