[Qgis-user] Problem with Ubuntu 12

[Ramon Andiñach]

On 15/06/2012, at 01:22 , Alex Mandel wrote:

> I would phrase it differently:
> Known Issues, some users have reported issues with the new Unity
> interface of Ubuntu, see list below.... Please contact the mailing list
> if you encounter additional issues so we can work on better support for
> Unity.
> 
> Thanks
> Alex
> 
> On 06/14/2012 09:56 AM, Etienne Tourigny wrote:
>> Are there really that many bugs when using unity?
>> 
>> A quick search in the tracker (unity / ubuntu) gave me this
>> 
>> http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4434 - "project properties" and menu icons
>> missing from QGIS when using UNITY Desktop Manager
>> http://hub.qgis.org/issues/5169 - QGIS crashes on startup on 64 bit
>> Ubuntu - this one is closed but may not be fully resolved
>> http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4027 - Icon missing in the menu when using
>> ubuntu since 2009 - closed as invalid, because it's a unity/qt problem
>> http://hub.qgis.org/issues/4463 - Missing Large Icon in Ubuntu Package
>> 
>> Plus the problem that started this thread...
>> with this solution - "At first it does not display nothing, unless you
>> reclick on the qgis button"
>> 
>> 
>> So it seems - unless I am mistaken - that there are not that many
>> problems with Unity and assuming nothing breaks in the future, if
>> these are resolved then it would be ok.
>> 
>> Perhaps we should add a mention of poor Unity support in the "known issues"?
>> 
>> Etienne

As a user, and watching how often questions like this are coming up this would be a great idea - provided the list of known issues is easy to find.

There may need to be a brief note on what a desktop manager is. (Some might be new-ish and not realise that you can change the desktop like that, and some of us spend so much time in windows at work that we'd almost forgotten!)
I'd even consider it reasonable for there to be some wording to the effect of "we're not the only ones..."

-ramon.