HEADLINE: Multiple Monitor Configuration
Could you possibly make it easier to get 4+ monitors working in the new release of Ubuntu. It's a no brainer with Windows/ MacIOS but a major PITA with any Linux distro.
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?
#912- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop - HEADLINE: Work out-of-the-box on Chromebooks - DESCRIPTION: Turns out you have two choices for a well-built ultralight notebook: a MacBook (£1250) or a Chromebook (£250). The Chromebook can run Ubuntu, and run it well. But right now it requires a specially optimised version of Ubuntu (GalliumOS) and faffing around with firmware versions. If Ubuntu was easy to install on Chromebooks as it is…
Aside from having to install software for the back-lit keyboard I have no problems with Ubuntu 16.10 on my 2015 Toshiba Chromebook 2 (other than the part where nothing prevents the battery draining to 0% and everything getting erased). Why do you need Gallium and specific firmware?
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#913Yet another init system In seriousness, I'd like to see Ubuntu standardize on an init -- don't care what it is, as long as I don't have to understand three.
You must have missed the news, Ubuntu has already standardized on an init 3 years ago.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#914The ability to use a non-X based installer on the default disc would be nice. I have an Nvidia gtx 1060 and I can't figure out how to install Ubuntu. (I've successfully installed Debian, gentoo, arch, centos, and fedora on this system using curses installers)
Did you try installing from the server ISO?
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#915- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop
- HEADLINE: Full support for a tiled window manager like XMonad or i3
- DESCRIPTION: Currently, there is a lot of fiddling that needs to be done to install i3 or xmonad and even after installing, it is difficult to get all the services up and running. It would be great if the xmonad/i3 packages did all of this with good defaults
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Sr Software Engineer.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#916- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Server
- HEADLINE: High Availability/Clustering
- DESCRIPTION: Essentially, a supported Ubuntu version of Pacemaker and Corosync, like RHEL has.
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Director of University Research IT group.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#917FLAVOR: Ubuntu GNOME (but I also like Unity)
HEADLINE: Trackpad drivers that feel like Apple's
DESCRIPTION: I'm using libinput, but my Magic Trackpad is no fun at all - thumb rejection does not work, the acceleration curve seems to be different from macOS, and the whole OS lacks kinetic scrolling. fusuma works for gestures, and should be part of Ubuntu (GNOME/Unity) IMHO. Having to use a mouse = physical pain.
ROLE/AFFILIATION: Freelance developer, tepidly moving from iOS programming into JetBrains IDEs
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#918- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop - HEADLINE: Work out-of-the-box on Chromebooks - DESCRIPTION: Turns out you have two choices for a well-built ultralight notebook: a MacBook (£1250) or a Chromebook (£250). The Chromebook can run Ubuntu, and run it well. But right now it requires a specially optimised version of Ubuntu (GalliumOS) and faffing around with firmware versions. If Ubuntu was easy to install on Chromebooks as it is…
Aside from having to install software for the back-lit keyboard I have no problems with Ubuntu 16.10 on my 2015 Toshiba Chromebook 2 (other than the part where nothing prevents the battery draining to 0% and everything getting erased). Why do you need Gallium and specific firmware?
New (Bay Trail/Braswell) Chromebooks don't have legacy boot support: https://wiki.galliumos.org/Firmware
Xorg doesn't initialise the display hardware to a usable state when the machine is running current Chrome OS, requiring firmware rollback: https://github.com/GalliumOS/galliumos-distro/issues/320
GalliumOS has numerous optimisations for Chromebook hardware: https://wiki.galliumos.org/About_GalliumOS#Why_GalliumOS_as_...
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#919Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#920- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop
- HEADLINE: Under "open with other application" menu, add option of "Set As Default Application"
- DESCRIPTION: Right now we have a not so friendly method to make some application as a default application while opening a certain type of file. For example, I want every text file to be opened in Atom and not in Sublime, I usually have to go to properties> change the default app. Could we make it a bit simpler by introducing the option right in the window - "open with other application"? Right now, there are only two options - "View All Application" and "Find new application". It would also be worthwhile to keep it in the right-click menu window.
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Software Developer