Installation process should give people the choice to select some standard programms.
Someone using Thunderbird as mail client doesn't need Evolution...
It is not about installing all kinds of programms during the installation process, but about selecting the most common programms easily.

The other thing is that a lot of people don't know that ubuntu can play DVD videos, because they just don't know about libdvdcss2, “ubuntu restricted extras” and how to install them.

Example: my parents cannot install libdvdcss2 without my help. This should change!

I have an nvidia card, and under Sys->Admin->NVidia Settings, I can click on Thermal Monitor and see a Core Temperature reading. Every now and then, when my fan is blocked, the computer overheats and crashes.

Many people want to try linux and ubuntu because they've heard of it and one thing people often hear about linux is the desktop cube which (seems so exiting).

It is currently not that easy to get a desktop cube in ubuntu if you don't know the systeme. You need to install a specific package (compiz-config) and in the first place search the internet to actually know this is the thing to do.

We should make desktop cube easily accessible in ubuntu beacause it atracts people.

When I copy or move files around it pops up the progress bar with a NotifyIcon that allows for hiding or showing the progress bar. So to keep track of how that copy/move is going I usually put the progress dialog as always on top and move it to a corner of the screen or something so I can see at a glance where it is up to.

The name is basicly it, My problem, I like my touchpad to have a much different setting than the mice I use, I plug in a mouse and it takes off, flying around the screen, and then I have to change the speed (it is very easy to do with gnome-do, but still a hassle)

For a variety of reasons, it's important for computers to maintain accurate time. Other OS vendors, such as Microsoft, have recognized this and have their operating systems sync automatically "out of the box."

Ubuntu currently doesn't support time synchronization in the default install. A user must know enough about their computer to find the setting, turn it on (which requires another step to install the NTP software), and then pick a time server. While such steps are trivial and comfortable for most technically-oriented users, they may escape the casual non-technical user. Such casual users may not know about the existence of the setting nor why they should enable it.

Knowing how active a software project is can be an interesting factor when evaluating its installation, especially if comparing two different alternatives. Certainly there are old programs that are still good alternatives; but as a general rule, users would prefer to use software that is up to date and avoid projects that are no longer in development.

What information could USC display to indicate if a project is active or dead?

Currently in ubuntu there is no easy way to configure programs to run at boot. The startup manager program is confusing at best when adding a new program, and there is no other way to add a program to start at boot.

Most people don't realise that there is even a weather applet built into the clock. But if this worked out you location automatically and showed the little preview of the current weather and temperature all on its own. This would then impress the user, also it is a useful applet.

Often the only place where users are presented with the option to donate to a project is on the project's site. With the Ubuntu repositories, there is now almost no reason to go to a project's site. Therefore I propose that there be something done to make the option more visible to the users of the software.