<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Software	I-Language
is	O
a	O
utility	O
for	O
installing	O
applications	O
and	O
updates	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Language
Core	I-Language
Applications	I-Language
,	O
and	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
GNOME	B-Application
3.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
front-end	O
to	O
the	O
PackageKit	B-Language
,	O
in	O
turn	O
a	O
front-end	O
to	O
several	O
package	B-Application
management	I-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
which	O
include	O
systems	O
based	O
on	O
both	O
RPM	B-Application
and	O
DEB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
add	O
and	O
manage	O
software	B-Application
repositories	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
Personal	O
Package	O
Archives	O
(	O
PPA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
replaced	O
its	O
previous	O
Ubuntu	B-Language
Software	I-Language
Center	I-Language
program	O
with	O
GNOME	B-Language
Software	I-Language
starting	O
with	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
16.04	O
LTS	O
,	O
and	O
re-branded	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
Ubuntu	B-Language
Software	I-Language
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
supports	O
fwupd	B-Application
for	O
servicing	O
of	O
system	O
firmware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Language
Software	I-Language
removed	O
Snap	B-Application
support	O
in	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
code	O
quality	O
issues	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
integration	O
(	O
specifically	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
ca	O
n't	O
tell	O
what	O
snap	B-Application
is	O
doing	O
after	O
they	O
click	O
"	O
install	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
generally	O
ignores	O
GNOME	B-Application
's	O
settings	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
competes	O
with	O
the	O
GNOME-supported	O
Flatpak	B-Language
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goals	O
and	O
use	O
cases	O
that	O
GNOME	B-Language
Software	I-Language
targets	O
as	O
of	O
November	O
2020	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
multiple	O
software	B-Application
repositories	I-Application
,	O
defined	O
by	O
both	O
the	O
distributor	O
and	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
