This is no longer true, as both programs now correctly track and share a common list of packages that were automatically installed to satisfy dependencies.

In late 2000, the whole user interface module was rewritten; a new architecture was created, based on the libsigc++ callback library and concepts from modern widget toolkits such as GTK+ and Qt.

This enabled the interface to become much more similar to GUIs than it had been previously, with features such as pull-down menus and pop-up dialogs.

By this time, the console-apt project (renamed to deity) had been effectively abandoned by its maintainers, and it was removed from Woody.

However, by issuing aptitude -v moo, then aptitude -vv moo, and so on the user will see a series of statements denying the "Super Cow Powers" or telling them to go away, some ending with a picture (a reference to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince) not unlike the original apt-get Easter egg.