AboutUbuntu

Revision 2 as of 2005-10-25 00:08:43

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Summary

Rationale

Professional operating systems have About boxes that display the operating system version, copyright info, and a few important details about the computer the system is running on. These About boxes do not have Back buttons, tables of contents, scrollbars, or other junk. Ubuntu should be just as polished.

Use cases

Scope

Design

  • Choosing the "About Ubuntu" menu item opens the About window, visually centered on the screen. The About box behaves properly with respect to startup notification and session saving. The window is closable using either Ctrl+W or the close button in the title bar.
  • The About box includes:
    • the Ubuntu logo and version number (most prominent)
    • the CPU speed
    • the amount of RAM on the system
    • the Linux kernel icon and version number
    • reference to the GNU system
    • the Gnome icon and version number.
  • Any of the version info can be dragged and dropped as text.

Implementation

Code

A small pygtk program.

Data preservation and migration

Outstanding issues

BoF agenda and discussion