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I think including that in gnome will boost is usability and popularity among linux users esp. new comers.

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There could be also metapackage like 'all-oo-extension' or something (like for firefox now)

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It would be good to have one to encourage the development of new ideas, and help identify ideas faster which are implemented, and also gives a place where people can ask for technical knowledge on their idea (as some aren't even possible because the poster doesn't know the basics). The brainstorm channel could offer somewhere for users to go and discuss ideas, to improve the quality of ideas that get posted and encourage discussion.

May I suggest making it brainstorm on irc.ubuntu.com?

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The website software could help many infant open source projects have a good platform for their things, also, remember that open source is a good development strategy, opening up these projects will speed new features and bug fixes...



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But it does not yet support write access to journaled HFS+ partitions.

If we had support for full read-write access journaled HFS+ partitions, then we would have better interoperability with Mac OS, Mac OS X and Darwin.

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I propose that we make it possible to use some of the excess on-board video card memory for swap instead. Its rare to find a laptop with anything less then a 64MB video card. And in non-gaming operations, its users may never exceed 5MB of VRAM. When you only have 256MB of system RAM, even an extra 16MB of high speed memory may make a large difference in performance.

And if the VRAM is required later, the data could be transferred back to the HDD Swap instead (reverting to the old system).

This idea would allow many people to get extra ram for free. For people who simply use the computer to browse on the internet and create office documents, I'm sure many of them would prefer to use the 128MB of video ram they paid for to stop their system swapping like crazy, instead of leaving it doing nothing.

Also, I would imagine that video card transfers support DMA, so they might not tie up the CPU either when swapping in/out. So its unlikely to significantly increase CPU usage over regular swap.

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Because it isn't the job of brainstorm admins currently to do so, so often it is not done. Instead claims about performance increases go unchallenged until someone (generally me) points out there is no proof. Or tests it personally and works out that its inconsistent.

To outsiders, this also makes ubuntu look worse, because people are making bogus claims which don't make any sense. I know from experience that testing many of these ideas is an easy job, and a team of 1 or 2 people could quickly validate the claims made by the ideas that matter, within half an hour each day.

And, it helps guarentee better quality in Brainstorm, whilst helping filter crappy ideas from upstream developers who might be peering in.



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It should interface with the LIRC daemon (lircd, irexec, irxevent) and HID daemon (hidd) along with other projects starting and stopping required services as devices become available.

The user should be able to select a preset profile containing sensible button mappings for their remote.

It must also be possible to graphically customise button mappings and create for instance .hid files to upload to compatible mobile phones and other devices. Also handle configuration of virtual pointer 'mice' and such devices.

Mappings could be dynamically linked to the particular application currently in use. ie. movie mappings chosen when totem/mplayer/vlc is open and audio mappings for amarok/ryhthmbox etc.

Maybe generic play/pause/next track/previous track/volume functions could be linked with gnome-settings-daemon as it already provides this functionality over dbus for multimedia keys.

Support could be added for full duplex remotes and tablets requiring backend servers such as bemused or remuco. Maybe a widely available java client for phones/PDA/XDA's could be developed/adapted (JamSE).

The LinuxMCE experience might serve as inspiration/guidance.

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2) Integrate in 1 DVD unbuntu, kubuntu, xubuntu... you need only select what desktop do you want and what packages (see nº1)

"Ubuntu should be available as a live/install DVD that comes with Gnome, KDE, Xfce, and perhaps other desktop environments. Ideally, it would have equal priority to the CDs that only come with one, which would include being released at the same times. When booting from the disk, users should have an option of which environment to use. When installing, users should be able to chose which environments to install, and have options for installing additional packages designed for those environments (like the gnome and kde packages).

This would allow multiple people who prefer different environments to use the same installation disk. It would be more convenient for people who want to have e.g. both KDE and Gnome. It would make it easier for people new to Linux to learn which environment they prefer. It would make it easier for lesser used environments to gain new users. It would put all supported desktop environments on a more equal ground, rather than sanctioning one as the only "real" and "official" desktop environment for Ubuntu."

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7151/

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]]> Tue, 14-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/188/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/8092/ He confuses his swap partitions. He keep losing his hibernated sessions which he sometimes entrusts with unsaved data, and he doesn't really understand why.

Data specific to one operating system should not be stored in a swap partition when said operating system is not active. A swap partition may be best for use as swap space, but when a system is hibernated, that information needs to be stored in a file within the root partition of the operating system instance that is hibernating.

Only one swap partition should be needed on a multi-boot system.

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With the right vision and marketing plan to increase market share, maybe Canonical could convince Adobe to make the native Linux version of their software.

Right now, with 2% market share overall, it is not a lucrative niche for commercial (very expensive software).
On the other side, many windows users are reluctant to switch to Ubuntu Linux because they can not use Adobe products (among other windows applications).

Finding way to join the corporative interests and the customer needs and wishes is the key to success.

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It would be also nice a fair integration with easy tools on the Ubuntu desktop.

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I know it's not a big deal, but it's fun to race your friends on a particular game, or to keep a tally of the games you have completed. (When I used Windows, I had a notepad file with about 150 game numbers) (Quite lame : I know)

I haven't found this feature, but if it is available, let me know.

From what I know about programming, this wouldn't be a difficult feature to implement.

Thanks for reading.

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As I keep getting reminders about security updates for my workstation, I never get them for my server.

So, I was wondering would it be possible to build a system where one (or more) computers is managing the updates for all the other computers? Where you could select individual computers to be updated or just one at a time or just some of them. This would certainly help me and possibly others too.

There might be a tool to do the job, but I wasn't able to find one googling it.

I'm suggesting tool to do just updates, nothing more.

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No attachments. ]]> Tue, 14-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14252/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14222/ HOW ABOUT GIVING THE IMPRESSION OF A LIVING JUNGLE.

I like the wood theme, but i proposed a better approach:

LET'S GO JUNGLE!! :D
how about make an ubuntu theme with leaves? rocks? sand?
Green, black and brown?
Lets keep with nature.
Something unique, inspired on the river, the trees, the leaves, etc. But not to messy ok, remember that jeje.

Even when there are other distros are using green, Non distro is ECO Friendly.

Ubuntu For human Beings and Mother Earth.

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