[lubuntu-devel] Annoyances after the Lubuntu 18.10 update

[Walter Lapchynski]

On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 09:25:04PM +0200, Patrick Aeschlimann wrote:
> 1. I used to have auto log-on on start up enabled on 18.04. Since updating,
> I'm greeted with a virtual keyboard (see IMG in attachment) on start-up. I
> have to click the pull down button to see the log-in screen.

I admit this one is a little strange. Do you have a touch screen?

> 2. (could be because I have a ten year old laptop) The system freezes for
> 10 seconds after I have put in my password and clicked Enter before showing
> the desktop. A 'Logging in...' message with a circling icon would be nice
> while I wait

Lubuntu 18.04 comes with LXDE and a bunch of GTK apps. Lubuntu 18.10
comes with LXQt and a bunch of Qt apps. Upgrading doesn't get rid of the
LXDE/GTK options. You're likely to be loading two desktops.

> 3. Double applications are mess (Simple scan & Skanlite, Transmission &
> QTransmission, LXTerminal & QTerminal, QLipper and KLipper...) Is there any
> way to remove ALL old Lubuntu 18.04 apps that have received a Qt
> alternative?

See below.

> 4. I have two WiFi icons, one barely visisble. The sound icon and bluetooth
> icon are also barely visisble, see screenshot in attachment.

Same problem as aforementioned. Two NetworkManager apps. Follow the
instructions below.

> I think some of these things could be improved in future releases so that
> people making the 18.04 → 20.04 upgrade have a better experience.

Unfortunately the transition from a pre-18.10 release to a post-18.04
one is always going to be difficult no matter what. Our best suggestions
can be found in the [manual][1], but any way we cut it, this is never
going to be a smooth thing.

[1]: https://manual.lubuntu.me/D/upgrading.html