Yeah, it seems that nobody at Canonical bothered to test any of the default applications. Ubuntu 18.04 is unbelievably buggy and confusing to use.
Workaround for the emoji size issue: sudo apt install fonts-symbola -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to fonts-noto-color-emoji in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767804 Title: emoji icons too large, not of font size Status in fonts-noto-color-emoji package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: emoji icons are too large, not of font size. It is probably most annoying in thunderbird and mail subject. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: fonts-noto-color-emoji 0~20180424-0ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/fonts/truetype/noto/NotoColorEmoji.ttf] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun Apr 29 15:32:11 2018 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-27 (1 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: fonts-noto-color-emoji UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fonts-noto-color-emoji/+bug/1767804/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
