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A mystery app showed up in my Ubuntu app drawer, and getting rid of it was annoying. So I built Showcase.

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A mystery app showed up in my Ubuntu app drawer, and getting rid of it was annoying. So I built Showcase.
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A user discovered an unknown app in their Ubuntu app drawer and found it difficult to remove. To address this issue, they developed a new application called Showcase that consolidates all installed apps from various sources into one interface. Showcase allows users to easily manage, uninstall, and update their applications without the complexities of different package managers.

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try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 2495668) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Rabiul Islam Posted on May 24 A mystery app showed up in my Ubuntu app drawer, and getting rid of it was annoying. So I built Showcase. #linux #rust #showdev #opensource A while back I was scrolling through my Ubuntu 22.04 app drawer and noticed an app I didn't recognize. I hadn't knowingly installed it, or if I had, I'd forgotten about it ages ago. No problem, I thought, I'll just remove it.

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