Practically speaking, the Software Center & the Dash use the same method for showing search results (the .desktop files).
Technically, the Software Center uses a periodically compiled database of the .desktop's to speed up search but that shouldn't make a lot of difference. It doesn't help to report a software-center bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to yelp in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1072749 Title: searching for "Ubuntu Help" doesn't return yelp in Ubuntu Software Centre Status in “ubuntu-docs” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “yelp” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: If someone does not know about the Ubuntu Desktop Guide (Ubuntu's official Help), and they were to type "Ubuntu Help" in the Ubuntu Software Centre, the results would not list the entry: Help (yelp) ...which is the package for the Ubuntu Desktop Guide. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-docs/+bug/1072749/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
