Kubuntu papercuts

[Nate Graham]

I've got a few more ideas to polish up Kubuntu's visual presentation and 
UX for 18.04:

Use default wallpaper as background for KScreenlocker and SDDM lock screen
- https://phabricator.kde.org/T7854

Use Ubuntu font instead of Noto Sans
- https://phabricator.kde.org/T7848

Turn off Translucency effect when moving and resizing windows
- https://phabricator.kde.org/T7855

Turn on Glide effect
- https://phabricator.kde.org/T7856

Add a "Show Desktop" widget to the far right side of the default panel
- https://phabricator.kde.org/T7857


Thanks everyone!

Nate



On 01/30/2018 04:34 PM, Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
> Hey devels:
> 
> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:50 PM, pointedstick <pointedstick at zoho.com 
> <mailto:pointedstick at zoho.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Howdy everyone! Valorie invited me to join this list and share my
>     list of Kubuntu issues and papercuts, being a full-time user of
>     17.10. Here's the list:
> 
> 
>     Major issues
>     ------------
>     - Samba doesn't prompt the user to create a Samba password when
>     first installed, or re-use the existing one
>     -- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1700588
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1700588>
> 
>     Wifi passwords asked twice
>     -
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1572244
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/1572244>
> 
> 
> It seems there is active work on the associated KDE bug reports but no 
> "fix released" yet. Perhaps we need to raise this issue on the 
> KDE-Distributions list and see how many other distros are also 
> experiencing this bug. When I encounter it, it is *really* annoying.
> 
> 
>     Minor issues
>     ------------
>     Ubuntu doesn't compile Okular with text-to-speech capabilities
>     - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/okular/+bug/1717131
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/okular/+bug/1717131>
> 
> 
> Looks like this dependency just needs to be added and the package rebuilt.
> 
>     kde-thumbnailer-openoffice doesn't work in Plasma 5; no ODF previews
>     -
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-thumbnailer-openoffice/+bug/1711566
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-thumbnailer-openoffice/+bug/1711566>
> 
> 
> "the OpenDocument thumbnailer needs to be compiled as a KF5 version, 
> otherwise Dolphin will not use them.
> 
> https://store.kde.org/content/show.php?content=110864 has a patch from 
> an openSUSE developer.
> 
> I suggest to report this issue to the bug tracker of your distribution, 
> asking them to apply that patch."
> 
> So again, including the proper patch in there and rebuilding would fix 
> this in my humble not-a-packager opinion.
> 
>     Kubuntu Dolphin package's appstream metadata specifies Nautilus's
>     icon instead of its own
>     - https://phabricator.kde.org/T7717 <https://phabricator.kde.org/T7717>
> 
> 
> This is just embarrassing! Probably an oversight long ago.
> 
> Out of time for right now, but thank you to Nate Graham for taking the time!
> 
> Valorie
> 
> 
>     Ubuntu doesn't package the Discover Snap backend
>     -
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-discover/+bug/1742298
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-discover/+bug/1742298>
> 
> 
>     Feature requests/nice-to-haves
>     ------------------------------
>     - Adopt openSUSE patch that adds high-res icons for Firefox and
>     Thunderbird, so the Large Icons task switcher in KDE Plasma doesn't
>     have ugly icons
>     -- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1715213
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/1715213>
>     --
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozilla-thunderbird/+bug/1715214
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mozilla-thunderbird/+bug/1715214>
> 
>     In Kubuntu, plasma-discover-flatpak-backend should add flathub repo
>     during installation
>     -
>     https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-discover/+bug/1737645
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-discover/+bug/1737645>
> 
>     Use better font anti-aliasing settings by default
>     - https://phabricator.kde.org/T7618 <https://phabricator.kde.org/T7618>
> 
> 
>     Thanks everyone!
> 
>     Nate Graham
> 
> 
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