I did a stock install of kubuntu22.04 and everything seems at least acceptable. Not fine, and definitely not as good as what I have come to expect from kubuntu, but I am managing for the moment.
Some little quibbles:
I am running the stock uhd630 intel video on 2 4k monitors, and the "remember last session" always throws every program group on top of each other. For example, I managed at some point to have 5 dolphin windows open when shutting down, and when booted back up, all 5 were in the exact same spot, and had to be moved/closed to see what was under it.
I used system settings to change to 'restore manually saved session' but the "save session" option never showed up. I had to remove the application launcher and re-add it to the panel for the option to save a session to appear. (and I selected and deselected "restore a manually saved session" at least 10 times, and checked each time to see if the option appeared in the power menu, where it normally resides)
Aside from the obvious snap annoyances, the biggest problem so far is an apparent "fade in" of the audio. I would guess this is a 1/2 to 1 second fade in, and I can't seem to find any options that deal with enabling audio fade in.
The most obvious tell of this "fade in" happening is when I delete files and the notification either does not sound, or only the very last few notes sound and they grow in amplitude - an obvious fade symptom.
I am also using the standard realtek audio on the motherboard, and have checked for drivers, but nothing appears.
Another audio issue is when playing video in smplayer, the audio and video are just barely out of sync, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 second. I don't know what is causing this, but I would assume it is something with the audio, and probably related to the fade issue.
One last little annoyance is with the application launcher menu. I use the old winxp style menu, but the "expanded menu" is detached from the parent menu by a few pixels and floats beside the parent instead of being attached. I also use settings to keep focus under mouse and don't raise windows, and this makes the menu launcher unusable if a window is underneath it. When the mouse moves in the gap between the floating menu panels, the application under the launcher takes precedence and hides the menu. I guess there aren't many people that have the same settings I do for focus and stealing prevention that use the old style application launcher with the gap.
Any suggestions on solutions within kubuntu would be appreciated. My intention was to use 22.04 LTS for several years as my main system, but given these problems, I might try a few other distros before making the long term plunge.
Some little quibbles:
I am running the stock uhd630 intel video on 2 4k monitors, and the "remember last session" always throws every program group on top of each other. For example, I managed at some point to have 5 dolphin windows open when shutting down, and when booted back up, all 5 were in the exact same spot, and had to be moved/closed to see what was under it.
I used system settings to change to 'restore manually saved session' but the "save session" option never showed up. I had to remove the application launcher and re-add it to the panel for the option to save a session to appear. (and I selected and deselected "restore a manually saved session" at least 10 times, and checked each time to see if the option appeared in the power menu, where it normally resides)
Aside from the obvious snap annoyances, the biggest problem so far is an apparent "fade in" of the audio. I would guess this is a 1/2 to 1 second fade in, and I can't seem to find any options that deal with enabling audio fade in.
The most obvious tell of this "fade in" happening is when I delete files and the notification either does not sound, or only the very last few notes sound and they grow in amplitude - an obvious fade symptom.
I am also using the standard realtek audio on the motherboard, and have checked for drivers, but nothing appears.
Another audio issue is when playing video in smplayer, the audio and video are just barely out of sync, maybe 1/4 to 1/2 second. I don't know what is causing this, but I would assume it is something with the audio, and probably related to the fade issue.
One last little annoyance is with the application launcher menu. I use the old winxp style menu, but the "expanded menu" is detached from the parent menu by a few pixels and floats beside the parent instead of being attached. I also use settings to keep focus under mouse and don't raise windows, and this makes the menu launcher unusable if a window is underneath it. When the mouse moves in the gap between the floating menu panels, the application under the launcher takes precedence and hides the menu. I guess there aren't many people that have the same settings I do for focus and stealing prevention that use the old style application launcher with the gap.
Any suggestions on solutions within kubuntu would be appreciated. My intention was to use 22.04 LTS for several years as my main system, but given these problems, I might try a few other distros before making the long term plunge.
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