--- title: Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong | daily.dev description: A recurring vague error dialog in Ubuntu's App Center ('Something went wrong. We're not sure what the error is') highlights longstanding rough edges in the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-s-app-center-doesn-t-know-what-went-wrong-r2v278ktm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong | daily.dev og:description: A recurring vague error dialog in Ubuntu's App Center ('Something went wrong. We're not sure what the error is') highlights longstanding rough edges in the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-s-app-center-doesn-t-know-what-went-wrong-r2v278ktm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/R2V278kTm.png og:image:alt: Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong **[omg\! ubuntu\!](https://daily.dev/sources/omgub)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A recurring vague error dialog in Ubuntu's App Center ('Something went wrong. We're not sure what the error is') highlights longstanding rough edges in the Flutter-based app, which has looked and behaved inconsistently since its 2023 debut compared to native GTK apps and alternatives like Flathub's Bazaar. Despite the criticism, the app rarely breaks anything and most snaps update silently in the background. Ubuntu 26.10 will add a new drivers page to App Center for managing GPU and other drivers graphically, with hope that error messaging improves alongside it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new feature is coming to Ubuntu's App Center in Ubuntu 26.10? Ubuntu's App Center will add a new drivers page in Ubuntu 26.10, letting users install, view, and manage GPU and other free and non-free drivers graphically. This builds on App Center's existing role as the default GUI for managing Snap and Debian packages, though the tool has faced criticism for unhelpful error dialogs and inconsistent UI polish. _Track how Ubuntu's App Center driver management evolves before upgrading your desktop on daily.dev._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@capjavert** · 0 upvotes >  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Ubuntu Upstreams Patches to Bring Flutter Apps to RISC-V](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-upstreams-patches-to-bring-flutter-apps-to-risc-v-mc93ksxqa) · omg\! ubuntu\! · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Ubuntu dominates servers, but one choice killed it on the desktop](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-dominates-servers-but-one-choice-killed-it-on-the-desktop-ygpyx1flf) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Found the \(Almost\) Perfect Linux Marketplace App for Flatpak Lovers](https://daily.dev/posts/found-the-almost-perfect-linux-marketplace-app-for-flatpak-lovers-f3jptsffk) · It's Foss · 13 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ubuntu](https://daily.dev/tags/ubuntu), [#snap](https://daily.dev/tags/snap) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-s-app-center-doesn-t-know-what-went-wrong-r2v278ktm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Ubuntu’s App Center doesn’t know what went wrong","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-s-app-center-doesn-t-know-what-went-wrong-r2v278ktm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ubuntu-s-app-center-doesn-t-know-what-went-wrong-r2v278ktm"},"datePublished":"2026-08-18T01:06:12.031Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:41:59.624Z","description":"A recurring vague error dialog in Ubuntu's App Center ('Something went wrong. 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