Our own one hundred papercuts ... what bugs you?

[DrJohnZoidberg]

I really enjoy using linux and I'm using Ubuntu at the moment (karmic), but there are a few things that bug me. Would be nice to compile a list of things that could be implemented better or be more visually appealing.

I'll start with a few things I think that they could improve on / fix in ubuntu:

- better PPPOE implementation (there is pppoeconf, but Network Manager and pppoeconf don't mix well at all)

- easier GDM screen customization (used to be better pre-karmic, but now it's a mission)

- cleaner boot up / log out screens (just something to make it look more rounded off, by making sure that the boot screen doesn't flicker on and off and show cursors and text of modules that are loading).

- a better looking version of Ubuntu Software Center (the current one really does look quite awful).

- more customizable sound schemes

- change that awful default background in Gnome installs.

- install gparted by default already dammit!

- allow application selection in the installer (I don't want to play nibbles okay and I would be nice if they used banshee as the default music player instead of rhythm box - my preference, it is better though

These are just a few I can think of at the moment, some other things involve niggles with gnome itself (nautilus needs a facelift).

But please feel free to add you papercuts.

Also, I would like to thank all those folks out there making Ubuntu better and better - ran the lucid alpha and while it worked was quite impressive, really insane boot speeds and very very nice social networking implementation. Good job!

 

[hawker]

- fspot: please remove this piece of rubbish. Its the first thing I uninstall.

Your list covers the other stuff I would like changed. Except for banshee, i prefer rhythmbox

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

- fspot: please remove this piece of rubbish. Its the first thing I uninstall.

Your list covers the other stuff I would like changed. Except for banshee, i prefer rhythmbox

For some reason, I always have issues getting album artwork to show up with rhythm box, works like a charm in banshee though. Oh and I am running the beta version of the new banshee, they doing some very good work.

 

[BigAl-sa]

I must admit, I have more issues with Kubuntu, but with Ubuntu on my netbook, the network manager sometimes disappears to the other end of the galaxy and leaves me with two sound controls rather than a sound control and a network manager icon.

Overall, I'm really impressed with 9.10 (oh yes, agree that fspot is cr@p)

 

[SilverNodashi]

Tim, this is exactly what makes Linux so great. If you don't like something, delete / uninstall it. Or, if you can, fix it There's plenty of stuff available for linux, chances are if you did some research you'll find 10+ excellent (or 100+ average) alternatives for just about anything you can think of. Ubuntu IMO limits Linux's capabilities greatly. It's mainly aimed at new users to Linux, who general have used Windows before and are trapped in the MS paradigm. Ubuntu includes a limited amount of applications, but you can download many more from the internet OR, switch to OpenSuse, Fedora Core or even CentOS / Debian / Slackware and you'll discover Linux

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Tim, this is exactly what makes Linux so great. If you don't like something, delete / uninstall it. Or, if you can, fix it There's plenty of stuff available for linux, chances are if you did some research you'll find 10+ excellent (or 100+ average) alternatives for just about anything you can think of. Ubuntu IMO limits Linux's capabilities greatly. It's mainly aimed at new users to Linux, who general have used Windows before and are trapped in the MS paradigm. Ubuntu includes a limited amount of applications, but you can download many more from the internet OR, switch to OpenSuse, Fedora Core or even CentOS / Debian / Slackware and you'll discover Linux

I started out with Ubuntu, so I got used to the way things work with it. And in essence it is linux, so you can do pretty much anything else you can do with any other linux machine. I've tried Opensuse, but wasn't really to my liking. Really want to go deeper and explore possibilities with CentOS though - may have to get my linux skills up to scratch though.

Come on people, I want papercuts!!! (not literally).

 

[wishblade]

100% agreed on the ability to select applications to install...

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

100% agreed on the ability to select applications to install...

Ala-Win98

 

[gentleman1]

My single issue with ubuntu was .. he didn't recognized my network card so i didn't had internet.

 

[Attech]

For me as a newcomer to Linux - I find the documentation incredibly difficult.
Say I wanted an easy task like "How to close port 1033" If I wrote the documentation I would write: Run this command to close your port: " sudo - s; close port 1033"
The Linux documentation wouldn't be that easy! - well I suppose I am just started learning & not used to it after all.
Anyone that can write a simple "howto" to understand iptables - you have yourself a student!

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

For me as a newcomer to Linux - I find the documentation incredibly difficult.
Say I wanted an easy task like "How to close port 1033" If I wrote the documentation I would write: Run this command to close your port: " sudo - s; close port 1033"
The Linux documentation wouldn't be that easy! - well I suppose I am just started learning & not used to it after all.
Anyone that can write a simple "howto" to understand iptables - you have yourself a student!

I have found documentation on linux to be incredibly useful, especially on Ubuntu, which has a large online documentation database. Anything that I've had trouble understanding or finding correct usage parameters, I've found forums like this one and ubuntu's own forum. I've found when doing a search for something its best to append Ubuntu to the search string, as their online documentation is good, e.g. "How to close port 1033 Ubuntu". Btw, here is a great guide to Ip Tables: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo