Written by neokril the 24 Jan 12 at 19:23.
Global category: Hardware support.
New
Today I accidentally opened disk utility and found out that my HDD has bad sectors and big amount of IO errors. It would be nice if Ubuntu tell me bad news in time when it happens and write something in logs. Because this information is very important for me and now I even don't know when first bad block has appeared.
For years, I have wondered about being able to sign on to any computer (even a library one) and have your own desktop appear.
Imagine my surprise when I loaded the preview version of Windows 8 in Virtual Box to find that Microsoft will be doing exactly that! Well, OK, not quite any computer, but along those lines.
Microsoft's method is to let you log in to Windows using your Microsoft Live ID (subject to Administrator approval), and synchronise your desktop settings.
This is, of course, opt-in (imagine the privacy implications if it were not).
I think that Ubuntu would be well placed to do something similar.
The ubuntu update manager starts bouncing up and down like a seperate application to notify a user of updates.This makes it an annoying distraction. Further more when applying changes, The progress bar comes in front of what you are working on.
Many users use mobile internet plans with limited data traffic and now Ubuntu does not have a method to query the amount of data traffic in this type of connection.
Written by j814wong the 24 Jan 12 at 20:21.
Global category: Usability.
New
Various times, I select a large group of words but sometimes I want to change the selection to select more of less and when the selection is really long, I don't want to have to scroll all teh way up or down just to reselect all the stuff.
Written by Laslow the 17 Jan 12 at 05:16.
Global category: Usability.
New
On desktop systems, it is very annoying to see a warning stating the NumLock is disabled, when it serves no practical purpose these days. For laptop/mobile users it is understandable, though.
I use the number pad a lot, so a warning that it is Disabled would be more helpful. I know that it's practically the same as having the enabled error, but I often gloss over the text and just assume that the CapsLock key is on, press that, and then subsequently get my password wrong. Then, in cases where NumLock is disabled, I don't see the error and then mistype my password because I don't see the warning and naturally assume all is well.
Written by Lionthinker the 11 Jan 12 at 16:22.
Global category: Marketing.
New
I loaded Ubuntu onto my computer and was ecstatic.
Then I got to know Ubuntu One and was utterl thrilled.
I think Ubuntu is one of the best things since sliced bread - BUT I have to personally tell everyone I know about Ubuntu.
Solution: There should be an invite function with easy user and product info so users can spread the news virally via a personal invite.
This lends authenticity as each inviter endorses Ubuntu and spreads the net far wider.
The files you uploaded to your Ubuntu One cloud may contain sensitive information. Someone who has found out your password can access these files. There might be a way to make this way safer.
Written by Marcelo Ruiz the 24 Jan 12 at 07:40.
Global category: Quality.
New
Many times I submitted a bug I was requested to test the latest Ubuntu development kernel. Also, if the bug was triaged, the latest development kernel from Kernel.org.
The experience of building either of them is painful, especially for new users, and this discourage them to test whether a bug is present in either of those versions.