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There is still no Linux app store
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Linux Mint has Software Manager, that is pretty close to an app store.
It's installed by default. Some other distros might have something similar.
(Versions since that article was written can have an "ad" picture at the top for a recommended package, which, somewhat bizarrely, does make it look even more friendly than the interface shown.)
True, it's not a Linux-wide common interface, but then the gap between two distros can be as wide as between commercial operating systems, and it would be foolish to expect their app stores to have a common interface.