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Speaking (or discussing) about features that are needed:<br>
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I played around with the Oneiric daily build and noticed that there
is no configuration tool for Zeitgeist installed by default. I know
that there is the activity log manager. But shouldn't it be
installed by default?<br>
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So besides an easy way to configure shared folders, user permissions
etc. I miss a tool to configure search and Zeitgeist.<br>
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I also would vote for a category "shared folders" in the control
center. I usually share several folders over the network and I would
like to have an overview of all shared folders (and of who is
allowed to access these folders), which could be made available over
the control centre. There should then also be the possibility to
manage the shared folder user permissions in this category of the
gnome control centre. <br>
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About any advanced user permission setting I can only say that, to
my knowledge, the GNOME developers are not going to add any more
options to the accounts manager concerning "setting groups" or
whatever. Look at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658418">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658418</a><br>
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I hope this will not affect applications like virtualbox (which I
need). Because with virtualbox you always had to add your user
account to the vbox usergroup. Having again to type in the terminal
to add you to the user group would be, in my opinion, a regression
(though I know that many console-jockeys love their terminal, I
really prefer two mouse-clicks over a couple of commands typed in
the bash). <br>
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Does anybody know if the possibility to manage groups via accounts
manager will be added to Ubuntu by the Ubuntu developers?<br>
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About the appearance tool: I think the new appearance tool is ok.
Not superb, but it allows you to switch the theme and the wallpaper.
Indeed, it would be nice to have a preview of the theme you choose
(before you have to click on every available theme until you have
decided which to use), but I think it serves its purpose. Though
opinions certainly can differ about this. <br>
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Am 07.10.2011 12:17, schrieb adrienn.hunter:
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I consider gnome-tweak-tool as an easy way to change the theme,
icon set and fonts, however I miss the old appearance tool. Also
we lost the gui for several settings, like shared folder user
permissions, and advanced user permission settings. Am I the only
one missing these? I could successfully compile gnome-system-tools
for the latter, but it's still 3.0 and seems like the development
has been stopped. The appearance tool is a bit more complicated, i
couldn't do it yet. These should be included in ubuntu like it
used to be in my opinion.
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From: Miguel Branco <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mig.jcb@gmail.com"><mig.jcb@gmail.com></a><br>
To: Daniel Hollocher <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:danielhollocher@gmail.com"><danielhollocher@gmail.com></a><br>
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I assumed that power user in this scenario was anyone who didn't
actually use the defaults, making an effort to learn and configure
their system to their liking.<br>
However, I feel that the terminology 'power-user' is somewhat
inappropriate now. Come Oneiric, we don't even have an easy way to
configure the font size, let alone icon set.<br>
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That's why I think Ubuntu needs a tool like this more than ever. I
give a lot of credit to TualatriX's effort, but I find it limiting
to just be able to mess with gconf keys. We need to edit
configuration files as well, and probably be able to run small
pieces of code that interpret those files and change them
automatically.<br>
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Again, I propose we write a list of things we would like to
customize, so we can build a tool / plugin for a tool / support in
Ubuntu Tweak to change those settings easily. These settings
should cover Oneiric's needs, so don't leave anything out just
because Natty had a GUI for it.<br>
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Personally, out the top of my head, I'd like:<br>
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Appearance settings (font style and size, iconset, theme (already
included in Oneiric))<br>
Grub appearance, usual settings (low priority, tools exist)<br>
Power Saving actions (low priority for now, I guess)<br>
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I'll remember more eventually as I'm configuring Oneiric, I'll
write them down somewhere later.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 01:33, Daniel
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Hey folks,
<div>So, there is obviously some complaining. I think that
shows there is passion and some sort of energy out there. I
think what is missing is some sort of leadership. </div>
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<div>I think any direction taken is going to require effort,
and it is hard to tell whether a complaint is an expression
of frustration about not being able to help, or that
complaint is the sum total of the effort that person wants
to put in. IMHO, it's that ambiguity that would make it
hard to bring in leadership to this current situation. </div>
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<div>For myself, I would have liked to see (and would have
liked to help discuss) a better definition of "power user."
I think the term is vague, and the original discussions
were vague in the same way. It seemed like a power user was
just someone who knew about some mysterious configuration
option, and that is what made them a power user, just that
knowing. So Ubuntu Tweak solved everything in that regard,
by giving the option an easy interface.</div>
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<div>I wanted to see focus on different types of power users,
like a multi-tasking-unity power user; a user would who is
adept at getting things done quickly on the unity shell.
And maybe a look-and-feel power user; someone who knows how
to customize the graphics of every part of ubuntu from grub
to the splash screen to the desktop icons. And there are
other "power users" that deserve attention, wiki pages,
GUIs, whatever.</div>
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<div>2c,</div>
<div>Dan</div>
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