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- FLAVOR: [Ubuntu Desktop] - HEADLINE: Mouse to work - DESCRIPTION: I'd like my mouse to work properly in Ubuntu (or any of my mice). When I start my laptop, my USB wireless mouse scrolls super fast. When I take it out and plug it in again, it scrolls super slow. I'd like that not to happen, and also some way of configuring the scroll speed.
- HEADLINE: remove sha1 PPA signatures
- DESCRIPTION: remove the warning "signature by key uses weak digest algorithm (sha1)" and ban sha1 for PPA signatures
- ROLE: user
If it can be re-enabled, it can help enable some interesting future apps.
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 switching and restarting lightDM!
2. HEADLINE: "Native" multitouch gestures like 3-finger swipe to change workspace.
There are some programs that can do this already like xSwipe and Fusuma, but I expect this integrated with a nice and easy menu.
3. HEADLINE: Better battery management.
Battery performance under Ubuntu is often much worse in Ubuntu than Windows. TLP helps, but it's not enough.
If 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.
- HEADLINE: Increased stability++
I shy away from using my ubuntu laptop (dell xps developer edition, you know, the one you'd expect to be doing this really well) because
a) More often than not when starting up it gives me a "something went wrong, do you want to report it dialogue"? I've stopped bother to report it or look at what's happening because it happens so often, but I think it's X crashing at some point.
b) WiFi frequently fails to connect after hibernation, requiring a reboot.
c) There's also been some worrying threads on HN about lack of support for strong kernel power management on recent intel generations.
HEADLINE: Better security processes
DESCRIPTION:
I've been quite disappointed that there wasn't really any public reaction from Ubuntu to a variety of security issues affecting the Linux Desktop in general and Ubuntu in particular.
E.g.:
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.dk/2016/11/0day-exploit-...
https://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.dk/2016/11/0day-poc-risk...
https://donncha.is/2016/12/compromising-ubuntu-desktop/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-E...
Seriously, right now an Ubuntu Desktop isn't a secure choice for users, especially if they have to expect targeted attacks.
Some things I'd propose:
* Dangerous automation features need to be either disabled by default or heavily audited. That includes things like tracker and apport.
* In general I wonder how much auditing happens before something enters Ubuntu. Some basic auditing that could also be automated like testing packages with asan should be a default inclusion criterion for adding packages.
* Currently there are no bug bounties at all in the Linux distribution world. I get that this is a financial challenge, but at least in severe cases where the fault clearly lies within the distribution and not within an external project I'd consider bug bounties appropriate. (Just read Donncha's blog post linked above. He could've gotten $10.000 from a shady exploit dealer and he got nothing, because he did the right thing.)
ROLE: I'm running the Fuzzing Project and I write for IT tech media about security issues.
- FLAVOR: Desktop - HEADLINE: An advanced mode for the file manager - DESCRIPTION: I find that the default file manager is a bit dumb. There should be a mode to enable advanced features; like 'connect to server' when one can pick sftp. ftp, smb, nfs, vboxsf etc. It's fine if it's hidden in a configuration modal but 'advanced mode' should be an option. - ROLE/AFFILIATION: user
- FLAVOR: Desktop - HEADLINE: An advanced mode for the file manager - DESCRIPTION: I find that the default file manager is a bit dumb. There should be a mode to enable advanced features; like 'connect to server' when one can pick sftp. ftp, smb, nfs, vboxsf etc. It's fine if it's hidden in a configuration modal but 'advanced mode' should be an option. - ROLE/AFFILIATION: user
I'm not sure what version of Nautilus Ubuntu is on though.
- HEADLINE: Application Menu search like MacOS
- DESCRIPTION: I usually use macOS but occassionally use Ubuntu and I really miss the ability to lookup functionality in my application by typing the name of a menu entry under help. On macOS this will drop down the relevant drop down menu and show the menu entry I am searching for. I use this a lot. Especially in complex applications this is very useful to have.
- ROLE/AFFILIATION: Software Developer