http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/94/
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- Merge 'Screensaver', 'Screen Resolution' and 'Screens and Graphics'.
- Merge 'Network', 'Network Proxy' and 'Network Tools'.
- Merge 'Update Manager, Synaptic Package Manager, Software Sources'.
- Merge 'Encryption and Keyrings', 'Authorizations', 'Keyring Manager'.


Below are all settings I can visit via the System menu. This is just way too much.


-- Preferences --
Universal Access
About Me
Appearance
Bluetooth
Default Printer
Encryption and Keyrings
Keyboard
Keyboard Shortcuts
Main Menu
Mouse
Network Proxy
PalmOS Devices (I don't have one)
Power Management
Preferred Applications
Remote Desktop
Removable Drives and Media
SCIM Input Method Setup (What is this?)
Screen Resolution
Screensaver
Search and Index (Why can't I disable the tracker here?)
Sessions
Sound
System Settings
Windows

-- Administration --
Authorizations (for what?)
Hardware Drivers
Keyring Manager (for what?)
Language Support
Login Window
Network
Network Tools
Printing
Screens and Graphics
Services
Shared Folders
Software Sources
Synaptic Package Manager (imagine a new user: wtf is Synaptic?)
System Log
System Monitor
Time and Date
Update Manager
Users and Groups

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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/80/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/42/ A default WinXP installation beats Ubuntu's boot up time by far!! That shouldn't be allowed fellas!!

I therefore propose to the development team (both Ubuntu and by extension Gnome)to work on the improvement of boot up times in Ubuntu systems.

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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/42/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/194/
I'm a big fan of Images like .iso.
But it is not very easy to mount this Images.
I think there must be a Tool in Nautilus and Dolphin wich alows mounting Images with a double Click. (This feature exists int MacOS). Or with a right click on the file and then there must be a poit "Mount Image". I thick that would be a very use full Tool for every one.
A good example for this is CDemu.

I know there are some ohter good programs, but I think that would be the easyest way and very confortible.

Nanotron

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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/194/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/72/
I propose that the popup tells him which application(s) is(are) using the device and propose to terminate them (that list should be kept up to date when the app. dies).

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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/72/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/35/
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Some problematic hardware can be used with more or less work if helping information is available together with the hardware compatabillity data.

The hardware database can be found at http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/

From idea #47: The data should then be available in a format that is simple for users to browse on-line when considering new hardware.

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It would be great to provide Ubuntu as a liveUSB just as Mandriva does. We should be able to carry our distribution on any computer, manage our preferred settings (do I want binary drivers enabled ? what is my preferred resolution ?), etc.

The thing is not to make something transportable, but really a nomad system that could be used just the best way as it could on any computer.

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No attachments. ]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/16/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1/ Ideally, the user should be able to run a graphic software which would ask what the user wants to backup and where (tape/usb key/remote).
Then the same tool would be able to restore the backup.

It would be useful for both backups and migration from a computer to another.

Update : See duplicates ideas which contain even more great ideas about that idea.

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No attachments. ]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/120/ Integrate this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/146160


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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/120/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/57/
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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/57/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/141/
The most popular requests for editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst file involve changing the default boot option (to Windows instead of Ubuntu) and changing the timeout before a boot option is selected. The other less popular ones would be just bonus features, I guess.

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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/141/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/95/
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So I think Ubuntu can do something to improve performance.

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No attachments. ]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/85/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/3822/ - temperature (cpu, hdd, chipsets),
- memory (with manufacture model?)
- graphics card (model, memory)
- chipsets (processor, cores, lan, wifi)
- ... others?

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Or... leave it as it is, but create a website displaying all the great software available for ubuntu including all the features mentioned above with apturl links to install.

From #4613 (merged):

It should be indicated how much I'll have to download to install something.

We have download limits here and well... quite often I exceed them. It would be useful to indicate how big the download is going to be.

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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/103/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/31/
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]]> Tue, 06-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/288/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1278/ Please keep Ubuntu up to date, since this might (and does) cause data loss, especially on mobile, NTFS formatted hard drives.

Here's a link to ntfs-3g forum thread that verifies this
http://forum.ntfs-3g.org/viewtopic.php?t=797


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