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Why not get the changes list ready BEFORE uploading the new packages?

I understand that there are more important things to be done, but copying and pasting the list of what changed, should be fairly simple.

And while it is done sometimes, I'm asking that it be done more throughly.

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Too difficult for a noob. I'd prefer a sort of repository system (if possible) where when the user adds a theme, they add the location where it came from. When the theme is updated, the user is invited to preview the new one, activate it if they like it, or stick with the current (old) theme.

This repository might take the form of an RSS feed that the theme manager of choice can interpret and act on as necessary. Or a more traditional synaptic repository. I don't know but I'd like to see it happen. Just to make the whole thing a little more streamlined. The RSS feed seems preferable as the Synaptic method involves messing around in software sources, and of course adding extra time every time you want to refresh the repo contents (think update manager, opening synaptic, first search... things power users probably use a lot.)

Oh, and DE / platform - independent, please. So if I switch from GNOME to XFCE, or KDE, or enlightenment or whatever, the same sort of system applies.

When this was discussed before at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6601/ it referred to already existing apt repositories. Fine, but the stuff I'm talking about comes from third party sources - gnome-look.org, Deviant Art and whatnot, which is unlikely to end up in these repos. They need a more decentralised way to update which they, not the maintainer of an apt repo, can manage.

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Simple idea: DON'T EVER DO THAT! Always ASK.

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I find it's a shame that all of current keyboards have their "Super" key with the windows logo. So, I wondered if it was possible to have special keyboard stickers to "replace" the windows logo by an ubuntu logo. You could tell me "It already exists, look at the accessories of canonical store". But my keyboard is black ! And it would be interesting that the sticker and the keyboard be harmonised.

Different stickers could be made :
_Black_&_white_:_
A black logo with a white (beige ?) background for white keyboards
A white logo with a black background for black keyboards.

_Orange_:_
An orange logo with a white background for white keyboards or a black background for black keyboards.

Such stickers could be offered with each Ubuntu live CD.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/15101/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/15083/ Preferences > About Me, you'll notice a place for all your personal information:

* A picture
* E-mail addresses
* Instant messaging accounts
* Physical addresses
* Web page
* Blog
* Calendar
* Professional information
* Password

It's probably completely empty. You've probably never visited there before. Why would you? It's not used for anything ....

About Me represents a great unused resource for the Gnome desktop. Evolution could access this information, setting up e-mail accounts for you as automatically as possible and supplying your calendar without extra work on your part. Pidgin/Empathy could use it to seed the initial accounts. Your picture could be set as an avatar if you like. More esoterically, gnome-blog could use this information and Nautilus could try to set up an FTP connection to your web page for upload.

Why isn't About Me used for anything? Security. Developers are correctly concerned that making About Me central to your personality will create a situation where rogue applications could use this information to exploit you or your accounts.

Why don't we store the information in Seahorse (it handles passwords and keyrings)? On Gnome first run, you could be asked for this personal information to populate About Me. Applications which want it will need to be authorized by the user in order to access Seahorse. Ekiga obviously needs this information. The game you downloaded doesn't. End of story? Am I missing something? Probably.

About Me could simplify a lot of things on the desktop. It was created with that in mind. What a shame it's not really useful for anything right now.

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.pgp

.torrent

.exe

.trash folders

.py

.url


If anyone has some other suggestion, I can add that to the above list

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/15100/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/15106/ So, please create a way to shutdown the system without using the mouse. It doesn't have to be the same way as in previous ubuntu versions, something like a new shortcut would be nice.

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Jaunty Jackalope to take the Snow Leopard approach this time, focussing on three key aspects:

Speed;
Stability;
Polish.

Get PA working flawlessly, get the kernel optimised, get boot time to ~10 seconds (first impressions count), reduce power usage (GUI tool to enable power saving for laptop users), make everything shiny.

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This would make version changes much easier to do and quicker then having to open a terminal every time and dump to a file, especially when old versions are on portable media.

essentially it would just be something like (where $1 and $2 are the paths to the two selected files):

#!/bin/sh
diff -EbB $1 $2 >/tmp/tempfile
mousepad /tmp/tempfile &

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14979/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14962/ The idea that I propose is that when you add third-party repository, it is mandatory to choose which packages have permissions of all it offers.

It is important to consider the tree of dependency of the packages offered.

When you upgrade, if any of the selected package calls for a package that is not on the list of permitted, it would have to display a warning and ask if they are allowed or not. Maybe it is a trusted package or maybe a malicious package.

A mockup:
http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/4201/thirdpartyrepositorieseu1.png


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14962/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14970/ As I write this I have no Linux on my computer, this is because I no Linux distro recognise my FTTH (fiber optics) internet connection.
It's some weird bug or something similar.
Maybe you could get the BSD network support.
It works good for me, I have installed PC_BSD to check if it works there.

You can learn more about my strange problems with network connection in comments...

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There should be a username/password request here.


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14981/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14948/ http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/29/hps-new-mini-1000-and-mie-linux-make-netbooks-fun-again/
http://gizmodo.com/5070119/hp-mini-1000-is-a-sleek-svelte-102+inch-netbook-with-a-custom-os

Please make the theme and launcher available for desktop users.


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14948/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14963/ While we all know that this is easily changed, first impressions do count, so I've had this thought. I don't know if this has already been suggested.
Looking at Linux Mint's way of an introduction 'wizard' when the operating system is first used, how about a similar wizard in Ubuntu where a new user can choose from a pre-selection of themes (blue, dark, etc. in a window similar to the background selection pane (or something).
I think this would prevent the derogatory comments that are being made about in places about Ubuntu being brown, and post install wizards of different nature are not uncommon these days (Pardus, etc.).

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Hardware specifics would be a problem, but for the most popular chipsets, like the AC'97 and Creative whatevers, they really should be consistent enough to make presets for, but for everything else a step-by-step setup could be made for finding each channel and letting the user decide where it is and what it should do.

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