** Description changed: Ubuntu Natty daily 20110327, all updates installed as of 20110401 1. Install Ubuntu and log in for the first time. 2. Launch "Startup Applications". What you see: 21 "Additional startup programs" are listed: * Bluetooth Manager * Certificate and Key Storage * Check for new hardware drivers * Disk Notifications * Evolution Alarm Notify * GNOME Login Sound * GSettings Data Conversion * Network Manager * Personal File Sharing * Power Manager * Print Queue Applet * PulseAudio Sound System * PulseAudio Sound System KDE Routing Policy * Remote Desktop * Secret Storage Service * SSH Key Agent * Ubuntu One * Update Notifier * User folders update * Visual Assistance * Zeitgeist Datahub - The presence of so many items in this list makes it more difficult to - see and recognize any items that you have added yourself. - - And the presence of basic system functions like "Network Manager", - "Power Manager", and "PulseAudio Sound System" makes it more likely that - people will turn them off thinking they don't need them, and then be - surprised that the OS stops working properly. + There are two problems with this. First, The presence of so many items + in this list makes it more difficult to see and recognize any items that + you have added yourself. Second, the presence of basic system functions + like "Network Manager", "Power Manager", and "PulseAudio Sound System" + makes it more likely that well-meaning people will turn them off + thinking they don't need them, and then be surprised that -- hours or + days later, after they next restart -- the OS stops working properly. What you should see: While most of these things should be optional, none of them (with the possible exceptions of "Evolution Alarm Notify" and "Ubuntu One") should be present in this list. Instead, whether they run - should be configured in more context-specific places. + should be configured in more context-specific places. For example, + whether the login sound plays should be configured in the Sound + Preferences "Sound Effects" tab, not here. And whether software updates + are checked automatically should be configured in the software update + settings, not here. + + This may become a tracking bug for fixing the individual startup items.
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