enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Jun 3, 2023 1:47:22 GMT
The following are observations and suggestions from my experience two weeks testing Bodhi 7 beta hwe in virtualbox.
(I'll test next iso on hardware.)
1. Web Browser Manager suggestions
1a. Have web manager add/remove mozillateam ppa with Firefox (and thus remove it from Bodhi's default sources)
1b. Add epiphany-browser (from ubuntu repo)
2. Suggestion: Remove nvidia-legacy ppa from default sources (see previous post; security issues, not that there's anything wrong with it)
3. Terminology
3a. Default background isnt bodhi.png although it is available. 3b. BUG: With picom running, if background is set, transparency doesn't work when terminology launched. (it will work if adjusted/enabled while already loaded). This is regression, used to work fine. 4. Google Chrome isn't themed like chromium - needed to be set to gtk and uncheck system titlebar. Not that important, but if easy to do in skel, why not.... 5. Intermittent Moksha Bugs 5a. Tasks sometimes scroll left/right a little bit even when set to shrink-to-fit. 5b. Sometimes green dot on terminology ibar even when it's not open.
6. Suggest Disable Phased Updates, let real ubuntu users deal with this confusion, as mentioned in alpha thread.
APT::Get::Always-Include-Phased-Updates "1";
7. MokshaGreen Theme 7a. CPU % gadget still difficult to read. ideas: get rid of % symbol or put it underneath the value, and/or make font brighter or thicker or bold or something. 7b. network monitor gadget has white text, not green. (I don't use this normally, just observed while testing all modules). 7c. inconsistent behavior: sometimes using small shelf icon size results in unusable space at far right end of shelf. may depend on which gadgets installed?
8. Useless Places Warnings: 8a. /dev/sr0 is 100% full (This is a CD image, I don't need a warning!)
8b. 98% of my 5tb drive still has over 100GB free. Perhaps allow us to specify GB instead of percent?
9. Picom
9a. compton-conf (in ubu repo) does not seem compatible with picom, default config crashes picom. Perhaps block install? 9bi. suggestion: package picom-conf and make it a recommend of moksha-module-compton 9bii. copy /etc/compton.conf to ~/.config/picom.conf and remove the deprecated refresh-rate option, maybe as skel file if thats the only way to get it local? (the gui only sees the .config/picom.conf even tho picom still loads the /etc/compton.conf so gui shows inaccurate values the way bodhi is currently configured) 10. Third Party App Issues with Moksha Window Manager10a. my weather-indicator is supposed to pin to desktop, but instead its drawing a border and floating around, and I can't find any Moksha setting to fix it. 10b. nheko verification window is too narrow and difficult to open.
This only happens if you already have an encrypted matrix account, then try to login to it from nheko; it pops up a window to verify from, but it is like 1 pixel wide and VERY difficult to click on to make it big. I mentioned to nheko dev and he said it's a window manager issue. Same thing happens on old version, ubu repo version, debian sid version, flatpak version.... |
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Post by thewaiter on Jun 3, 2023 5:48:30 GMT
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Post by thewaiter on Jun 3, 2023 6:31:15 GMT
7a) OK, I added Bold font to the CPU module. Commited
8a) yea, good point. I will try to fix optical devices warning.
8b) adding a slider for capacity in GB is not a best idea. The slider is general for all devices. How can I control all devices separately?
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Post by paeschli on Jun 4, 2023 9:53:28 GMT
1. Installation seems to take forever when you check the "Install additional packages for Wi-Fi..." option. However, if you quit the process and start the installer again, installation will just work.
Just confirming this finding. You must leave "install third-party software for graphics and wi-fi hardware and additional media formats" unchecked for the installation to work. Another question: this Beta (Hwe Release) seems to be working just fine for me. Will it update automatically to the final release? Or will I need to do a clean install when the final release drops? |
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Post by thewaiter on Jun 4, 2023 10:31:11 GMT
Hello. No, you do not need to install Bodhi official release. We will push Moksha and themes to the repos and you can upgrade the system. Maybe Ylee as lead dev can tell more here if he plans more changes.
Stefan
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js
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Post by js on Jun 4, 2023 12:26:05 GMT
Hello. Long time Bodhi user, first time forum participator. This morning, I installed bodhi-7.0.0-64-beta.iso without any issues and it has been a pleasure so far. However, I did notice after running 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade', the kernel was updated from 5.15.0-71-generic to 5.15.0-73-generic. Is this beta release supposed to be a non-updating kernel flavor or is it receiving updates while in beta?
Thank you,
Jon
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Post by ylee on Jun 4, 2023 21:42:10 GMT
... Is this beta release supposed to be a non-updating kernel flavor or is it receiving updates while in beta? Thank you, Jon It is receiving kernel-updates while in beta and truthfully I am undecided on whether to leave it like that in the official release. |
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enigma9o7
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Post by enigma9o7 on Jun 6, 2023 4:22:22 GMT
It's supposed to pin to desktop and stay there and not move around with mouse. It should be there when minimize-all/show desktop. It also shouldn't be in tasks. Like conky.
Moksha doesn't even offer the "pin option" option under stacking, so I can't force it like I can with a normal app. I believe this is because the app is telling moksha it's supposed to be pinned already.... but its not working right. (It did used to work on older versions but not sure if change that broke it was in the app or moksha).
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Post by thewaiter on Jun 6, 2023 16:48:26 GMT
I did not make any changes in Moksha related to this problem. Check their github if they changed something. Also you can install Moksha under older BL to check if problem lays there.
Stefan
EDIT: app version is the same when installing from PPA. So I am confused now. Anyway, if you wanna skip taskbar, press ALT + right mouse click over the widget. Then from menu->window->skip->taskbar. Once you have taskbar skip selected, it will be pinned to the desktop.
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R0bur
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Post by R0bur on Jun 8, 2023 18:17:34 GMT
Hello! Is it possible to include the Belarusian language in the Language selector on the Live mode boot stage? |
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Post by thewaiter on Jun 8, 2023 19:09:18 GMT
Yea, I can add it R0bur . I will show you a Russian example of the code. Make Belarusian pls: {"ru_RU.UTF-8", "ru_flag.png", "Русский"}, Stefan EDIT: {"be_BY.UTF-8", "by_flag.png", "беларуская мова"}, Is that correct? |
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Post by alfredo on Jun 9, 2023 2:14:34 GMT
Hi there. I get an error saying that the image is not signed when booting from the usb flash drive. I used rufus with DD. Any ideas?
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R0bur
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Post by R0bur on Jun 9, 2023 10:07:23 GMT
Yea, I can add it R0bur . I will show you a Russian example of the code. Make Belarusian pls: {"ru_RU.UTF-8", "ru_flag.png", "Русский"}, Stefan EDIT: {"be_BY.UTF-8", "by_flag.png", "беларуская мова"}, Is that correct? Thank you for the sample, Stefan. I think the most applicable variant will be: {"be_BY.UTF-8", "by_flag.png", "Беларуская"},First two fields you provided are correct. The first letter in the third field must be capital, like for other languages. The word "мова" is translated as the word "language" and other records don't have it. |
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Post by thewaiter on Jun 9, 2023 10:11:28 GMT
Yea, I used the data from Wikipedia about Belarusian. This is what I got. Anyway I will add the string to the Moksha code today. THX
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R0bur
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Post by R0bur on Jun 9, 2023 13:32:00 GMT
I tried the Bodhi Linux 7.0 beta in the Live mode. I choose "Russian" in the Language selector and I choose "Russian" in the keyboard selector too. When the Moksha desktop appear, I see the "Keyboard" module widget on the shelf for some seconds. But it disappears quickly. As a result I have to load the "Keyboard" module again manually and configure it to switch the input keyboard layouts using "Left Alt + Left Shift" (default keyboard shortcut in the Microsoft Windows operating system). That is not big deal for the experienced user of the Bodhi Linux, but that is not always clear for a newbie.
I see that the English (US) layout is present as the second language out-of-box - that's great. But is it possible to load the Keyboard module automatically and configure some keyboard shortcut to switch input layouts?
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