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gnome-control-center package

  1. Bug #688008
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 688008

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 688008] Re: No graphical way to tell what version of Ubuntu you're using

On 14/12/10 14:37, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
> I suggest including, in the Unity specification, a map of access points in Gnome 2 and the equivalent access points in Unity, to check that nothing else has been forgotten. This should cover small system tasks like:
> * accessing the OS version
> * accessing the OS help
> * closing a program that has stopped responding (this has always been too hard in Gnome 2)
> * connecting to a new server (present in Nautilus's "File" menu, but should it also be somewhere in the Files lens?)
> * taking a screenshot.

That's a great suggestion, and starting list.

> But the access point is only half the issue. The other half is what
> "About Ubuntu" should open -- the current help page, or something more
> sophisticated.

For the moment, I'd like us to focus purely on functional information.
We'll for the moment put the system details - CPU, OS version etc in the
broader collection of settings and prefs, and separate from help. We can
review this later.

Mark