The goal of this project is to create a more user friendly graphical package management system for Linux, that will be based on the already existing Gentoo portage system. We will be making the GUI simple so that it will apply to various versions of Linux. We hope that with this application managing program installations and updates will become easier. Linux will become a more viable option for home and business users who wish to try an alternate operating system and destktop environment. The secondary goal of this project is to create the user interface in such a way that it is just as easily used by system administrators and highly knowledgeable computer users. We intend to provide the functionality listed at: http://www.app2.unisys.com/simplify/linux/DCL_Capabilities.pdf ID:M.SWPM Software Package Management We intend to allow this program to be expanded to other platforms by defining an API based on Gentoo that any distribution could conform to. We chose Gentoo because the Gentoo system takes care of dependencies automatically. Also everything is compiled from source when installed which will improve system performance. However users may also have the option of using binary packages to reduce install time.