We've made a Linux version of Ninite, our popular Windows multi-app installer. This is still pre-launch, but if you use Ubuntu we'd love to have you test it and let us know what you think.<p>This doesn't replace APT, it actually uses it. We were surprised how many people asked us for a Linux version since APT works so well. But when we thought about it, adding a non-standard repository and its keys is confusing (like for codecs, Chrome, Skype, etc.) and app discovery is impossible when you have 28,000 packages.<p>Please let us know if you try it and the Ninite terminal never pops up. We're trying to get this to work reliably, but we have to get a little tricky to break out of APT and then start running it again. Say what you will about Windows but it's amazingly simple to serve out a .exe and just let people run it.<p>Here's what it looks like: http://ninite.com/linux/static/ninitelinux.png<p>And here it is: http://ninite.com/linux/<p>I'll watch the comments here or you can talk to us via feedback@ninite.com<p>Thanks!