Elementary OS Review - For The Record

elementary OS Review Video:

Show Notes

(Review Video at the bottom of the page - these are simply the Show Notes)

Fix missing browse buttons:

https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/1638/buttons-are-missing-in-the-file-chooser-dialog-what-should-i-do

Fix preferences on Dock if you want it to go away (since I had a previous config)
https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/remove-planks-preferences-icon/12973

PIA not showing up in panel:

https://freedompenguin.com/articles/quick-tips/private-internet-access-tray-icon-elementary-os/

App Issue with BookWorm:

https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/14279/not-able-to-delete-pdf-ebook-in-bookworm/14290#14290
https://github.com/babluboy/bookworm/issues/24

App issue with Vocal:

https://github.com/needle-and-thread/vocal/issues/159
https://github.com/needle-and-thread/vocal/issues/260

Issues of note:

Third party apps feel like they’re “included” to newbies, even though their not…which sucks because some of them have outstanding bugs.

I’d like to see:

Playback and Recording tabs built into Volume control, like with PulseAudio Volume control. The distro that does this really wins Linux audio.

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Matt Hartley

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