[Bug 1246364] Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu 13.10

[blimblam]

Removing basic features that users have gotten used too and rely on, is probably the best way of 
driving them to other distributions. 

The update popup window drives me personally crazy, because it such an
inelegant solution. I have now wasted several hours trying to bring back
the old behaviour from Xubuntu 12.04 LTS, of an icon in the
notification area.

I just want a simple working desktop. I do not want spend hours
configuring basic desktop functionality or even worse applying some
patch, which will be messed up when the system updates. And I dont want
to use a PPA I do not really trust.

This "// everybody wants auto-launch mode" bullshit should stop. It
reminds me of the condescending Gnome attitude of knowing what is best
for the user. (And do not put too much value into usability studies.)

So please, ubuntu developers merge Forests patch and gives us back our
notification area icon.

Configurability is not the oposite of simple or usable. You should
strive for simple configurability.

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Title:
  update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu 13.10

Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Confirmed
Status in The Update Notifier:
  New
Status in “update-notifier” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  update-notifier does not show a tray icon/notification in xubuntu 13.10 anymore. Instead the software updater window appears minimized, when updates are available.
  Additionally I tried to trigger the 'System Restart Required'-notification manually by adapting /var/run/reboot-required, but no notification was displayed (although it shows up in motd).
  As a side note: I got a 'there is something wrong with updates'-notification by removing update-notifier-common while update-notifier was running.

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