Contributor Arioch

Many times a brainstorm idea is marked as "Done" but I can't figure out where/how the idea was implemented. It would be extremely helpful if there was an explanation that addressed how the idea was implemented at the top of the page. For example.

"The idea has been implemented in the upcoming release of Ubuntu 8.10 in April. To use the new feature, click on System->Administration->New Feature."

It appears that one needs to create separate accounts (username and password) for ubuntuforums.org, launchpad.net and brainstorm.ubuntu.com

How difficult would it be to implement a single login?

Update : NOT a duplicate of OpenID idea #9.

I am running Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG card on my laptop. Intel makes opensource drivers for linux. My cousin is running some broadcom card (closed source drivers). In both cases I find locations around my house and at my campus where I am able to connect to the wireless in Windows XP, but NOT in Ubuntu Gutsy. In all of these locations the access point I am trying to connect to is OPEN, with no security or password required. On both laptops I am able to connect to access points in Ubuntu regardless of wpa/wep keys used under "better conditions".

Basically the wireless cards are working as usual in both laptops, its just that when the signal is low or some other condition, it makes connecting to the access point not work under UBUNTU. Yet from the same exact location, if I boot into windows I can EASILY connect to the access points and browse the web.

I have a feeling this problem is outside of the drivers/hardware and perhaps somewhere in the design of the protocol.

This is a serious issue as wireless internet connectivity is the required for most tasks which are done on laptops. I have been running Linux for over a few years and have always blamed this problem on drivers/hardware.

(Had to boot into windows after almost a year today to get my work done!)

I have a Logitech Mx510 mouse.

It has a backwards and a forwards key on the side. In Windows these keys can be used to navigate backward and forward in the browser and file manager.

In Ubuntu these buttons are detected but have no effect in Firefox and Nautilus. Please make these buttons work by default in these applications.

Is it possible to have 2D effects for GNOME like OpenGEU.

OpenGEU uses enlightenment desktop. Cool and Superb effects in menus and wallpapers. All this is 2D.

It will be great if something like this can be for GNOME without the need of full blown compositing.

I created a new Guest account, then I stripped it of all user privileges.

Then I found out, that it could access all MY private data files in MY home directory.

Please fix it so that other users cannot read the home directories of other people. This is a breech of privacy.

Create (or sponsor) a more secure browser based on gecko (firefox's rendering engine) together with the mozilla foundation.

It should be aimed at security (and standards compliance) instead of features. This new browser should be very heavily modularized and wrapped in apparmor. The information flow between the different modules must be restricted and secured as much as possible.

Initially this browser would attract :
* users who would probably only use it for online banking
* departments within companies/enterprises who are afraid to allow browsers at all

Eventually it should be able to run add-ons/plugins/extensions written for firefox in a securely contained way.

This new browser should integrate very well into Ubuntu and use GTK. Maybe use epiphany as a base ?

inspiration :
http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/03/27/2324218.shtml
http://www.eweek.com/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=47212&pop=1&hide_ad s=1&page=0&hide_js=1
http://www.cs.uiuc.edu/homes/kingst/Research_files/grier08.pdf

see this idea http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2726/
probably it was in english it would have got positive
votes.

in synaptic you can see how fast the downloads from the repositories are.. this would be great to have in adpet too

I have noticed that the most popular (today, this week, this month) links are all date weighted so if you click on the "this week" link it starts with the most popular ideas from today for the first few pages before moving to anything new. So basically, the week and month links are useless because they just repost all the stuff from the today link and you are forced to scroll through pages and pages of ideas before seeing the requested content.

I don't know if this was intentional, or in error, but here is my proposal to fix it:

items in the "today" link should be items created less than 24 hours ago

items in the "this week" link should display items created less than 7 days ago, and more than 24 hours ago

items in "this month" link should display items created less than 31 days ago, and more than 7 days ago.

This will prevent the sorting by date/score weighted formula from cluttering the results with the "today" ideas and actually allow us to browse through the weekly and monthly ideas.

I am definitely a perfect example of what every person out there wants in a desktop, this is the reason Ubuntu should specifically implement the theme I want for default, I don't like the current theme to be the default but one with more black for selection and white for the rest.

The theme I am talking about will obviously please everyone, a lot of users go away to other OSes after noticing I don't like the default theme.

The reason I am being downvoted is definitely related to people not deciding the vote correctly, because they focus on aspects of my suggestions that are not the priority. This is the reason Ubuntu ought to ignore all the negative votes I am getting since it is obvious that people are downvoting me for the wrong reason.

why negative points and a lot of energy spent on the wrong system + frustrations for the undocumented, just .

Negative vote just add an unhappy degree of complications - also for a good idea someone can vote negative just without good arguments even without read this idea ...just see the title, so this is a bad criteria.

A correct system should put a single button > VOTE THIS IDEA.

Don't like, don't vote. Clean & clear.

So the total are made from pure Votes.
You don't like - you don't vote, no more time spent on the Universe, no more frustrations or flames.

-- my 1024 bytes on this nice, but not yet mature system

Totem should show the length of a playlist.

there is no more need to keep the toolbar..
Each application should have their own unique toolbar instead.
Like xmms, other apps like nautilus, open office, nautilus, rhytmbox should have their own theme.

Firefox still can not print odd and even pages seperatly. Please enable those kind of options to every application.
And please leave all page setup for one printer to the Preferences->...->Printer options (view brainstorm item #5564)

I recently switched to linux mint, I must say it is very nice and based on gutsy 7.10.

They use the red hat liberation fonts by default and OMG It looks amazing.


The default ubuntu fonts are painful to look at once you know how good it can look.


https://www.redhat.com/promo/fonts/

We all know that the Wii is a big hit. We can make linux just as successfull with these mini ideas:

- Make a program (Ubuntu Game Browser) that is like adept or synaptic but only shows games (and emulators) that can be installed/removed with proper description and screenshots. This program would be automatically installed in Programs/Games

- Help financially projects like stepmania, frets on fire, sim-city like games etc. Games that are popular and would be successful on other platforms too, or mimic other successful games exclusively in linux. Make these available in the repositories and be sure to always have the latest version.

- Make a subpage on ubuntu.com for games. Also, games should be able to send "achievment points" or high scores to this page to show the top100 gamers for each popular game. There could also be an online matchmaker here

- Make easy to use interface in gnome and kde to configure gamepads, joysticks, dancepads, wheels etc. Be sure to support out of the box the wii controller, xbox360 controller etc...

This can be implemented by doing a renice on any CPU-hogging processes that don't catch SIGXCPU.
This would be easy to implement, would improve responsiveness, and wouldn't break anything.
Similar functionality has been available on W*****s for some time with the ForumWare program "ProcessTamer".
This suggestion is an intentional duplicate, but with a less technical title.

The restricted driver manager is a quite good utility, especially for new users. But often the automatic driver installation process gets useless if the used video card is not supported by the old driver in the ubuntu repository. The User has to download the new driver from the vendor's website and install it manually. This causes several problems, most irritating might be the required reinstall on kernel updates, not to speak of the lack of comfort for the average user.
And it's not only the support of new hardware, also new features are introduced with newer driver versions (e.g. AIGLX in the fglrx one).
So I think, these drivers should be updated by the update manager, too.