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Performance options  
Written by Levan the 18 Feb 13 at 18:57. New
ubuntu has really nice effects like minimizing window animation and so on but I think people should get the ability to manage this effects so
I think Visual Effect settings menu should be integrated directly to ubuntu yes some one might say that there is compiz manager but it requires a separate download and plus it is a mess to use I have this problem if I change something I never can make it as it was before

http://ubuntuone.com/7BWDfjIm4Hg3QmVzKNK0nL
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Solution #1: Integrate Performance options in settings
Written by Levan the 18 Feb 13 at 18:57.
So I want to disable some effects to make ubuntu faster but sadly I can not do this easy
So why not instagreat it in
settings like this
http://i.imgur.com/kafzSpd.jpg

and

http://i.imgur.com/Oj0Ntfp.jpg
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Solution #2: Integrate a simpler Performance options in settings
Written by prakreet the 26 Feb 13 at 07:37.
The proposal by levan will be too complex for new users. Why don't we give just give 3 options in the behaviour tab.
1. No animations
2. Some animations are shown
3. All animations

Similar to how android does it. A user who wants to tweak individual animations would know about ccsm and will surely go that way.
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Solution #3: Combine Solution #1 and #2
Written by blob626 the 5 Mar 13 at 17:26.
Have the 3 options from solution #2 and an "advanced" button to take the user to the full list of effects.

This way new users don't need to worry about a complex effects list, but those who do want to can still enable or disable specific effects easily

See the 3 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 28 Mar 13 at 15:05) >>

Synchronise desktop settings between computers  
Written by PaddyLandau the 14 Jan 12 at 18:30. New
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.

(For interested parties, here is the link to Windows 8 Preview:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516
)

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.
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Solution #1: Opt-in option to synchronise your desktop settings over Ubuntu One
Written by PaddyLandau the 14 Jan 12 at 18:30.
Allow a user to "link" his desktop settings to his Ubuntu One account. The linking would allow the user to synchronise the following items (each one would have to be opt-in; none would be done by default):

* Wallpaper
* Theme
* The entire set of Compiz Config settings

(I'm open to other ideas as to what to synchronise.)

When linking a new login for the first time, the desktop would ask whether or not to synchronise each of the items (again, for privacy concerns, they would be opt-out by default).

Obviously, there would have to be a "sanity check" when synchronising onto a target machine. Thus:

* Themes would be synchronised only if the target machine supported that particular theme (so, for example, you wouldn't try to sync a 10.04 theme with its panels onto a 12.04 theme with Unity, or an imported theme onto a computer without that theme being available).

* Compiz Config settings would be synchronised only if the target machine had the same version of Ubuntu (so don't try to synchronise (say) Kubuntu with Lubuntu).

EDIT: Communications with Ubuntu One are all encrypted and stored safely. This would, of course, apply to this option.
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Solution #2: Use Ubuntu One to sync user gconf+config files
Written by wincus the 2 Nov 12 at 14:39.
Use Ubuntu one account to sync gconf and config files across multiple devices.
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Solution #3: Like Solution #1, but put the user in control, and help him/her.
Written by beruic the 21 Nov 12 at 10:02.
First of all, like with Dropbox, the user may not wish to sync all configuration to all machines.

Secondly, some config may be unsuitable for syncing, as changes in different versions of Ubuntu may render them incompatible.

Therefore there should be a nice user-friendly GUI in U1 (or perhaps some other app utilizing U1, but also able to export to a file) to make it easy for the user to select which application configs and system settings to sync. This way system settings may also be stored in an intermediate format, with filters for every version, and perhaps flavour of Ubuntu. Applications may likewise provide helpers to only sync parts of the config, omit config that may cause more damage than good, handle concurrency (e.g. syncing tomboy notes), or simply just to know which folders to sync for what purpose (e.g. sync only the notes of Tomboy, rather than the settings of the application, or perhaps to omit machine specific settings for another application).

See the 16 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 13 Nov 12 at 08:31) >>

More intelligent window resizing options  
Written by Zta the 3 Nov 11 at 20:06. New
I want additional window resizing options so I can do this (without the use of keyboard shortcuts):

§1: I want to be able to quickly maximize a window vertically (tall) while retaining its width. This is how I prefer my browser.

§2: I want to be able to quickly maximize a window horizontally (wide) while retaining its height. This is how to prefer my terminal with a tailing log file.

§3: I want to be able to quickly maximize a window vertically (tall) and have it aligned with the right edge of my desktop. This is where I prefer my chat contact list.

(Try and move a window to the right edge of your desktop and watch it resize to fill the right half of the screen, and you'll get the idea of what I want.)
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Solution #1: Maximize Window Height/Width
Written by Zta the 3 Nov 11 at 20:06.
Compiz already has a variety of window resize action to choose from, depending how various actions such as dragging window edges or dropping windows in certain areas of the desktop. I suggest adding more options to this existing list, which can be found here:

CompizConfig Settings Manager > Window Management > Grid > Edges > Resize Actions.

Three new actions should be added to satisfy the above problems:

§1 Maximize Window Vertically.

§2 Maximize Window Horizontally.

§3 Maximize Window Vertically and Align with Right Desktop Edge


See the 2 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 3 Dec 11 at 10:54) >>

Reduce width of bar Unity  
Written by Frajata the 8 Mar 11 at 19:03. Implemented
Please reduce or show how change this size in the bar Unity
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Selected solution (#1): Reduce width of bar Unity
Written by Frajata the 8 Mar 11 at 19:03.
in many old monitors is no good view, is better if reduce 30%.
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Selected solution (#2): Add easy method of custom width
Written by mystro256 the 9 Mar 11 at 01:43.
Like the panels in gnome, add an easy way to change the bar width/size in unity

See the 2 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 3 May 11 at 03:52) >>