Ubuntu
update-notifier package

  1. Bug #1246364
  2. Comment #28

Comment 28 for bug 1246364

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Matthew Caron (matt-mattcaron) wrote : Re: update-notifier does not show a tray icon in xubuntu 13.10

Matthew,

While I appreciate your explanation, I agree with hackel about the issue. Your usability studies may very well show what "normal" people want, but I freely admit this is not me, hence why I dropped Ubuntu when Unity came out (switched to Xubuntu) and don't run Xfwm on Xubuntu, but rather IceWM because Xfwm's windowshading is broken. You can see my system install instructions at:

https://github.com/mattcaron/misc_notes/blob/master/install.xubuntu.14.04

Now, while I don't profess to be the "normal" or "common" case, I think that you need to recognize that one of the reason that people like me use Linux is because we get it working and are happy with it, and when folks change UI in order to make it "better" and it breaks our existing user experience, it makes everyone very upset.

Please bring back the indicator tray notification icon.