Linux Mint 19.3: https://trello.com/b/5OfcpmZi/linux-mint-193
update mirrors
update translations for installation guide
advertise community website in get involved page
add sum to download page directly
selection:
open-vm-tools?
libinput-gestures?
artwork:
theme LO
remove all sound, power, network icons in mint-y-icons/panel/ (needs patches in Xfce and MATE to stop using fullcolor in panel (for MATE power manager) and notifications)
mint-y-icons: improve computer icon
mate:
Ctrl+alt+backspace support
xapp:
scroll events for xappstatusicon
switch rhythmbox icon to xappstatusicon
cinnamon:
cs_info: Show a distro logo
remove send-by-email nemo action
mate:
theme settings
folder icons too big
mint-x background too dark
hidpi
titlebar buttons are blurry
apturl doesn't refresh
system:
add CLI support for foreign packages list/removal/downgrade
artwork:
new website theme
use dark-variants for dark apps (xplayer..etc) in Mint-Y (needs fixes in mint-themes and marco: https://github.com/mate-desktop/marco/pull/530)
icons
grey-on-grey icons (many in cinnamon-settings)
review color variations in mint-y
add missing yellow icons
update MATE metathemes
consider manjaro mouse cursor?
mintupdate:
safeguard against package removals (for instance, don't let users perform updates which would remove sensitive packages).
mintlocale:
remove language packs and packages when a language is removed
software:
Replace Hexchat
Replace Qt5Settings? (not hidpi compatible)
drawing:
implement zoom
simplify rotation, flip..
timeshift:
show a try when a save is ongoing
let user cancel save
https/apt:
add https support for packages.linuxmint.com
switch to https by default?
add feature in mintsources to list https mirrors only?
favorite/starred documents (nemo, xapps)
fingerprint reader -> slick-greeter support
https://askubuntu.com/questions/46501/why-can-other-users-see-the-files-in-my-home-folder
artwork:
revamp sound theme?
cinnamon
text-size to be configurable in panel zones?
cinnamon/gtk mint-y: tooltips don't match theme
help
rtd security guide
mate:
fix terminal apps not running (gnome-terminal --> mate-terminal)
mintupdate:
remember sorting of updates
port mintstick to python3
artwork
add dark variant support to Mint-Y (needs fixes in Caja/marco)
cursor theme?
sound theme?
bump resolution of branded backgrounds
slick
would be nice to show release number
xapps/cinnamon/nemo:
don't ship icons with generic names in /usr/share/hicolor. All icons should be prefixed (cs-, xapp-, nemo-..etc..) so they don't conflict with other packages
cinnamon-settings should use gsettingswidgets from xapp and retire its own
cinnamon
- spices: Add a button to install a manually downloaded spice
gtk windows
- When in tablet mode (that is, the screen is rotated and covering the keyboard) the RotateWindows key doesn't work anymore... It just does nothing...
- menu-editor: picking a pixmap in /usr/share/pixmaps for a category results in no icon being shown in the menu.
- Unable to unlock the screensaver via LDAP with libpam-ldap and nscd packages installed pointing to an openldap server.
- csd power: https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/commit/82af1816f32a26f28027ea7ce8edc79cd833bc76
- in HiDPI, keyboard applet, the flags is not the proper size. Hovering it fixes it.
- mounted volume applet: no notification when unmounting (as opposed to when it's done in nemo).
- gwl: Enable "application name" label. Open FF, open at least two browser tabs. Close FF. The label slides over the icon and doesn't disappear: https://kepkuldes.com/image/UoNHl
nemo
better navbar
consider sping loaded folders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdUPrMjlLy8
xed:
option to remember past opened-documents
remove debian-multimedia add backports (priority 100)
remove-apps
prevent removal of sensitive packets (for instance, removing GOA removes cinnamon)
main ideas
mintsystem apt downgrade
desktop-search:
local files
web engines
recent
apps
dictionary
translations
mate:
switch mozo for menulibre
mintreport:
dmesg errors
foreign packages if pinned by mint
wrong lsb info..etc.
slow boot sequence
slow shutdown sequence
systray support
mintupgrade
list/address foreign packages post-upgrade
implement an alarm clock
cinnamon:
cinnamon slow to start after boot --> delay execution of appsys/docinfo until the DE is loaded
CSD: support mouse wheel speed? Evdev scrolling distance?
preferences > keyboard > custom shortcuts. Used with a Spanish keyboard layout. Recorded: crtl+number and ctrl+Shift+number (e.g. ctrl+1 and ctrl+shift+1 = ctrl+!) they are recorded correctly. When using the shortcut the command defined in the shift combination is triggered with just ctrl+number (i.e. ctrl+1). The complete combination triggers nothing (i.e. ctrl+shift+1 does nothing) and the comand defined in ctrl+number can never be used. This worked in 17.3.
track/troubleshoot shutdown sequence (user should know what is happening when shutdown isn't immediate)
track/troubleshoot vsync, compositing, unredirected windows and policy
todo list applet/desklet
calendar events applet/desklet
multiple clocks https://github.com/simonwiles/cinnamon_applets
network applet: airplane mode (quick way to rfkill all)
nemo: retire computer:/// place (which is completely useless) or revamp it into something better
alt-tab and panel use icon provided by appsys, ignoring icon set by the application itself (example: a python window using widow.set_icon_name())
actions in panel launchers aren't translated if not present in .desktop file
When using Cinnamon bar at top, and secondary monitor with higher height than the main display, some apps like KDE Apps (Krita, Kdenlive) or Wine Based Apps (teamviewer) will display menus from toolbar in the wrong place. Being more specific: The menus will be displayed in the position that they should be displayed at main monitor, however in this case the window is maximized in the secondary monitor.
Is there any reason why there are two names for the same item, eg. "Trash" and "Rubbish Bin"? Would it be better to standardise on only one name?
add gnome-screenshot to panel, right-click and select "Take screenshot of a selected area". This runs gnome-screenshot -a.. it should work but it doesn't. Is it because of the panel launcher capturing the click event or something?
xapps
implement an app-sharing protocol to quickly move a document from one app to another
gestures support:
pinch:
zoom document in pix
zoom view in nemo
swipe:
previous/next document in pix
scroll:
sound-volume/seek in xplayer
click:
pause/resume in xplayer
double-click:
full-screen in xplayer
full-screen in xviewer
pix
doesn't rotate videos when playing them
vignettes should look better, and the same in all themes
support prefer-dark-themes
treeview in sidebar shows unecessary "(empty)" when dirs have no subdirs
artwork:
Tray icons are black with mint-y themes.
mint-x-icons: network status icons have a dark background in panel 33px and bigger (sound icon looks wrong in 41px and bigger).
mint-y The maximize/restore window control button doesn’t change visually between in maximized and restored state (default theme and Mint-Y-Dark)
system:
compiler optimization: consider optimizing compiled binaries for Cinnamon/Xapps
HiDPI support:
upstream apps using GTK2: Gimp, Hexchat, Tomboy.
system
consider enabling recommends
network discovery:
easy out-of-the-box interactions (messaging/presence/file-sharing) over the LAN