Feedback Time

[Keith Grider]

Hi,

I have been running Gnome desktop under Ubuntu since 11.04. I did not like
Unity and did not like the Gnome fallback. Tried Elementary OS for a while
and came back to Ubuntu Gnome because they are so slow to release Freya.

The new Gnome in 15.04 seems snappier and I like it. I could care less
about the cutting edge, latest Gnome, I just want it to run. I am in the
process of upgrading my computers from 14.04 to 15.04. 2 down and 2 to go.
There are some kernel improvements in 15.04 which help a couple issues I
was having with 14.04 (1 is that network manager is somewhat broken in
14.04.2 The via_velocity module will not reconnect to the lan after suspend
and another is with wifi on my laptop.)

Stuff that does not work or does not work 'correctly' in 15.04, IMO:

   1. I can no longer unload a module at suspend time. I know this is a
   kernel problem and not Gnome, but it is a problem for me. I used to be able
   to do this with 13.04, but since 12.04, I can no longer get it to unload
   the aic7xxx module before suspending. No matter what I put in the
   /etc/pm/config.d/modules, it will not unload. As soon as I try to use
   that module, the kernel panics and locks up the computer. It is an old
   card, but runs my scanner just fine. It used to work correctly and now it
   only works after boot and crashes after the first suspend resume cycle. I
   can do it by hand and can also blacklist it so I cna load it when I need
   it, but it should be able to be automated, this is a regression.
   2. The Gnome login screen needs a suspend time out. As it is, I have my
   users set auto suspend after 30 minutes. It would be nice if I could set
   that for The Gnome login screen as well via the Gnome UI somehow. It has
   been this way for a while and it is a regression, IMO.
   3. The Gnome login screen does not have a suspend option. All I can do
   is shut down or reboot from the login screen.
   4. The openjdk-*-jre install no longer has a .desktop file for right
   clicking and launching *.jar files in Nautilus, it must be created by hand
   to run these files.
   5. Please, please, please name all programs in the UI the same as the
   cli... Please. It is tough to click and try to launch something in the UI,
   have nothing happen then if you want to diagnose the problem, you need to
   grep all over the internet to find out what the program name is to be able
   to launch from the command line to see what errors are occurring. I do not
   have a specific example right now, but could find one if you need. I think
   one of them is 'files'. Just call it 'nautilus'.

Keep up the good work.

Keith

On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad at gnome.org> wrote:

> Dear everyone,
>
> Before we start the planning for this cycle (Wily Werewolf - 15.04), I'd
> like to run this survey before anything else:
>
> https://ubuntugnome.org/feedback-time/
>
> It would be very important for me and everyone else to understand what we
> have done, what we are doing and what we are suppose to do in the future.
> Above all, we do need to understand what *OUR USERS* think :)
>
> I am having very limited time to spend so if the survey is bad or lack
> some questions, etc .. please keep in mind that this is what my time
> allowed me to do. I think I did my best and I'd like to apologize in
> advance for any inconvenience.
>
> You can *ALWAYS* write to us and send your feedback here, on this mailing
> list:
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>
> and/or *FEEL FREE to contact me* :)
>
>
> The survey should *NOT* take more than *3 minutes* from your time.
>
> *Here is the direct link:*
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> You can only answer it ONE time so please, make sure to read the questions
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