Remove the update notification from the motd:
This message breaks boxes.
I'd also like to see MariaDB in main, not universe.
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?
#472- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop - HEADLINE: NVIDIA-nouveau conflicts that result in black screens after login unless various fixes are applied manually. - DESCRIPTION: No more nastyt nouveau-NVIDIA driver conflicts that result in black screens after login -- see all these reports here: https://www.google.ca/search?q=nvidia+ubuntu+black+screen&oq... - ROLE/AFFILIATION: CEO, Exocortex.com / Clara.io / ThreeKit.com
Sadly, the best workaround is to uninstall the Ubuntu blessed nVidia drivers and use the installer you download from nvidia.com. These even continue to work after you update the kernel, usually. They are also way more recent.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#473- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop - HEADLINE: Better Mouse Settings - DESCRIPTION: Right now mouse acceleration is enabled by default, and for heavy mouse users this is really not usable. There is no way to change this behaviour in the mouse settings. The only way as a user to get a workable mouse configuration is with custom startup scripts, and it took me as an experienced Linux user and software engineer a long time to fig…
A thousand times this.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#474FLAVOR: 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.
$1200 is not cheap consumer stuff.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#475Flavor: Ubuntu desktop
Headline: Switch from Mir to Wayland
Description:
A disclaimer: I'm not using Ubuntu, but I'd like to see the switch from Mir to Wayland for Ubuntu, or even better - making Mir a Wayland compositor. That would benefit Linux desktop as a whole, instead of creating another rift. Current direction that Mir is taking is causing damage to global Linux community.
To give context. Mir was started, because some Ubuntu developers saw deficiencies in Wayland (which later was proven to be incorrect). Over time, Mir started borrowing stuff from Wayland compositors and input libraries anyway, and now simply mirrors most of what Wayland does.
TL;DR there is no valid reason for this rift, and it should really go away. This will make life easier for graphics drivers developers, GUI toolkits developers, SDL (and the like) developers, various developers of applications like screen recording and so on. And having this rift benefits no one.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#476FLAVOR: Ubuntu GNOME Desktop HEADLINE: Multitouch trackpad gestures and background noise cancellation in the UI. DESCRIPTION: - Multitouch trackpad gestures, like in MacOS. So 2/3/5 finger gestures. Pinch to zoom in the browser, 3 finger drag ecc.. - Microphone background noise cancellation UI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHcd-GXgnDM
> Multitouch trackpad gestures
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#477FLAVOR: Ubuntu Desktop HEADLINE: Exfat installed by default DESCRIPTION: Many cameras use exfat for their memory cards. Users should not have to install an obscure exfat-fuse package to handle this. (forgot that in my previous comment)
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10?
#478- FLAVOR: Ubuntu Server - HEADLINE: Please don't mess with python package management - DESCRIPTION: Take a look at this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3.4/+bug/129... This happened because ubuntu decided to unbundle some packages that come as a part of the python ecosystem. This is really a major annoyance because it breaks default behavior that people have come to rely on in every other platfor…
The same would go for RubyGems, but these are a Debian issue. Not sure how Ubuntu could untangle that.
Lobby to change policy or provide an exception? Now it's possible that I'm fundamentally misunderstanding Debian policy, but in this case it seems like it's not helping and is rather just hamstringing things by breaking user experience. This seems like a very legitimate exception case where bundling does make sense to ensure that core infrastructure works out of the box. Furthermore, if instead of bundling these packages the pip people had written code internally that does what these packages do, then there wouldn't be any discussion. It really seems like a semantic quibble over a minor point that's spurred by following the letter of the law rather than the spirit. But the effect is a horrible experience for everyone involved.
Re: 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?
#480FLAVOR: All
HEADLINE: Allow safe sensible package fixes
DESCRIPTION: Sometimes the distribution version of a package is broken and the problem is marked WONTFIX because it involves a version bump, even in the case where it is not a library or the version bump is only there to fix a typo in a config file. This is extremely frustrating for end users when they learn that mplayer will never have GUI support in any version of Ubuntu 14 or there will never be manpages for zsh. If something is a bug and there is no reasonable chance that another package depends on the buggy behavior, allow the package to be fixed.