Ubuntu Fix Annoying Things - Revision history

Falz at 12:35, 6 September 2023

2023-09-06T12:35:23Z

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	* Expectation: Have one main menu bar with applications, status icons, etc		* Expectation: Have one main menu bar with applications, status icons, etc
	* Reality: Nah here's a bar on the left and a bar on the top, both containing half of these things and wasting space		* Reality: Nah here's a bar on the left and a bar on the top, both containing half of these things and wasting space
	* Fix: Use Dash to Panel extension. Install per below, log out/in and then run '''gnome-tweaks''', Extensions -> '''Dash to Panel: On'''. I further went in to settings to move it to the top		* Fix: Use Dash to Panel extension. Install per below, log out/in and then run '''gnome-tweaks''', Extensions -> '''[https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1160/dash-to-panel/ Dash to Panel]: On'''. I further went in to settings to move it to the top

Falz at 11:25, 16 August 2022

2022-08-16T11:25:54Z

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	=== UI and Desktop ===		=== UI and Desktop ===
			* Expectation: Touchpad works (this is more of a hw issue with Dell XPS 9730?)
			* Reality: detects palm touches, jumps all over, deletes text:
			* Fix: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-ca/000150104/precision-xps-ubuntu-general-touchpad-mouse-issue-fix ?


	* Expectation: Moving a window isnt 1fps		* Expectation: Moving a window isnt 1fps
	* Reality: It's slow and laggy, Windows95 was faster		* Reality: It's slow and laggy, Windows95 was faster

Falz at 13:28, 15 August 2022

2022-08-15T13:28:23Z

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	=== UI and Desktop ===		=== UI and Desktop ===
			* Expectation: Moving a window isnt 1fps
			* Reality: It's slow and laggy, Windows95 was faster
			* Fix: Consider a different display manager such as lubuntu-desktop:
			sudo apt-get install lubuntu-desktop lubuntu-gtk-core lubuntu-gtk-desktop


	* Expectation: You can see a list of apps		* Expectation: You can see a list of apps
	* Reality: you have to know what apps exist first because you have to start typing it		* Reality: you have to know what apps exist first because you have to start typing it

Falz at 11:55, 11 May 2020

2020-05-11T11:55:35Z

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	* Expectation: A suspend button exists, somewhere, literally anywhere		* Expectation: A suspend button exists, somewhere, literally anywhere
	* Reality: It's hiding "behind" the power button on the dropdown, visible when one presses '''alt''', and you'd have no way to know this in advance.		* Reality: It's hiding "behind" the power button on the dropdown, visible when one presses '''alt''', and you'd have no way to know this in advance.
	* Fix: Since above is stupid, ~~'''apt-get~~ install [https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/826/suspend-button/ ~~gnome-shell-~~extension~~-suspend-button]'''~~, requires logging off/on or a reboot.		* Fix: Since above is stupid, install [https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/826/suspend-button/ Suspend Button] extension, requires logging off/on or a reboot.
			sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extension-suspend-button

Falz at 11:52, 11 May 2020

2020-05-11T11:52:46Z

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	* Reality: Nah here's a bar on the left and a bar on the top, both containing half of these things and wasting space		* Reality: Nah here's a bar on the left and a bar on the top, both containing half of these things and wasting space
	* Fix: Use Dash to Panel extension. Install per below, log out/in and then run '''gnome-tweaks''', Extensions -> '''Dash to Panel: On'''. I further went in to settings to move it to the top		* Fix: Use Dash to Panel extension. Install per below, log out/in and then run '''gnome-tweaks''', Extensions -> '''Dash to Panel: On'''. I further went in to settings to move it to the top


			* Expectation: A suspend button exists, somewhere, literally anywhere
			* Reality: It's hiding "behind" the power button on the dropdown, visible when one presses '''alt''', and you'd have no way to know this in advance.
			* Fix: Since above is stupid, '''apt-get install [https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/826/suspend-button/ gnome-shell-extension-suspend-button]''', requires logging off/on or a reboot.

Falz at 18:55, 27 April 2020

2020-04-27T18:55:48Z

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	* Reality: Nah		* Reality: Nah
	* Fix: ??		* Fix: ??


			=== UI and Desktop ===
			* Expectation: You can see a list of apps
			* Reality: you have to know what apps exist first because you have to start typing it
			* Fix: Use Dash to Panel extension. Install per below, log out/in and then run '''gnome-tweaks''', Extensions -> '''Applications Menu: On'''. Makes it win95-like.
			sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-panel gnome-tweaks


			* Expectation: Have one main menu bar with applications, status icons, etc
			* Reality: Nah here's a bar on the left and a bar on the top, both containing half of these things and wasting space
			* Fix: Use Dash to Panel extension. Install per below, log out/in and then run '''gnome-tweaks''', Extensions -> '''Dash to Panel: On'''. I further went in to settings to move it to the top

Falz at 19:09, 8 April 2020

2020-04-08T19:09:53Z

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	* Expectation: Switch between windows including important visual cues (highlight window, show a popup of windows)		* Expectation: Switch between windows including important visual cues (highlight window, show a popup of windows)
	* Reality: By default, it switches between app groups, not windows (like OSX does)		* Reality: By default, it switches between app groups, not windows (like OSX does)
	* Fix: Nothing great, Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts, re-map key to use the Alt-Esc method instead (which highlights borders but does not show pop up)		* Fix: Nothing great, '''Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts''', re-map key to use the '''Alt-Esc''' method instead (which highlights borders but does not show pop up)


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	=== File manager ===		=== File manager ===
	* Expectation: When browsing a list of files, start typing to skip to that section		* Expectation: When browsing a list of files, start typing to skip to that section of the list instantly
	* Reality: When you start typing it starts doing a filesystem search		* Reality: When you start typing it starts doing a filesystem search of your current directory, slowly. Your intended item may or may not be at the top.
	* Fix: Replace the default Nautilus file manager with [https://launchpad.net/~lubomir-brindza/+archive/ubuntu/nautilus-typeahead nautilus-typeahead]		* Fix: Replace the default Nautilus file manager with [https://launchpad.net/~lubomir-brindza/+archive/ubuntu/nautilus-typeahead nautilus-typeahead]

Falz at 19:05, 8 April 2020

2020-04-08T19:05:29Z

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	* Expectation: Have reasonable shortcuts to open new tabs, set tab titles, and cycle through them		* Expectation: Have reasonable shortcuts to open new tabs, set tab titles, and cycle through them
	* Reality: Nah (cant set tab titles at all), shortctuts are different than expected		* Reality: Nah (cant set tab titles at all), shortctuts are different than expected
	* Fix: Use ~~```~~xfce4-terminal~~```~~ instead		* Fix: Use '''xfce4-terminal''' instead

Falz at 19:05, 8 April 2020

2020-04-08T19:05:07Z

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-Here lies some steps of things to unfuck some default settings from Ubuntu and or its default applications, desktops, etc that I find awful.
+Here lies some steps of things to unfuck some default settings from Ubuntu and or its default applications, desktops, etc that I find awful. Note that these are the opinions of someone who expects to mostly navigate by keyboard, and has not used Windows since Win2k or so, primarily switching to XFCE for many years, which mostly has the same behavior of classic windows.
 === Keyboard Shortcuts ===
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 * Fix: Nothing great, Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts, re-map key to use the Alt-Esc method instead (which highlights borders but does not show pop up)

Falz: Created page with "Here lies some steps of things to unfuck some default settings from Ubuntu and or its default applications, desktops, etc that I find awful. === Keyboard Shortcuts === ====..."

2020-04-08T18:50:41Z

Created page with "Here lies some steps of things to unfuck some default settings from Ubuntu and or its default applications, desktops, etc that I find awful. === Keyboard Shortcuts === ====..."

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Here lies some steps of things to unfuck some default settings from Ubuntu and or its default applications, desktops, etc that I find awful.

=== Keyboard Shortcuts ===

==== Super+R "Run" Behavior ====
* Expectation: Mimic Windows 'run' behavior with Super (aka windows key) + R Key combo:
* Reality: nah
* Fix: Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts, '''Show the run prompt''' map to '''Super+R'''

==== Alt-Tab ====
* Expectation: Switch between windows including important visual cues (highlight window, show a popup of windows)
* Reality: By default, it switches between app groups, not windows (like OSX does)
* Fix: Nothing great, Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts, re-map key to use the Alt-Esc method instead (which highlights borders but does not show pop up)

=== File manager ===
* Expectation: When browsing a list of files, start typing to skip to that section
* Reality: When you start typing it starts doing a filesystem search
* Fix: Replace the default Nautilus file manager with [https://launchpad.net/~lubomir-brindza/+archive/ubuntu/nautilus-typeahead nautilus-typeahead]

=== Terminal ===
* Expectation: Have reasonable shortcuts to open new tabs, set tab titles, and cycle through them
* Reality: Nah (cant set tab titles at all), shortctuts are different than expected
* Fix: Use ```xfce4-terminal``` instead