> Hi, > last week I asked on my Czech blog what people are missing on the Linux > desktop, mainly Fedora Workstation. It was picked by all major Czech > Linux sites and received literally hundreds of responses. I went > through them and created a summary for you. Some of it are well-known > issues/features, some points were new to me. If something is not clear, > just let me know and I'll be happy to explain it: Thanks! I'll try to add links for bug reports for some sections > INSTALLER […] > UPDATES […] > UPGRADES […] > SHELL […] > * Some extensions make the Shell crash. See my answer to Michael Catanzaro below. > * Switching between keyboard layouts loses focus (e.g. when you press > Super+Space while e.g. typing in a search field you need to click to > the search field again to continue typing) I cannot reproduce on F26 or F25. Not even on gedit. Not for native X, XWayland nor Wayland applications. Seems like an old bug to me. > * When you use one of the tiling gestures you then can't change the > size of the tiled window. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645153 > GDM […] > WAYLAND > Not really big surprises here: > * Missing remote desktop (one of the most frequent comments at all). See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645153 > * Missing color picker support. > * Missing screen sharing. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=758920 for an example > * Missing something like xdotool (shotcuts for window manipulations, > e.g. to show/hide a window of certain app) Known issue, see Wiki: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Wayland_problems#Many_well-known_X11_utilities_don.27t_work > SETTINGS > * Many people complained about splitting settings into g-c-c and g-t-t, > tried to explain the reason, but nevertheless it's one of the most > common complaints. Hm, upstream developers often have a very different opinion on this. They tend to tell users and bug reporters, that the stuff they want to configure is too specific to be useful to the ordinary user that they prefer to hide it by default. I don't agree, but I doubt my opinion counts much. This is an upstream policy decision. > LOCALIZATION […] > PDF > Many complaints about PDF support, mostly: > * Evince doesn't support non-ascii characters in PDF forms, this is a > major problem for many people. I cannot reproduce this. I can insert many different non-ASCII characters in different languages without issues. Can you please ask them for a sample file? I think this issue is specific to some PDF generators. […] > DIALOGS > * "file save dialog" doesn't have "Recent" any more and if you > save a > couple of files in the same location, you have to go through the full > path every time instead of clicking Recent and pick the destination > folder directly. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=781819 > APPLICATIONS […] > * A new chat app (unlikely to happen due to the nature of current IM > services). …or enough people who could maintain Empathy and Telepathy… > * More modern and better looking presentation templates and graphs in > LibreOffice. +1 > * Ability to install Android apps. This would be very hard, I guess. > * Difficult Thunderbird<->Evolution migration. Barely covered on Bugzilla. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=737338 and https://github.com/tc88/filtersThunder2Evo for exceptions. It looks to me like there is only 1-2 people (mainly: Milan Crha) maintaining evolution, so this might need more manpower. > * OneDrive integration in Nautilus/GOA. See https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=760627 for example > * Firefox should have tabs integrated into the title bar just like on > Window. This is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234433 – thanks to Andreas Nilsson (see below) > * Cannot connect to GOA accounts after log out and log in to the > account (it's a known systemd bug, but a pretty annoying one and we > have had it for several releases already). See https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340203 > GPU […] > HARDWARE […] > People ask for supported laptop models where stuff like suspend, hot > keys, wifi, bluetooth would be quaranteed to work on Fedora. > * Canon printers need to be set up after every kernel update. > * Better battery life. Linux by default does not enable many power saving features. Just have a look at `# powertop` and go through https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Power_management and you can easily reduce your power usage by 10%…20%. Additionally, some applications could get performance optimizations. This should be tracked somewhere. Eclipse is notorious for its massive CPU load, but other applications could be improved too. Having (hardware) video acceleration work under Wayland would improve battery life a lot: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305699 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1455101 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123536 Improving hardware video acceleration in general would be good too: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/buglist.cgi?product=GStreamer&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&component=gstreamer-vaapi > * Missing a "Pan/Scroll" feature in Wacom tablet support. > * Fedora support for ARM laptops (Chromebooks). > * Bad support for screen between 120 and 192 DPI which is a vast > majority of monitors with better DPI in the market. Users can partly > fix it by manual tweaks (larger fonts etc.), but they can't be done per > screen. Could only find a reference on this: https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2017/04/03/hackernews-feedback-on-what-they-want-from-their-desktop-we-got-it/ > SOUND […] > GRUB […] > BUG HANDLING > A couple of users complained that bug reports in RHBZ get ignored which > discourages them to report problems. See also https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2017/04/03/hackernews-feedback-on-what-they-want-from-their-desktop-we-got-it/ for a similar article based on feedback. _______________________________________________ desktop mailing list -- desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to desktop-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
