Questions tagged [user-experience]
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Why do scroll bars have two different behavior?
In Debian 10, but since older versions (always using Gnome), the scrollbar usually follows the mouse (the scrollbar knob is always below the cursor), but sometimes it scrolls the page contents much slower (the knob lags behind the cursor - e.g. the…
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Gnome shell : why do I need to type TAB or DOWN arrow to loop through open windows in overview
When I press Super on Gnome shell, I get the overview of the current workspace with all open windows.
However I can't select any window using the arrow keys unless I press one time on the DOWN key or the TAB key.
Is this a UI / UX bug ?
I tried on…
Max
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Setting PulseAudio playback device before playback
I run Debian 9 with PulseAudio on a computer with two sound cards. The screenshot below shows the Volume Control application when no audio is played back. When audio is played back, a drop down is displayed where I can select the output device. Is…
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How is software compiled and ported over to Ubuntu?
I recently installed Ubuntu-Mate on an old Acer laptop. It runs greats and apps like VLC (as an example) run great. There are fewer crashes and buggy behaviour. On VoidLinux/musl I have to constantly use killall -9 vlc to force it to shut it down.…
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Auto detect already open browser instead of opening default one
I have multiple browsers on my system (Firefox, Google Chrome, and Chromium).
I normally use one of them at a time based on my needs,
but when other applications want to open a browser they always open their/system default browser.
Is there an…
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Guake (GTK3) started switching tabs on mouse scroll within terminal -- what causes this, where can this be (un)configured?
I use the quake drop-down terminal a lot.
Recently, it started to switch between tabs when I use my mouse wheel anywhere in a terminal.
Usually, I use the mouse wheel to scroll within the terminal, and not to switch terminal tabs. Now the behaviour…
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What is the reasoning behind accepting truncated long command line options?
Many command line utilities accept long ("GNU style", according to [1]) options such as --version. To my surprise, truncated versions are often interpreted as the full option. For example, df from GNU Coreutils gives
user@computer ~ $ df…
Mårten W
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What you wish to remove or add to linux kernel?
I was wondering what or how we can do to develop a better Linux kernel or variant (if necessary).
What problems does Linux have and how could they be solved or if Linux needs some feature?
Justification:
Due to the system of usefulness of response,…
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Touchpad's palm detection works very poorly
I have Mi Notebook Pro (15.6 inches), it has very big, usable touchpad (apparently, manufactured by Elantech).
But it's palm detection works very poorly. I started to bang my head with it in hope to tweak my touchpad and found that there is actually…
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Making Download & Install Style Programs for Linux
I am looking for a way to create download-and-install style programs for Linux. To clarity what I mean by "download & install", I mean that the installation process proceeds like this:
User downloads graphical installer (NOT a deb, rpm, etc.…
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How to make installation of linux programs easier?
Debian and Ubuntu provide .deb package files that can be installed directly. what about Fedora?
Can all tar-balls be one day .deb files for ease of installation ... many people lose themselves installing after gunzipping. There is a lot of code…
