A few minor problems with Trisquel 3.5

I agree on all of it, it's going for user friendliness, which isn't something that always occurs in a GNU/Linux operating system.

It's hard to figure out who to contact to get it fixed, and even then to have it fixed, as it isn't a priority to many programmers.

Maybe we should make a quality assurance group to fiddle around with things like this, I'd definitly join it, as it bothers me quite as well.

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> The default desktop configuration in Trisquel does not include the desktop 
> switching panel applet.  However, we still have two desktop workspaces, just 
> like in Ubuntu.  Users can still switch between them by using the 
> Ctrl+Alt+arrow keyboard shortcuts.  It would probably be very confusing for a 
> new user if they accidentally hit those keys and all their open programs 
> disappeared.  If we're going to keep the current desktop configuration for 
> future releases, we should probably switch to having just one desktop 
> workspace.
>
> As far as I know, there is no easy way to configure a firewall in Trisquel.   
> I think we should include a firewall program by default.  Possibly gufw?   
> There are probably others, but that's the only one I'm familiar with.
>
> Going to System > Preferences > Main Menu, then clicking Revert alphabetizes 
> the menu entries rather than returning them to their original state.  I think 
> it should either return them to their original state, or they should be 
> alphabetized by default.  Is there any particular reason that the menu 
> entries aren't alphabetized by default?
>
> Perhaps I'm being overly picky here, but I think some of the main menu 
> tooltips could be improved.
>
> The tooltip for "Log Out (username)..." says "Log out (username) of this 
> session to log in as a different user", which strikes me as somewhat odd in a 
> grammatical sense.  It should probably say "Log (username) out of this 
> session to log in as a different user".
>
> The tooltip for OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet says "Perform calculation, analyze 
> information and manage lists in spreadsheets."  I think it should say 
> calculations, instead.  I know that when I use a spreadsheet, I usually 
> perform more than one calculation.
>
> The tooltip for OpenOffice.org Presentation says "Create and edit 
> presentations for slideshows, meeting and Web pages."  I think it should say 
> meetings, instead of just meeting.
>
> The tooltip for OpenOffice.org Drawing says "Create and edit drawings, flow 
> charts, and logos."  There's nothing wrong with this one except for the fact 
> that it includes a serial comma while the others don't.  I'm not going to 
> argue for or against the use of the serial comma in general, but it should be 
> consistent.
>
> Also, the tooltips for the OpenOffice applications all end with periods while 
> none of the other menu entry tooltips do.

Perhaps it is better to open one or more issues to report these problems.

I'm under the impression that a majority of users never use the desktop-switching feature much. Let's do away with it entirely.