CompatibilityFixes
Until mid-2011, we will use this page to track programs running on Ubuntu that need adjusting for the notification area transition (as we did for Notify OSD). This is so we can easily compare proposed design solutions, and assemble guidelines on how developers should alter any other programs. Once we’ve done that, we’ll retire this page.
How you can help
- For each program listed here that doesn’t have any issues described, examine it to see where it uses or refers to the notification area (or “tray”). For each place where it does, add a row describing it. If it doesn’t, write in “(none)” followed by your wiki signature (so we know who reviewed it).
- For each issue, ensure a bug is reported about it, and link to the bug report.
For each bug report, ensure that it’s tagged with the “trayaway” tag.
Help fix the bugs.
Programs
http://people.canonical.com/~kees/search-status_icon.log -- needs to be converted into MoinMoin table rows, sorted, and pasted below
http://people.canonical.com/~kees/search-qt-systemtray.txt -- needs to be converted into MoinMoin table rows, sorted, and pasted below
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Use/mention of notification area or tray |
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abby |
“Edit” > “Preferences” > “Misc” has “Minimize to system tray” checkbox. |
When notification area is absent, hide this checkbox, and behave as if it is unchecked. |
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acetoneiso |
“File” > “Options” > “Advanced Options” has “Tray Icon” section with two checkboxes. |
When notification area is absent, hide the “Tray Icon” section, and behave as if both checkboxes were unchecked. |
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alarm-clock-applet |
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amarok |
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ant-phone |
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aqualung |
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ario |
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artha |
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audacious-plugins |
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avidemux |
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ayttm |
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bacula |
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balsa |
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basket |
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brasero |
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calibre |
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camorama |
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cb2bib |
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cellwriter |
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choqok |
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chromium-browser |
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claws-mail-extra-plugins |
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connman-gnome |
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cryptkeeper |
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dalston |
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deja-dup |
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desktopnova |
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drivel |
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eclipse |
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eee-applet |
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efax-gtk |
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eiskaltdcpp |
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ekiga |
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elmerfem |
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empathy |
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epiphany-browser |
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esperanza |
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evolution |
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evolution-rss |
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fatrat |
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fglrx-installer |
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fontmatrix |
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fpm2 |
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fqterm |
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g2ipmsg |
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gbemol |
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gcin |
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geany-plugins |
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gemanx-gtk2 |
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gigolo |
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glurp |
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gmpc |
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gnome-bluetooth |
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gnome-control-center |
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gnome-disk-utility |
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gnome-gmail-notifier |
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gnome-media |
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gnome-mplayer |
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gnome-mud |
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gnome-phone-manager |
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gnome-power-manager |
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gnomeradio |
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gnome-settings-daemon |
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gnome-user-share |
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gnote |
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gnotime |
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gnunet-gtk |
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gnunet-qt |
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goldendict |
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goobox |
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google-gadgets |
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gringotts |
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grsync |
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gtk+2.0 |
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gtk2hs |
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gtk-gnutella |
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gtkmm2.4 |
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gtk-sharp2 |
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gtrayicon |
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guile-gnome-platform |
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gwget2 |
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imageshack-uploader |
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indicator-application |
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iptux |
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italc |
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java-gnome |
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jeex |
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k3b |
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kaffeine |
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kbluetooth |
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kcheckgmail |
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kde4libs |
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kdeaccessibility |
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kdebase-runtime |
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kdebase-workspace |
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kdebindings |
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kdeedu |
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kdegraphics |
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kdemultimedia |
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kdenetwork |
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kdepim |
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kdetoys |
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kdeutils |
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kdocker |
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keepassx |
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kepas |
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kerneloops |
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kfritz |
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kftpgrabber |
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kgmailnotifier |
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klogshow |
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kmess |
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kmldonkey |
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kmplayer |
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knemo |
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koffice |
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kontrolpack |
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konversation |
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kpackagekit |
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kradio |
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krb5-auth-dialog |
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krusader |
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kshutdown |
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kvirc |
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kvkbd |
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kvpnc |
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kx11grab |
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lablgtk2 |
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lastfm |
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lazarus |
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libgnomekbd |
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libgtk2-perl |
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libnotify |
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libwnck |
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licq |
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liferea |
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linphone |
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linuxdcpp |
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lua-gtk |
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luckybackup |
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lxmusic |
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macopix |
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minbar |
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monkeystudio |
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mountmanager |
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mumble |
“Configure” > “Settings” > “User Interface” > “Tray Icon” section with two checkboxes (one of them shown only when “Advanced”) |
When notification area is absent, hide the “Tray Icon” section, and behave as if both checkboxes were unchecked. |
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museek+ |
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musescore |
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nautilus |
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network-manager-applet |
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nuapplet |
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ogmrip |
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open-vm-tools |
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openoffice.org |
“Tools” > “Options…” > “OpenOffice.org” > “Memory” > “OpenOffice.org Quickstarter” > “Enable systray Quickstarter” |
Remove this section, and always behave as if the Quickstarter is turned off. |
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orage |
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osmo |
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oss4 |
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packagekit-gnome |
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padevchooser |
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parcellite |
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pcmanx-gtk2 |
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pidgin |
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plymouth |
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policykit-1-gnome |
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psi |
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psi-plus |
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pygtk |
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python-qt4 |
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qbittorrent |
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qdacco |
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qelectrotech |
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qjackctl |
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qmmp |
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qnapi |
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qorganizer |
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qstardict |
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qsynth |
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qt4-x11 |
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qtcreator |
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qtemu |
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qterm |
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qtm |
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qtscriptgenerator |
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qtsmbstatus |
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quassel |
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quicksynergy |
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quitcount |
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qutim |
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qwit |
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recorditnow |
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rep-gtk |
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rgtk2 |
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rhythmbox |
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rsibreak |
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ruby-gnome2 |
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salasaga |
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scim |
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seahorse-plugins |
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setroubleshoot |
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shutdown-qapps |
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skrooge |
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smb4k |
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smplayer |
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snd |
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soundkonverter |
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speedcrunch |
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swt-gtk |
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sylpheed |
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synce-trayicon |
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touchfreeze |
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tracker |
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transmission |
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twitux |
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txtreader |
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uget |
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update-notifier |
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usermode |
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vagalume |
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valknut |
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vidalia |
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vino |
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virtualbox-ose |
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vlc |
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wally |
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webissues |
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winwrangler |
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wpasupplicant |
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xchat |
“Quit XChat?” alert has “Minimize to Tray” button. |
Remove the button. |
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xchat |
“Alerts” Preferences has row of “Show tray balloons on” checkboxes. |
Change “tray ballooons” to “notification bubbles”. |
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xchat |
“Alerts” Preferences has row of “Blink tray icon on” checkboxes. |
When notification area is absent, hide the row of checkboxes, and behave as if all are unchecked. |
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xchat |
“Alerts” Preferences has “Enable system tray icon” checkbox. |
When notification area is absent, hide the checkbox, and behave as if it is unchecked. |
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xchat-gnome |
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xfce4-clipman-plugin |
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xfce4-notes-plugin |
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xfce4-power-manager |
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xfce4-volstatus-icon |
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xpad |
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yate |
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zenity |
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