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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?

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Post by quacker »

bjt2n3904 wrote: post #393
gbog wrote: post #131

FLAVOUR: Ubuntu Desktop HEADLINE: Bluetooh that works DESCRIPTION: I never managed to have my PC playing music through blutooth to a bluetooth loudspeaker. (I'm using Xbuntu, playing mp3s with mpv.) I think it could be because the audio system seems messy: should I have jackd enabled? What is it? So maybe the headline should be to cleanup audio system, specially its routes.

Bluetooth not working isn't necessarily Ubuntu's fault. Bluetooth is a complicated, broken, cluttered, crumby protocol.

> Bluetooth not working isn't necessarily Ubuntu's fault.

Yet, Bluetooth works seamlessly in MANY other contexts. I can connect my phone to bluetooth headsets and bluetooth-enabled car stereos. I've used PS3 and PS4 controllers for years with no connection issues. I've used bluetooth dongles, bluetooth keyboards and mice on Windows machines and it just works.

Bluetooth may be "complicated, cluttered, and crumby" but it is not broken. Ubuntu is the odd one out here.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

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bjt2n3904 wrote: post #393
gbog wrote: post #131

FLAVOUR: Ubuntu Desktop HEADLINE: Bluetooh that works DESCRIPTION: I never managed to have my PC playing music through blutooth to a bluetooth loudspeaker. (I'm using Xbuntu, playing mp3s with mpv.) I think it could be because the audio system seems messy: should I have jackd enabled? What is it? So maybe the headline should be to cleanup audio system, specially its routes.

Bluetooth not working isn't necessarily Ubuntu's fault. Bluetooth is a complicated, broken, cluttered, crumby protocol.

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Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

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Post by Keyframe »

inglor wrote: post #348

- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server - HEADLINE: Windows subsystem - DESCRIPTION: Windows 10 lets you install Ubuntu as a subsystem and use it without dual booting. In practice, we _need_ windows tools (like WebDeploy) or GUI tools (like Photoshop) at work but would much rather use Ubuntu in general. The compromise (ubuntu subsystem) works but the other way around would be much better. I'm fine with paying for Win…

If I could run some of the DCC apps I have on Windows under Linux at full speed (which work only on Windows, predominately Adobe), even if I have to have a Windows license and all that jazz, that would be the ultimate setup for me.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

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Post by jandrese »

dxxvi wrote: post #257

- FLAVOR: Desktop - HEADLINE: printing - DESCRIPTION: if you print to pdf from Firefox, you'll notice that the page numbers are not at the end of a page. Not sure if there's anything Ubuntu can do about it. - FLAVOR: All - HEADLINE: simple switching between core, desktop and server. - DESCRIPTION: core + install some packages => desktop / server. Desktop / server - remove some packages => core. - FLAVOR: Desktop - HE…

Firefox's printing is their own problem, and an area of major regression over the past few years. You can't even print out long tables anymore.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

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Post by flavor8 »

FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop

HEADLINE: Clean up repos and remove non-working / non-maintained / bad applications

DESCRIPTION: There are many old and/or bad applications in the official Ubuntu repos. Prune aggressively. Anything that hasn't been updated for several years could be flagged for human review. Anything that people use will get PPAs made for them in time. Anything that's dead doesn't deserve to be in universe or multiverse.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

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Post by kajecounterhack »

FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop

HEADLINE: Deja Dup / Duplicity Instable

DESCRIPTION: The default backup app has bugs. The first time it worked! Then after a software update it stopped working. I stopped using it. You can't just ship buggy backup software :| Maybe there needs to be a better one. Or add more testing to make sure critical / default packages like this don't break on update.

ROLE: Everyday user

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FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop

HEADLINE: Moar wifi card drivers Please

DESCRIPTION: I can't believe I'm still finding and using stuff like this in 2016 because my drivers don't work out of the box... https://github.com/chenhaiq/mt7610u_wifi_sta_v3002_dpo_20130...

Once upon a time I used to use ndiswrapper + cabextract to get windows drivers to work in Linux for "most cards." That was cool. Today it's much harder when hardware isn't supported. I wish there was still a way to use OSX drivers or windows drivers for things I have no hope of getting *nix support for...

ROLE: Everyday user

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

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Post by dawnerd »

karlmdavis wrote: post #52

- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop - HEADLINE: More stable dock/undock and sleep/wake handling. - DESCRIPTION: I've noticed that my system often hangs unrecoverably with a blank screen during dock/undock and sleep/wake events. I've learned, though, that I can reduce the likelihood of having problems by trying to minimize the number of state changes that the system has to handle at once. For example, if I'm leaving the house wi…

It's kind of crazy how long this has been a problem and across many different hardware configs. Sleep doesn't work on my desktop or on a windows laptop with standard intel everything.

Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?

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Post by Sir_Substance »

dmix wrote: post #284
mverwijs wrote: post #266

FLAVOR: Desktop HEADLINE: Pick an official laptop for the release. ROLE: End-user, Sysadmin, Developer I would love for Ubuntu to, with each release, pick a laptop vendor and a laptop and just Make It Work. All the components. Out of the box. As near perfect as one can get it. So when I'm in the market for a new laptop, I can just buy that one. And I'm not talking about a pro gear like the XPS. Just simple, cheap con…

What's wrong with using XPS? I picked one up for $1200 last time I bought one, that's not too high of a price. You'd typically want the flagship device to be at least mid-tier to show off the best features and support for new mainstream technology, like the HiDPI stuff other people are talking about.

>What's wrong with using XPS? I picked one up for $1200 last time I bought one, that's not too high of a price.

If you ship it to Australia it's over the $1000AUD gst threshold so it picks up an extra 10% as it crosses the boarder.

If you ship it to Iceland it picks up ~30% in VAT and other taxes, and you have to pay tax on the shipping as well. If the Icelandic customs decide what you've bought was a "luxury good", it could pick up as much as 50% more tax in the process[1].

The USA is not the world. The base price tends to multiply when you ship it elsewhere.

[1] I don't think anyone understands how the Icelandic Customs applies tax, including customs themselves

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