Contributor shadowfirebird

Many old laptops have this problem, not to mention plenty of relatively new motherboards.

Yes, I know, this is bug #43154, and perhaps this isn't really the forum.

But I honestly believe this bug will not get fixed unless more attention is paid to it.

You should be able to report a bug by just emailing a support address.

Yes, I know that all I have to do is:
1) Register an account on launchpad
2) Check to see if it's already been raised
3) Raise the bug if not

But: step (2) assumes some technical knowledge, I think, and the whole process assumes that you will willingly join in the process of testing, debugging, and fixing.

I would be the first to laud the whole "all of us in it together" thing, because I'm a Linux nut. But if we really want Ubuntu to be an OS for the people, don't we also have to consider the people for whom this is not practical or desirable, because they lack the expertise, the time, the confidence, or just don't play well in groups? I think we do.

Do we actually need both "Add / Remove Programs" and "Synaptic Package Manager"? --Surely not. And, it's confusing, even to me.

If we only have one, which should we keep? --Synaptic, clearly, since it's more featureful.

Can we make Synaptic more user-friendly to novices? --Yes, easily. Give it "novice" and "expert" modes; maybe tart up the graphics a bit.