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The file is 15.9kb and only appear a big ink splash. I searched on internet to see if someone could make it work on any linux distro and looks like they haven't.

I suggest to create a special package for read and write .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files since the OO3 fails on that.

And don't start with "IS YOUR FAULT" dance since I download and install the packages and they didn't worked.

If you don't believe me then here is http://rapidshare.com/files/153511617/diagramas_4.docx.html the file, just 15.9kb of epic fail.

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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3377903

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However, some issues aren't suited for global attention, like those of the LoCos mentioned in the headline.

If you enabled them to use this platform for their purposes such as the developement of local websites and marketing campaigns, ideas could be easier to keep track of and commitment might be more rewarding with a the direct voting-system.

Launchpad.net will probably be used in similar ways, when it is released as open source.

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http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7435/gmemusagehp8.png

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The people used to not knowing 'sync' command (specially newbies) used to loose important files regularly. It's a fact, sadly.

Would be interesting some system tool, like a Gnome applet or something like, showing us how far clicking on the 'gksudo sync' custom Gnome Panel launcher is needed.

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However, the Kubuntu (KDE) ones are available in Ubuntu (Gnome).

SPM should be smart enough to remove the KDE repositories from Gnome Ubuntu list, and vice-versa.

Update: Add the option to filter out KDE apps.

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Even more annoying is, even if i do 'sudo rm -R /usr/share/sounds', after an update, all those awful sounds comes over and over again.

While the african-like system sounds are still not coming back, i think Ubuntu should come completelly mute.

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Since no much significant features were implemented, it seems to be still dirty code on Gnome should be cleaned to optimize it for computers not so plenty of gigabytes of RAM.

Interesting to see how we can save more than 100mb of ram using LXDE instead of Gnome, even running all Gnome applications, like nautilus, gnome-terminal, gedit, etc.

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No attachments. ]]> Tue, 14-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14221/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14208/ In some cases this might not be appropriate when unsaved files/data are in memory. I think that the forced shutdown (5 seconds holding power button) should not be disabled, but I would expect that the safe shutdown should be refused when the screen is locked.
Please see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi/+bug/203113 for history.

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I want to empty it more often than I want to check what's in it, so I'd like a way to do that faster, especially since the icon is so small, in it's corner of the screen.


This should be optional; I'm just looking for a way to rapidly empty the recycle bin.

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I see for the sounds they made the packaging more freedesktop-friendly, but it still doesn't mean I like it.

Hardy
wall: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/hardy.png
login: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/hardy-login.wav
logout: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/hardy-logout.wav

Intrepid
wall: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/intrepid.png
login: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/intrepid-login.ogg
logout: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/intrepid-logout.ogg

(Feel free to use the links (temporarily) for your blogs. For the wallpapers, see ubuntu-wallpapers or /usr/share/wallapapers. For the sounds, see ubuntu-sounds /usr/share/sounds)

I personally - as a computer nerd - don't care much about the default wallpaper in an operating system as I know it can be changed, but first impressions mean a lot to others. It does mean a lot to me, however, as someone who is in marketing and who has been trained in design for a number of years.

When I speak with my sisters, my father, my mother, my neighbours, my (non-nerdy) co-workers, designers and other general populace, they all thoroughly enjoy the Hardy background but are not impressed with the wallpapers I show from Warty to Gutsy (previous version of Ubuntu).

I feel that Hardy set a new standard for Ubuntu but that the new theme for Intrepid (wallpaper and sounds) are a regression to previous versions of Ubuntu (even though they at least had the better sound sample).

A better default - as a quick and temporary fix - would be the orange marigold photo with a soft focus roll, included in gnome-backgrounds: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/FreshFlower.jpg

I like brown and know it can be used quite tastefully and eloquently, but the vibrant orange and reds in the Hardy wallpaper were a step above any default wallpaper used previously.

A supporting article: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njc1NA

Testing PPA for sounds: https://launchpad.net/~kwwii/+archive [Kenneth Wimer]

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Anyway, I suggest that there be an option in Software Sources to be able to use apt-p2p instead of the normal apt protocol to download packages. Apt-P2P basically adds localhost:9977/ in front of the repo, so that it would look like "deb http://localhost:9977/path.to/repo" in your sources.list instead of "deb http://path.to/repo". This allows you to download from peers when available, but if no peers are available for a specific package, it downloads from the repository as normal. Once you have downloaded a package and it is in your cache, though, then apt-p2p would share it with others.

The uses for this would be that it would take a load off of the servers. Every year around the time a new version of Ubuntu is released, Ubuntu's servers are pushed to the breaking point when everyone is trying to upgrade. With this, that can be cut to a minimum for those who choose to use it. Since some ISPs set limits on your internet usage and this can raise it up, enabling it by default would be a mistake (just like having new ISO downloads be bittorrent by default would be a mistake).

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Possibly in the future this could be expanded to allow users to make their own polls for it and such for other users to vote on.

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