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When I upgraded to Ubuntu 17.10 (not LTS) I noticed there was a new settings program called "Settings" The old settings app was called "System Settings".

How would I get the old settings program back?

Zanna
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If I'm understanding you properly you are looking for the one that was referred to as "System Settings" in the GUI which is actually unity-control-center which is still available for all supported versions of Ubuntu, although for supported versions higher than 16.04 you have to enable the universe repository in order to install it.

Elder Geek
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  • The reason 17.10 doesn't have unity-control-centre is presumably that it doesn't use Unity? That seems important to note... I am not at all au fait with either DE... – Zanna May 23 '18 at 10:24
  • @Zanna I can see how one might presume that based on the naming convention but while unity-control-center has a long list of dependencies, unity (which is also available for all supported versions of Ubuntu is not a requirement. Even the unity package recommends unity-control-center it but doesn't list it as a requirement. – Elder Geek May 23 '18 at 13:44
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    Oh... it even says on your packages link "utilities to configure the GNOME desktop" o.O weird naming convention indeed... – Zanna May 23 '18 at 13:55
  • @Zanna Proof positive that you can't judge a book (or package) by it's title. ;-) – Elder Geek May 23 '18 at 15:40