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It’s as easy as pie too; they show up right there on the boot menu: <screenshot of KDE followed by apparently random numbers>
I really don’t understand why people have this little awareness of usability. Show the freaking date normally! At least add hyphens.
We tried Dolphin and Konsole as Flatpaks for a while, but the user experience was just terrible.
Yeah I’m fairly sympathetic to Flatpak. It’s way closer to how software should be installed by users. But I have yet to actually use it successfully. Is it really ready?
I really don’t understand why people have this little awareness of usability.
It’s an alpha release.
Is it really ready?
It’s an alpha release.
It’s an alpha release.
You really think they’re going to revisit this? That’s not really how software development works.
It’s an alpha release.
I was talking about Flatpak.
You really think they’re going to revisit this?
I reserve my judgement until a final release is made.
That’s not really how software development works.
How does it work, then? Have you filed a bug report?
How does it work, then?
I’m assuming that’s a genuine question… Normally when people develop a feature they do it once and then it’s “done” and any changes to that feature have to go through the whole feature request -> it’s low priority -> wait 10 years cycle before they actually happen.
Essentially, you have to do it right first time or it might never be fixed.
Just to note, I disagree entirely. Even in commercial development, it’s the core premise of agile development to ship features early and continuously integrate feedback. Granted, lots of companies claim to do agile without actually doing it, but it’s at least not a law of nature what you’re describing.
But with this not being commercial development either way, I really don’t feel like you can make any predictions. If the volunteer that implemented this sees your bug report, they could decide to drop everything else and fix that, because they get to pick their own priorities. They might have the solution in their head right away and it doesn’t take them long at all to implement. Or someone new to the project might decide this sounds like a good issue to get started with.
Normally when people develop a feature they do it once and then it’s “done”
The feature (boot manager) was not developed by KDE. They rely in systemd components which are all in active development.
So did you file a bug report or are you just being negative in a forum the developers will probably never read?
Right but presumably they chose the names?
So did you file a bug report
It’s not a requirement to file a bug report before you comment on anything. Don’t be silly.
Right but presumably they chose the names?
I don’t know.
It’s not a requirement to file a bug report before you comment on anything. Don’t be silly.
It’s not a requirement but if anything is silly it’s acting as if an alpha version is the final release and complaining in a random forum would change anything.
Oh my god, be more insufferable.
It’s an alpha release and you’re condemning them to death because of a naming convention.
Booting to a black screen with white text, while functional, really detracts from the more professional experiences that can be had elsewhere. I know the theming support is severely lacking in systemd-boot though (which I believe this is)
We all saw this coming
