On Fri, Oct 21, 2016, 1:11 PM Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The startup-scene dev message board Hacker News has an "Ask HN"
section, and I used it to ask what developers want from a desktop in
2017. <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12703836> Here's a summary
of what they said:
* Make upgrades painless.
This is often presented as "make it LTS or rolling", but in digging
further, it's almost always "I don't want to have to devote a day of
downtime to upgrading twice a year".
* Other improvements to updates (not necessarily upgrades): make them
happen in the background, and provide a way to roll back if something
isn't good. Also this for user tweaks rather than just updates.
* Give the ability to have package X move at a pace I choose. Separate
dev stack from base OS.
* Hardware compatibility just works. (Wifi, sound, HDMI, graphics,
suspend, etc.)
* Mixed DPI multi-monitor support.
* Look nice, better fonts, general usability, etc.
* Cross-distro packaging
* Containerized GUI apps
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fedora Project Leader
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No pressure, but this isn't helping the development case for Linux.
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