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* Users download metadata on a package by package basis, thus avoiding the need to download the full packages database;
* Users download metadata on a package by package basis, thus avoiding the need to download the full packages database;
* After downloading, metadata will be reused as-is, i.e., after checking what packages were already installed, system will download only missed RPMs and install them directly by calling {{Code|rpm -i}} command;
* After downloading, metadata will be reused as-is, i.e., after checking what packages were already installed, system will download only missed RPMs and install them directly by calling {{Code|rpm -i}} command;
* Packaged activities will be distro-agnostic. That is, they will work unmodified on all platforms that provide PackageKit (which means all mainstream GNU/Linux distributions).
* Activities on resources like [[Activity Library]] or [[Sugar Network]] will be distro-agnostic. That is, they will work unmodified on all platforms that provide PackageKit (which means all mainstream GNU/Linux distributions).


=== Downsides ===
=== Downsides ===