I’ll respond to each of your points. You’ve raised some of these before. I’ve personally taken time to reply previously and you’re bringing them up again. It’s incredibly frustrating to explain why something is done, only for someone to respond again, and again with the same comment.
Please respect the fact that yours is one voice and one set of opinions. We can’t just change everything because you say so.
I wrote a blog post recently which explains why we did the transition. Take time to read and understand, please.
https://ubuntu.com/blog/chromium-in-ubuntu-deb-to-snap-transition
Why?
The problem you’re explaining is that there’s a performance problem with some snaps. We should fix that, rather than just throw the technology away.
The upstream developers removed functionality from Files (Nautilus) which was added back by an extension. Is there a problem with this? Is there a bug tracking it?
Possibly. The problem with GNOME Tweak tool is that it’s very easy to break your desktop with it. By “break” I mean “get a black screen when you boot”. Novice users who are left with a broken desktop after fiddling with a tweak tool will be left very unhappy. We should instead ensure that whatever you do in GNOME Tweak can’t possibly leave the system in a broken state.
The Amazon icon is merely a link to a website with an affiliate code attached. It generates revenue which helps to pay for the desktop team to exist. What will replace the revenue generated by that icon?
Colours are a matter of opinion. I’d file a bug against the Yaru theme, and discuss it with the team there.
Sounds reasonable, but again, a design matter of opinion. I’d bring it up on the bug tracker for the dock.
We used to have a guest session and it was quite useful. Unfortunately when we switched to GDM (from LightDM) we lost that capability (among other useful things like moving the login fields when you move mouse between screens). I hope someone has the time and knowledge to re-implement guest session (and moving the login fields). That would be neat.
This is a debian packaging question. You (or someone you know) could learn packaging and submit the folder-color package to Ubuntu (or prererably to Debian - so everyone downstream from Debian will benefit). The Ubuntu archive is a commons of software maintained by a wide pool of people. You could help.
I am in two minds about this one. The kernels provided in the Ubuntu archive are supported by the Ubuntu Kernel and Ubuntu Security Teams. The problem with the tools available elsewhere is they often allow users to install insecure, unsupported kernels which actually break other functionality. I think a user typically doesn’t care what kernel they have, so this would be a real expert-mode option which only a small number of people would be interested in. Someone could develop such a tool and package it up!
It turns out that like many other human beings, Didier is often attracted to activites which aren’t related to computers. This can involve spending time exercising, being with his spouse, or focused on raising children. These are all way more important than his job or discussing computers on forums 