[Bug 735166] Re: Hide KDE System Settings in Ubuntu

[Jeremy Bicha]

Scott, I disagree that this bug is invalid. It is definitely a bug that
there are two indistinguishable System Settings and two System Monitors
if somebody happens to install kde-workspace to their Ubuntu install.
The question is not whether this is a problem (the systemsettings
maintainer sure thinks it is), but how to correct it.

My initial suggestion was to hide the KDE app in GNOME & Unity. This was
in good faith because gnome-control-center has OnlyShowIn:Gnome, Unity.
I however recognized when filing this bug that it would make it more
challenging for user of KDE apps in Gnome to configure some settings.
The systemsettings maintainer quite strongly believes that this
suggestion is the wrong answer.

My other initial idea was to rename the KDE version slightly since Gnome
is far more used than KDE by Ubuntu users. I don't think KDE users &
devs would be thrilled with this decision but it could work.

A third option is to get Gnome to rename their app to something like
"System Preferences". This is the same name Mac uses and supposedly
Gnome is similar to OS X. It also has ties to Gnome 2 where the panel
had System>Preferences and System>Administration. I think this is the
best choice, but I'm not sure whether the gnome-control-center
developers would agree.

Some other solutions: KDE would like to have the ability to extend
Gnome's System Settings but Gnome is exercising very tight control over
that so that won't happen. A different icon could be used for the Gnome
or KDE version which is easy but would go against the freedesktop
standardization. We could just tell people not to mix their desktops but
that's a lousy idea too.

By the way, I was the one that brought this issue to KDE's attention
several hours ago. I believe I did the right thing by talking to
upstream (along with a patch for solution #1) instead of just trying to
solve this for Ubuntu/Kubuntu alone.

** Changed in: kde-workspace (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

** Summary changed:

- Hide KDE System Settings in Ubuntu
+ Duplicate System Settings &  System Monitor in Gnome/Unity

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  Duplicate System Settings &  System Monitor in Gnome/Unity

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