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"Linux / FLOSS brainstorm" site  
Written by Primož Papič the 9 Dec 08 at 20:06. New
basic idea:
I think that we as users would have much more impact on what is implemented and what not if there would be a centralised site where to propose anything Linux and FLOSS related.

More In-depth idea:
Canonical should create "Linux brainstorm" with association of other (major) Linux distros. Where ideas that affect the whole Linux community are proposed.
You can wish that something is implemented in KDE / GNOME or Firefox, but you don't know if it will really be implemented or not.
So if there would be an centralised site where user of whole Linux community would in their own name propose ideas and wishes the Devs would be more prone to make this ideas reality. We all know that devs prefer mailing list, or if anything maybe bugzilla but this two options are very unintuitive for normal user. And if there would be a site where ideas would represent the whole Linux communitiy instead of just one distro they would be more motivate or pressured to implement it.

Provocation:
Many times some users (Emacs23 mostly) said that the whole Ubuntu Brainstrom is pointless, I agree to some extent, Ubuntu is only one distro that doesn't have enough leverage to change anything if ideas would represent all distros there would be more leverage. And also there would be a more wholish lview on what is really important. As here in Ubuntu it seems that the only idea there is is make everything simple / GUI. But this maybe isn't even the most important issue for Linux and it's apps as a whole.

Any comment is welcome
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #16376
Written by Primož Papič the 9 Dec 08 at 20:06.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16376 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Solution #2: More like a service than a new board
Written by LukasLt the 15 Jun 09 at 11:41.
The best if such board would be independent form any distro/ DE directly. But must have an option for any developing teem to upload modules for their own. project.

Lets say You are a XYZ distro user, if XYZ distro uploads a CSS theme matching distro style, you could get this tyle instead of default.

Also, any teem could upload more tools related to their project, like linkis to related SVN sources, repos, mailing lists, forums etc; RSS sources; Synchronization tools to local whishlits or boards for close integration. Here also, XYZ distro and GNOME user would get XYZ and GNOME mods, KDE and ABC user would get KDE and ABC mods.

This would also allow to run such board under disro/project owned (sub)domain to almost official source of ideas

In this way, such board won't be a one in a row of many, but more like a source of ideas.


#Part of united Linux brainstorm board series
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Solution #3: Counting votes
Written by LukasLt the 15 Jun 09 at 11:54.
Having one global brainstorm board would give developers more statistical information, since same ideas would be voted by users of many distributions. They could clearly see if users of ABC distro likes Solution#1 mostly and users of XYZ just loves Solution#5.
Users of should also get ideas most voted by the the same distro users highlighted.

Developers of distributions could even mark ideas, as mostly suitable for their distro. By so new users could easily find out whitch distro to choose when knowing what points of views are getting to what distors, since the same problem could be solved in more than one way. Especially important for ideas directly related to KDE/GNOME directly. They are different, and there is no need to try to merge them.


#Part of united Linux brainstorm board series
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Solution #4: Keeping ideas up to date/ Managing comments
Written by LukasLt the 15 Jun 09 at 12:08.
One of the worst situations is when we reach a new agreement about idea in comments, but no modifications to the original idea is made. Forcing developers to read all the posts is not what I call a bridge between developers and community. The best solution I see is a wiki style board where nearly any user could edit ideas (Mods and author of idea could dissagry to approve modifications if they are more a new idea than a mod and force to start new one)

By saying managing comments, I think about marking comments as Direct (talking about idea itself), Clarification (Did you mean D or F by saying this...), Abstract (I don't think this suits ABC distro...), Submitted (If idea in comment is merger with main idea).
By so users could globally collapse any part of comments, so they would see only info they are interested in. They could expand any post at any time.


#Part of united Linux brainstorm board series
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Solution #5: Another points of view
Written by LukasLt the 15 Jun 09 at 12:24.
By now ideas are mostly managed by application they are dedicated to.
My idea is to create a list of what WE do, not who does it.

The point is to see like this - users wants to convert files (the file conversion itself is the subject), they don't want to ADE application to convert file (ADE app is the subject).

Having such data we could create a "tree of whats" and focus more on things we would like to do or do in more simple way. Also such actions could be market as mostly done by home/ business/government users, so distros could more accurately focus at aims and targets of their own.


I'm not suggesting to replace tagging or category tree structure, but to create a parallel structure near them.

More on http://forum.kde.org/what-we-do-with-pcs-t-61161.html

#Part of united Linux brainstorm board series
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Solution #6: Sourceforge of ideas
Written by LukasLt the 15 Jun 09 at 13:03.
Despite millions of download sites, sourceforge.net did not became one of many and did not explode entire planet.
It even became one of the most important websites for open community.

A new brainstorm tool could provide analogical functionality but for ideas - single trustable tool to express what you think and what you want.

See the 7 comments or propose a solution >>

Delphi Like IDE for Ubuntu / Linux  
Written by bvidinli the 5 Sep 08 at 15:31. New
Delphi was a de facto for windows, once in time..
I think Linux needs such an easy tool... or easier...
Eclipse, netbeans and so on exists for Linux, but i think they are difficult and newbie programmers or mid-programmer cannot develop programs..

Have you ever developed a database application with eclipse from scratch ? it is so difficult..

The biggest point behind Windows's success i think,
1- easiness... according to dos and mac,
2- Easy program developing/writing...

So, to have a good/simple ide for Linux/Ubuntu would be very nice...
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #12831
Written by bvidinli the 5 Sep 08 at 15:31.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12831 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Linux should develop the platform for device drivers, not drivers itself  
Written by bvidinli the 4 Sep 08 at 12:55. New
Ubuntu and all other Linux distributions tries to implement drivers at kernel level or something like that...
Why linux volunteers write driver ?
Linux should prepare only platform for device driver, not write driver code itself...

after the driver platform, any volunteer may develop driver, but DEVICE VENDORS SHOULD BE encouraged and helped to write drivers for Linux using that driver platform...
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #12780
Written by bvidinli the 4 Sep 08 at 12:55.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12780 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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New Category specially for Windows Migrants and Converts.  
Written by Tree MendUs the 21 Jun 08 at 08:39. New
There is a huge number of windows users, many of which will over the next couple of years be facing yet another costly upgrade.

Some Will be motivated to change to Linux.
The easier it is to migrate, the More will do it.

A section especially for users who have come from a windows background, will allow them to fully express their desires.
The seasoned Ubuntu user hardly even needs to see the topic, let alone take an interest.

It then becomes a matter for Ubuntu, to decide as to how much will be done to make things easy for these new people.

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Consider this possibility;
If these people's points get responded to (no matter how trivial they seem to expert linux users), then Ubuntu is going to make an (very large) impact on the world economy.

ie. Each office and home PC replaced every 3 to 5 years with an OS costing a couple of $100 each, no longer needed. Downtime, expenses, and loss of profit due to crashes, reboots, virus attacks, seriously reduced.

Not to mention the effect on the proprietary software manufacturer market.
This could also lead to more programmers getting involved in Linux projects and changing their business model.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #10128
Written by Tree MendUs the 21 Jun 08 at 08:39.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10128 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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