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List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: Some things that would make Linux/KDE better for me...
From:       Ed Greshko <ed.greshko () greshko ! com>
Date:       2020-01-25 9:16:30
Message-ID: 6bdd0814-a486-610f-6eb5-c2bde2ad4f82 () greshko ! com
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On 2020-01-25 14:48, linux guy wrote:
> I'm running Fedora 31/KDE and it is great.  Fantastic, actually.   Kudos to the \
> team that delivers and supports Fedora, release after release.  Things just keep \
> getting better and better and the update process is so smooth and easy.  Especially \
> compared to those other operating systems... 
> However, F31/KDE isn't perfect.   Here are a few things that could be better...
> 
> 1) There is a bug that creates distortion in playing audio via HDMI monitors.   I \
> frequently have to do a pulseaudio -k to reset things.

File a bugzilla.

> 
> 2) There is a bug when running dual monitors and the left monitor is rotated and \
> not the primary monitor.   I have to start SystemSettings and force a \
> reinitialization every time I reboot.

File a bugzilla.

> 
> 3) There is a bug wherein the HDMI monitor I want my audio played on isn't saved.   \
> It always wants to play on the first (left most) monitor.   I have to start \
> pauvolume and select my primary monitor every time I reboot.

Have you actually found a monitor with good speakers?  :-)
I don't know if this is a bug or configuration since my 2 monitors have really bad \
speakers and I refuse to use them.  My external Bose speakers do a *much* better job. \
:-)

> 
> 4) It would be really, really nice if KDE remembered which desktop an application \
> was on when you rebooted after doing a forced shutdown.  For example, sometimes I \
> have 30 Firefox browsers open on various topics, spread across 3 or 4 desktops, \
> plus some PDFs in viewers and a few Konsole sessions and a few Kwrite documents... \
> and a large update comes along that I need to apply that requires a reboot.  

Did you check "System Settings-->Startup and Shutdown-->Desktop Session"?

> 
> Generally I do a #dnf update followed by a #shutdown -r now.
> 
> When I reboot and login to a new session, Firefox allows me to restore all my open \
> browsers, but it doesn't remember which Desktop they were on... so I have to \
> manually sort them.   Likewise Konsole sessions don't remember what Desktop they \
> were in, nor the path they were open to.   Would be nice if they did.

You probably will get closer to your goal by checking/trying the options noted above \
and logging out prior to doing a restart.

You may also want to investigate "System Settings-->Window Management--Window Rules". \
You can control where, what size, etc, of applications.

> 
> 5) There is an unintended behavior whereby if I open a document fullsize on one \
> screen, it goes fullsize on any screen I move it to.  
> For example, I run a 22" monitor in portrait mode to the left of my primary 43" 4K \
> monitor.   I often fullscreen a document in the side monitor to refer to while I am \
> working on something on the primary monitor.   If I then drag the document from the \
> side monitor to the primary 4K monitor, it goes fullscreen there.   And then I have \
> to resize it.  It would be nice if it stayed the same size, pixel wise, when it \
> moves from screen to screen.

Sounds to me as if that is an intended behavior.  If a window is in full-screen and \
you move it another display why shouldn't it remain in full-screen?

> 
> 6) My mouse doesn't move enough... 
> 
> My desktop is very wide.   A side 1920x1080 monitor running in portrait beside a 4K \
> monitor.   I have my mouse speed/acceleration turned right up, but I often run out \
> of space on my mouse pad before I can move across or even up and down my desktop.  \
> It would be nice if there was more speed/acceleration so less hand movement was \
> required. 

FWIW, I got sick of mice and the wrist pain if produced for me.  I switched to a \
trackball and never regretted that decision.  I can zip across my 2 2560x1440 \
displays with the flick of a finger.


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