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Duplicate Bug, Duplicate comment...

Disappointed....

New Updates still do not allow for setting ignore_hosts, which in almost
all cases where a proxy is needed there is an intranet that is not sent
through the proxy.

I love automatic security updates, an essential part of the Ubuntu
experience.

I do not love nor am I enchanted by having the aforementioned automatic
security update remove access to the corporate intranet that was working
fine before I consented to install updates.

Removal of the old version left its settings around, and when compared
to new set, they were better organized and more complete.

I've added ignore_hosts setting to the new set in hopes that its
implemented but not in the gui yet. I'll find out on the next reboot I
suppose, Else I am confined to Firefox for the intranet as it allows
manual proxy setup with exclusions.

This replacement was shortsighted and not at all customer focused. So
here is a tip for you, free of charge.

If a large group of your users depend on standard ways of doing things,
PROXY SETTINGS for instance, DO NOT REPLACE THAT FUNCTIONALITY with LESS
FUNCTION.

One would think this is self evident, I guess not.

This bug is from early September, Almost November now and it is almost
finished, but pushed out on my machine anyway.

Just Wow.

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Title:
  There is no easy way to change proxy settings in Ubuntu 11.10

Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “network-manager-applet” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “gnome-control-center” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released
Status in “network-manager-applet” source package in Oneiric:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I can't found a easy (not-cli, at least) way of changing the proxy
  settings in Ubuntu 11.10. There is no option to change any network
  settings in gnome-control-center, and the network-applet does not have
  the option to change the proxy.

  I think that a GUI for changing the proxy is a must-have, specially
  since it was available in Ubuntu 11.04. Also, is my opinion that, at
  least in the long term, the proxy settings should be related to the
  network options, so a different proxy is set to every network
  (specially important for notebooks with are used in different
  locations).

  A screenshot of gnome-control-center is attached, showing the lack of
  network options.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.2.0-0ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.19-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 28 11:03:32 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20110921.2)
  SourcePackage: gnome-control-center
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  usr_lib_gnome-control-center:
   deja-dup           20.0-0ubuntu3
   gnome-bluetooth    3.2.0-0ubuntu1
   indicator-datetime 0.2.95-0ubuntu1

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