FLAVOR: Ubuntu Core
HEADLINE: Support ZFS root FS, with mirrored disks.
DESCRIPTION: Allow installing with a ZFS mirrored root volume, and ensure update-grub/update-initramfs correctly detects the situation.
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?
#792FLAVOR: Fedora HEADLINE: How Ubuntu is terrible DESCRIPTION: dpkg, apt-get, and more commands use ambiguous names (apt-get update && apt-get upgrade for example). The package manager on Ubuntu and Debian should be consolidated into a single 'apt' command, such as 'apt install' or 'apt update'. Ubuntu and Debian default settings are configured like someone didn't read documentation and doesn't care about consistency.…
... there _is_ an apt command. Apt-get install aptitude if it's missing.
It has pretty progress bars too ;)
I don't think rhel is much better; dnf?!
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#793Flavour: Ubuntu Desktop Headline: Allow me to remap capslock Capslock is the most useless key on my keyboard and it's in such a nice spot for ctrl/alt/whatever. What I'd really like is for it to be a new key for modifying commands.
Just create a .xkbmap -- I have it set to my tmux control key. (Easy to google)
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#794FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop - HEADLINE: Replace X11 with Mir or Wayland - DESCRIPTION: X11 is old, slow, and full of security issues. Mir, even in alpha, is much more responsive and provies important 21st centry feature set. Wayland is already used by a major distro. X11 is that cobweb that's gone uncleaned in our closet for too long. - HEADLINE: Improve UI. - DESCRIPTION: When I use Ubuntu it's often easier to use the te…
+1 I have a 2 yr old MacBook Pro. In OS X, window manager performs seamlessly using the Intel inbuilt graphics. On Ubuntu 16.10, the window manager is slow to the point of taking half a second to update window borders whatever the app. Makes doing responsive web design frustrating to the point of wanting to switch to another OS. I am really hoping that 17.04/Mir improves on this.
Have you tried another WM before blaming X? I spent the 90s watching X perform well on hardware that cannot handle OS X.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#795No Unity. I dunno if that's a stilo thing but that turned me off from ubuntu, probably forever.
A strong reason for why I use Xubuntu instead.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#796- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Server - HEADLINE: "Hardened System" preset install option - DESCRIPTION: A checkbox in the installer which automatically applies a series of adjustments for a higher level of security right off the bat. Similar to the package presets but for security. So no one has to https://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+server+hardening - ROLE/AFFILIATION: Freelancer -------------------------------- - FLAVOR: Ubu…
> Something to allow to apply different versions of php to different nginx server blocks
Since Php v5.6 the Upstream (Debian) packages of PHP support side-by-side install.
Install the versions you want, and then use a per-php-version apache config file you include in the vhosts you want it for:
Enable proxy_fcgi:
a2enmod proxy_fcgi
AddHandler proxy:unix:/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost;php5.6 .php
AddHandler proxy:unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock|fcgi://localhost;php7.0 .php
So each block would be then:
5.6:
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#797- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Core
- HEADLINE: Modern V8
- DESCRIPTION: Node.js, PLV8, and Chrome all require a modern version on V8. Ubuntu ships with 3.14, which is 4 years old, and does not support modern Javascript. Bringing this to something modern (5.8+) would be a huge win.
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: maintainer of PLV8
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#798- FLAVOR: all? - HEADLINE: Improve experience of using 3rd-party apt sources - DESCRIPTION: This suggestion is more apt related, but Ubuntu could lead the improvements. Many software providers (Microsoft, Elastic, etc) are using their own apt repositories to be able to deliver updates faster than the Ubuntu release cycle, which is great. However, configuring them usually requires Googling the instructions and at leas…
I'm going to play devils advocate here:
If running two pretty simple commands (`curl` a file into `apt-key`; `curl` a file to `tee`) before you can run `apt-get update` is "too hard" or "too complicated", maybe installing software on servers isn't for you.
I also want to actually say good job to Microsoft on this one. Too many org's that run their own Apt repos just have `curl ... | sudo bash` as their install instructions.
I would suggest Microsoft could produce a 'release' package to make any future updates to the key/repo url/names a bit simpler, but not doing a curl|sh is already miles ahead of plenty of shops.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#799- 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…
this is one of the main reasons i don't use linux on laptop
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#800- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Core - HEADLINE: Modern V8 - DESCRIPTION: Node.js, PLV8, and Chrome all require a modern version on V8. Ubuntu ships with 3.14, which is 4 years old, and does not support modern Javascript. Bringing this to something modern (5.8+) would be a huge win. - ROLE/AFFILIATION: maintainer of PLV8
Have you made an attempt to speak to Jérémy Lal, Jonas Smedegaard, or Balint Reczey?