Feedback Time

[Tim]

On 25/06/15 23:44, Keith Grider wrote:
> 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.
>
You can probably set this via /etc/systemd/logind.conf
>
>  1. The Gnome login screen does not have a suspend option. All I can do is shut down or reboot from the login screen.
>  2. 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.
>  3. 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'.
>
We use the upstream naming here
>
> Keep up the good work.
>
> Keith
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Ali/amjjawad <amjjawad at gnome.org <mailto: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:
>     https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGNOME/ContactUs
>
>
>     and/or *FEEL FREE to contact me* :)
>
>
>     The survey should *NOT* take more than _*3 minutes*_ from your time.
>
>     *Here is the direct link:*
>     http://goo.gl/forms/sXdsxPIkfZ
>
>     You can only answer it ONE time so please, make sure to read the questions carefully ;)
>
>     Thank you so much!
>
>     -- 
>     Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us."
>
>     Best Regards,
>     Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad>
>
>     *http://kibo.computer* - http://torios.net - Ubuntu GNOME <http://ubuntugnome.org/>
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