Tom, Andrei, I've verified that "Apply system wide" shows up on multiple Ubuntu 12.04 computers. Maybe you did an incorrect dist-upgrade and removed something important.
I went ahead and reopened this bug even though I believe the default installation is working as it's supposed to. ** Changed in: gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/967978 Title: missing "apply system-wide" in network>proxy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/967978/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs