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[Jeremy Bicha <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

- In the system menu there are Xterm and UXTerm icons by default on Gutsy.
+ In Ubuntu 11.10 desktop by default, there are three terminals in the
+ Dash labeled respectively as: Terminal, XTerm, and UXTerm. This is
+ rather confusing for users who are told to just run a terminal. XTerm
+ and UXTerm share a rather old, outdated icon and very few users will
+ prefer using them to using the standard, full-featured GNOME Terminal.
  
- This is wrong because:
-   1. There is already gnome-terminal
-   2. They belong in the Accesories-menu
-   
- Why offer 3 terminal programs in the gnome menu by default anyway?
+ XTerm apparently is used by Ubuntu's failsafe mode and so must be
+ present by default.
+ 
+ My Proposed fix:
+ 1.Add NoDisplay=true to the end of these 2 files:
+   sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop
+   sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop
+ 2. Run sudo update-desktop-database
+ 3. Log out and log back in.
+ 4. Type "term" into the Dash, xterm and uxterm should not show.
+ 5. Close the dash and type Alt+F2, now type "xterm" and "uxterm". The app shows with its icon. When run, the icon will show in the launcher and the Alt-Tab switcher.
+ 
+ This should be a good compromise between most users who don't need the
+ clutter of the extra terminals and the ones who actually do want to run
+ xterm.
+ 
+ --Jeremy Bicha

** Description changed:

- In Ubuntu 11.10 desktop by default, there are three terminals in the
- Dash labeled respectively as: Terminal, XTerm, and UXTerm. This is
- rather confusing for users who are told to just run a terminal. XTerm
- and UXTerm share a rather old, outdated icon and very few users will
- prefer using them to using the standard, full-featured GNOME Terminal.
+ The Ubuntu 11.10 desktop by default has three terminals in the Dash
+ labeled respectively as: Terminal, XTerm, and UXTerm. This is rather
+ confusing for users who are told to just run a terminal. XTerm and
+ UXTerm share a rather old, outdated icon and very few users will prefer
+ using them to using the standard, full-featured GNOME Terminal.
  
  XTerm apparently is used by Ubuntu's failsafe mode and so must be
  present by default.
  
  My Proposed fix:
  1.Add NoDisplay=true to the end of these 2 files:
-   sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop
-   sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop
+   sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop
+   sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop
  2. Run sudo update-desktop-database
  3. Log out and log back in.
  4. Type "term" into the Dash, xterm and uxterm should not show.
  5. Close the dash and type Alt+F2, now type "xterm" and "uxterm". The app shows with its icon. When run, the icon will show in the launcher and the Alt-Tab switcher.
  
  This should be a good compromise between most users who don't need the
  clutter of the extra terminals and the ones who actually do want to run
  xterm.
  
  --Jeremy Bicha

** Description changed:

  The Ubuntu 11.10 desktop by default has three terminals in the Dash
  labeled respectively as: Terminal, XTerm, and UXTerm. This is rather
  confusing for users who are told to just run a terminal. XTerm and
  UXTerm share a rather old, outdated icon and very few users will prefer
  using them to using the standard, full-featured GNOME Terminal.
  
  XTerm apparently is used by Ubuntu's failsafe mode and so must be
  present by default.
  
  My Proposed fix:
  1.Add NoDisplay=true to the end of these 2 files:
    sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop
    sudoedit /usr/share/applications/debian-xterm.desktop
  2. Run sudo update-desktop-database
  3. Log out and log back in.
  4. Type "term" into the Dash, xterm and uxterm should not show.
  5. Close the dash and type Alt+F2, now type "xterm" and "uxterm". The app shows with its icon. When run, the icon will show in the launcher and the Alt-Tab switcher.
  
  This should be a good compromise between most users who don't need the
  clutter of the extra terminals and the ones who actually do want to run
- xterm.
+ xterm. Also xterm has been hidden by default for many releases now and I
+ personally consider their presence now a UI regression, not an
+ improvement.
  
  --Jeremy Bicha

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