I decided to try out the new Ubuntu version and once again - system-wise everything is perfect, user-experience and GUI is disappointing. The real competition between Ubuntu (or any other linux distribution for the common user) will begin when their creators are driven by ease of use, user friendliness and optimized settings right out of the box. You can't expect users to fully love an OS when they need to set up so many little annoying things. They are already set up for them in the Win$..
Anyways, since the whitelist has been removed in Ubuntu 13.10 (which I was pretty surprised about) you will need to work some magic with the terminal.
What you need to install (step by step):
1. Open up a terminal
2. Add a repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/sacy-tests
3. Set the whitelist settings to "all" like this:
(type the line exact as shown including the brackets and parents)
Anyways, since the whitelist has been removed in Ubuntu 13.10 (which I was pretty surprised about) you will need to work some magic with the terminal.
What you need to install (step by step):
1. Open up a terminal
2. Add a repository:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Panel systray-whitelist "['all']"
4. Reboot
sudo reboot
Next time you start skype or any other program that has a systray icon it will appear correctly. This method has been tested and is working as shown on screenshot bellow.
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