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[Ryan Gauger <rtgkid@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/19/2012 04:57 PM, Michel RENON wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le 13/02/12 11:01, Christian Giordano a écrit :
> > Thanks for sharing your idea Michel!
> >
> > Personally I am not sure that "About this computer..." is used so
> > frequently to deserve to be so easily accessible.
>
> And this menu might become very usefull if easily accessible : it 
> might become an entrypoint to every other analysis/diagnosis tool.
>
>
> > If data really shows
> > that we need an easier way to access it, maybe it could be a quicklist
> > item in the Dash tile.
> >
> >
> > Best, chr
>
> something like that ?
> http://michel.renon.free.fr/ubuntu/about_menu_3.png
>
> It's a very good suggestion !
> It's 90% ok. IMHO, the 10% problem remaining is that the "about.." 
> menu is hidden behind a right-click : not obvious for beginners. But 
> it would be a first (good) step.
> And I suppose it would be very easy to implement : the menu could open 
> the first tab of "system monitor" or "System info" from "settings" (it 
> seems these 2 panels conflict : they show nearly the same informations).
>
>
> Thanks,
> Michel
Didn't we have an "About Ubuntu" that was there until Oneiric? I liked 
that official window which gave information about the version of Ubuntu, 
the code name, how releases work, etc. Why was it taken out? Thanks!

---Ryan