Causes user confusion by showing up in Unity

Bug #1682501 reported by Paul Menzel
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu GNOME
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned
gnome-control-center (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Using the standard Ubuntu 16.10 installation, and installing GNOME in parallel, there is a confusing problem for users continuing to use Unity.

In Unity, searching for *setting* – or for Germans *Eins* –, and hitting enter, or selecting the first match, *gnome-control-center* instead of *unity-control-center* is started. They are more or less similar, but the monitor configuration of *gnome-control-center* does not work (and is also labeled differently), leaving people confused and frustrated.

It’d be great, if *gnome-control-center* wouldn’t show up “in the UI of Unity”, and could only be started from the command line. Maybe that’s possible using the desktop files.

On the other hand, jbicha in #<email address hidden> commented:

> it's a bit complicated
>
> for instance, to use some GNOME apps, you need to be able to use
> GNOME's Online Accounts and Search panels which aren't in unity-control-center

Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
Changed in ubuntu-gnome:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Triaged
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