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While it does succeed in areas where other OSes are weak (package management!), Ubuntu still has a lot of annoyances. For example... Copying and pasting is br

While it does succeed in areas where other OSes are weak (package management!), Ubuntu still has a lot of annoyances. For example... Copying and pasting is broken in some apps: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/11334 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/11334 Desktop icons cannot be auto-arranged: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/20284 https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/20284 Screensavers can't be customized: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/+bug/22007 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-screensaver/... Context menu for an USB pendrive shows "Unmount", "Eject" and "Safely Remove Drive": https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/453072 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/453072 There are a lot of others listed here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bugs Checking off features on a list isn't enough to make a good operating system. Like baseball, you have to work on the fundamentals to win. (Jeez that last sentence sounds corny.)

ZeroGravitas 17y ago
Did you just list bugs specifically shortlisted by Ubuntu as minor, easily fixed interface issues and use that very work to argue that they're not focussing on these things?
- AngryParsley 17y ago
  The first three bugs I linked to have been open for 5-6 years, so yes I'm saying they're not focusing on these things. It's not solely Ubuntu's fault. A lot of the issues are upstream. The screensaver settings bug was closed as WONTFIX in gnome: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316654 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316654 Says the maintainer of gnome-screensaver: I don't have any plans to support this. My view is that any screensaver theme that requires configuration is inherently broken. Yes, because it's not like I'd ever want the pictures screensaver to grab images out of a directory besides ~/Photos/.

ZeroGravitas 17y ago

Did you just list bugs specifically shortlisted by Ubuntu as minor, easily fixed interface issues and use that very work to argue that they're not focussing on these things?

AngryParsley 17y ago
The first three bugs I linked to have been open for 5-6 years, so yes I'm saying they're not focusing on these things. It's not solely Ubuntu's fault. A lot of the issues are upstream. The screensaver settings bug was closed as WONTFIX in gnome: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316654 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316654 Says the maintainer of gnome-screensaver: I don't have any plans to support this. My view is that any screensaver theme that requires configuration is inherently broken. Yes, because it's not like I'd ever want the pictures screensaver to grab images out of a directory besides ~/Photos/.