ArchPrime
Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:41:47 pm
Hi, I am a brand new Zorin user and forum user, but a quick search did not identify much directly relevant discussion in existing posts, so I hope this is the right place to raise these issues.
I am finding a couple of disconcerting features with Zorin (other than the normal issues with getting 'mainstream' software to work that most Linux users seem relaxed about):
1 - Resume from sleep does not seem to work - mouse pointer moves around lock screen, but computer is otherwise completely unresponsive to input - except via the power button. it is possible to resume from screensaver, though the fingerprint reader seems to no longer work by then (it works only when first logging in after powering up) - so user password must be manually typed each time.
2 - Mouse busy pointer only works with a few things - with most time consuming processes (particularly things involving internet access) the mouse pointer behaves as if nothing at all is happening once an icon is clicked - so the system feels like it is being very unresponsive, and user is prompted to keep on clicking, assuming that the first several click attempts all 'missed' somehow. Then suddenly several copies of whatever it was appear.
This is not helped by the propensity of critical system dialog windows to appear *behind* an app they might be holding up in come way (for example prompting for permissions to be granted before ap can continue).
I suppose that is more than two things strictly speaking - but would it be fair to call any or all of them bugs? If so, how do I best report them, and realistically how rapid and responsive are the developers at dealing with things like this?
Wondering if my next move should be to try another OS. I am trying to set this old laptop up for my 8 year old daughter - and not wanting every trivial (for Android or Windows users) new thing she wants to do on it to translate into a Quixotic IT research exercise on my part.
I am finding a couple of disconcerting features with Zorin (other than the normal issues with getting 'mainstream' software to work that most Linux users seem relaxed about):
1 - Resume from sleep does not seem to work - mouse pointer moves around lock screen, but computer is otherwise completely unresponsive to input - except via the power button. it is possible to resume from screensaver, though the fingerprint reader seems to no longer work by then (it works only when first logging in after powering up) - so user password must be manually typed each time.
2 - Mouse busy pointer only works with a few things - with most time consuming processes (particularly things involving internet access) the mouse pointer behaves as if nothing at all is happening once an icon is clicked - so the system feels like it is being very unresponsive, and user is prompted to keep on clicking, assuming that the first several click attempts all 'missed' somehow. Then suddenly several copies of whatever it was appear.
This is not helped by the propensity of critical system dialog windows to appear *behind* an app they might be holding up in come way (for example prompting for permissions to be granted before ap can continue).
I suppose that is more than two things strictly speaking - but would it be fair to call any or all of them bugs? If so, how do I best report them, and realistically how rapid and responsive are the developers at dealing with things like this?
Wondering if my next move should be to try another OS. I am trying to set this old laptop up for my 8 year old daughter - and not wanting every trivial (for Android or Windows users) new thing she wants to do on it to translate into a Quixotic IT research exercise on my part.
