FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop
HEADLINE: Better (more polished) HiDPI support (also for legacy apps)
DESCRIPTION: I am running on 16.04 so I might be missing same latest fixes. But, some applications (especially Qt application like VLC player) have the issue with HiDPI monitor. Moving app between HiDPI and non-HiDPI monitor required restart in order to get correct sizing.
Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#112Excellent support for Apple laptops.
Apple laptops are known to come with hardware with very shitty open source driver support, there's not alot Canonical can do if they don't get good drivers for the various hardware components.
Everything works fine on my MBP except that the desktop is a postage stamp and unusable on the retina display. I tried making things scale but different programs pick up different settings from different places and most look atrocious.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#113- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Core
- HEADLINE: zfs setup in installer.
- DESCRIPTION: I would love to see an easy way to install the system with zfs. Current way is to use the wiki by zfsonlinux. And lets say it that way: It is not easy for beginners...
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#114- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop: 1. HEADLINE: A way to have different scaling for external monitors hooked up to my HiDPI laptop. Currently I need can only set a single scaling factor, so I need to ajust my laptop screen resolution to match scaling of the external monitor. If that's not possible, a way to automatically set resolution and scale for both screens once you hook one up would already save me a lot of manual switc…
> 1. HEADLINE: A way to have different scaling for external monitors hooked up to my HiDPI laptop. This would be awesome. Even when both the laptop and the external screen are 1080p, different scaling could be helpful if you want to use a dual monitor setup effectively. Unfortunately, it's a tough nut to crack given current desktop behavior. For example, you can have a window that straddles both monitors. What should…
This isn't just external monitors! MBP with "retina" screens are also unusable for Ubuntu :(
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#115I want it to reconize the Nvidia video card and my dell notebook (what the current version does) and install it without break the graphical enviroment (what the current version does not).
That's what Linus has to say about Nvidia and Linux:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_36yNWw_07g
SCNR
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#116- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop
- HEADLINE: Wayland, Wifi support
- DESCRIPTION: numerous wifi dongles still don't work or require unnecessary work
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#117- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop
- HEADLINE: All updates reboot-free
- DESCRIPTION: Short of a major-version update, the software updater should never ask me "Please restart the computer to begin using your updated software" again.
I'm already using the "Canonical Livepatch Service" - but I still get asked to reboot much more often than I would like.
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Programmer
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#118Loving Ubuntu myself, I would like a system not requiring command line stuff for fixing things, so everyone could use and maintain it, not just experts (e.g. a "fix my computer" button that in worst case it could reinstall everything but the home folders).
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#119If anything, increased stability for general-purpose usage would be very nice. Increased hardware support, especially drivers for some wi-fi cards need a lot of work. I really love Linux desktops, but they have too many stability issues/crashes to completely switch from Windows to Ubuntu or any other linux distribution.
I'll concur with the others on wifi network support.
- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop
- HEADLINE: Improved wifi network support
- DESCRIPTION: Most of the time I don't have an issue, but occasionally (ok once a month at the venue that hosts our Java developer group) I have network issues that I never had when this laptop was running windows (7 or 10). Basically at this one location I can't stay hooked up to the network for more than 5 minutes without a disconnect, none of the windows/mac users around me have an issue.
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Developer.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#120FLAVOR: Ubuntu Server HEADLINE: Smaller Docker Images DESCRIPTION: An official, skinnied down, Ubuntu image for docker and AWS AMIs would be nice. I have some clients that want to maintain some uniformity across host and guest, so they aren't interested in Alpine or Busybox images. But the Ubuntu image is ~200MB or so, where OpenSuse is about half that. I understand Canonical doesn't build those images, but you would…
afaik, canonical does build those images. See here: https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com
Hmm. I assume some transformation happens before they end up as docker images or AMI images.
In any case, what I'm asking for is some conversation between Canonical and Docker, Amazon, etc. To see if there's something obvious either side can do to skinny these down. The ubuntu image is for sure the most popular AMI, and I imagine one of the most popular docker ones. The collective bandwidth and time gain of optimizing the size would be significant. Currently, the ubuntu images are significantly larger than other popular images.