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  1. Bug #381650
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 381650

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Pedro (pedro-monteiro) wrote :

This is certainly a paper cut. The version of Ubuntu and the kernel should be available in the GUI. Users should not have to resort to Google and the command line to find out what version they're running.

"System > About Ubuntu" command should resemble the "System > About GNOME" window and display the output of:
 lsb_release -a
 uname -r
in a text box which can easily be copied to the clipboard.

Fear of the command line is what kept normal users away from linux for so long. Sending them to the command line is intimidating and potentially dangerous.