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[David B Yentzen <dbyentzen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Blueprint changed by David B Yentzen:

Whiteboard changed:
  I agree. This will make it much more easier for Windows XP users and
  make the migration process as easy and fast as possible.
  
  Good idea :)
  
  amjjawad
  
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  [Pierre Gobin] I would really like this feature too. Nevertheless, when I proposed this idea some time ago, Julien told me that he wasn't against it, but he didn't find it usefull if it was not a unified application, and if it only gathered links to other apps (as Lubuntu Control Center did).
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  [Dipanjan Patra]
  I think the gnome-control-centre will be a good choice.
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  [vanyok]
  I absolutely support this proposal, and even more, I believe this should be the key development feature for the Lubuntu Trusty. I was thinking about it the whole last night...
  As per Leszek's description it's "A central Gui for setting up Lubuntu using mostly the build in tools + LXProxy" (https://launchpad.net/lubuntu-control-center)
  
  I personnaly like the idea even if it's not a standalone application yet. LCC (Lubuntu Control Center) can be used as a one point entry for all the settings, while all the other apps should be hidden from the menu.
  As time goes on the LCC probably should develop into that standalone application, so that links to other tools (hidden in the menu but available via LCC) will be replaced by LCC functionality.
  
  Step by step:
  1. Add LCC to the system and hide other connected tools from the menu.
  2. Develop own configuration tools within LCC to replace legacy ones.
  3. Remove obsolete "modules"/tools from the system once replaced by LCC functionality.
  4. Develop new own config tools and integrate them into LCC.
  
  In this approach LCC should be flexible and module-based application which first just contains links, and afterwards adds its own functions.
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  [Mélodie]
  This idea is most welcome. Working on a full Openbox Ubuntu Remix, I had the same thought:
  I have built remix versions of Ubuntu with Openbox around the following programs from mimas: openbox-menu (which uses libmenu-cache to provide a dynamic Applications menu) and more recently obsession (standalone, built from lxsession-logout) and at some point did the same observation about the configuration tools with scattered features (ie: the font configuration for the window manager, for the gtk2 applications, for the gtk3 applications… )
  
  I have asked mimas what he would think of building an Openbox Control
  Center which would extend what obconf provides, and make it more
  practical to manage all the settings, than all the scattered menus.
  
- He has been interested by the idea and started to work on it. He dropped a fast message about this new project here: 
+ He has been interested by the idea and started to work on it. He dropped a fast message about this new project here:
  An control center not desktop environment oriented - http://forum.linuxvillage.org/index.php?topic=581.msg3586#msg3586
  
  From his bitbucket repository:
  "This is a first draft of an Openbox control center using lua-lgi (GObject Introspection for Lua). It's experimental; first try with GTK+ and lua-lgi.
  
  It seems to work with lua-lgi 0.7.x and GTK+ 3.x, which appears to act
  slightly differently version after version."
  
  > [vanyok]I personnaly like the idea even if it's not a standalone
  application yet.
  
  the control center on which mimas started to work is standalone. I have installed it to Lubuntu Saucy, here is what it looks like right now:
  http://meets.free.fr/Downloads/BentoVillageProject/OpenboxControlCenter/OB_ControlCenterInLubuntu.png
  
  Requirements: To get it to work I have install lua-lgi, and lua5.2. I
  started it from the console with the command "lua cc.lua"
  
  Perhaps the Lubuntu developers would be interested to join mimas's
  efforts?
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+ I really like the idea of having a central control panel. I have noted
+ the specific mention of the lack of central control panel in several
+ distro reviews.  I have noted at least two other LXDE distros that have
+ central control panels.  This would greatly enhance Lubuntu's appeal to
+ potential new users.
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+ David Yentzen

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Include a centralized control panel by default
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/lubuntu-brainstorming/+spec/centralized-control-panel