Contributor Bromskloss

I think this would be great for everybody, because OpenOffice 3.0 has A LOT of improvements that will help people that uses this kind of program constantly to migrate from MS Office to OpenOffice.
Support for MS Office 2007 documents and PDF editing are two good examples.

I know that Intrepid will be released in 15 days, but I think there aren't going to be a lot of crazy bugs to be fixed in "only" 15 days by developers if this program gets upgraded in Ubuntu repositories!

Think about that and let's do this now, instead of waiting more six months (Ubuntu 9.04) just to get this great program by default... you know, if more good programs comes by default, more the newbies and veterans will like!

I guess everybody has experienced the rather long boot up times in Ubuntu (particularly with laptops). I know they are already working on it, but the change from feisty to gutsy was a pain in the ass in terms of boot up speed.
A default WinXP installation beats Ubuntu's boot up time by far!! That shouldn't be allowed fellas!!

I therefore propose to the development team (both Ubuntu and by extension Gnome)to work on the improvement of boot up times in Ubuntu systems.

Upon choosing to reboot the system, the user is presented with a dialog that tells them that the 'Computer will restart in (x) seconds, press (y) for more options.'

(x) would be a user configurable time (could be set to 0 for users who do not prefer to have a dialog on restart) with the default time set to 3 seconds; (y) could be a function key or dialog button.

When the user opts for more options at reboot, they are presented with the grub list, allowing them to choose a different kernel, memtest, recovery modes or even a different operating system to reboot into. (this could be achieved presently by editing the default in /boot/grub/menu.lst to the user desired OS)

IF (upon more options) the user chooses to reboot into Ubuntu AND the user has set the computer to automatically log in at boot, THEN the user is presented with more options to choose from, ranging from safe graphics mode to different desktop environments (Gnome, KDE, etc).

If you feel this brainstorm needs -1, please let me know why. I appreciate it.

I actually play quite a lot of games on my Ubuntu laptop. Usually, I prefer using a gamepad for most games. Unfortunately, though, when using a gamepad in Ubuntu, the screensaver will eventually activate, even though you are using the gamepad. This means, you either have to wiggle your cursor around every few minutes, or turn off your screensaver, so your screensaver never turns on.

I would wish that I could configure Ubuntu to avoid going into the screensaver, if a gamepad is in use.

Make an entry to "install-font" in the context menu when right-clicking a font file. The font would then be moved to the appropriate directory in the home folder. It took me a while to figure out how to install fonts!

Ever since the release of 8.04 I've felt like I've been doing nothing but playing a hide and go seek game with my computer to find the correct settings I need to have my computer set to to have specific programs play audio. I realized that if you open Flash before opening Audacity, Audacity will report sound errors, and if you start Audacity before Flash, Flash doesnt make any sound. It's not just Audacity and Flash that do this. It's every program on my system. Pidgin completely stopped making those annoying noises it usually makes and I have to force reload alsa everytime I want to change programs. Come on already, pick a sound system, and stick with it.

A simulator for designing and testing electrical circuits with a nice big juicy library and REAL active readouts during the simulation (with a timer).

Doesn't have to be crazy, something for college students like me (electrical engineering) who don't feel like jumping on the band wagon of pirating/hacking/stealing bloated MS software.

Hello,

i think it is time to have only free softwares on the ubuntu servers, no?

For example, why vbulletin is in http://ubuntuforums.org/ ?

I think we can put FluxBB ( http://fluxbb.org/ ) on the servers... (or phpBB, etc.. all free solutions :p )

what is your opinion?

bye,

Fred

Wouldn't it be nice to have the option of disabling your mouse cursor when it isn't being moved?
A good program for this is unclutter, which can be found in the repositories.
Often I have difficulties reading text on screen while typing (in firefox or openoffice for example) when my mouse cursor is in the way.
For example, I am typing this right now; if I wasn't using unclutter I would have to move my mouse out of the way in order to see what I was typing!
Or when I'm watching a flash movie fullscreen, I have to move the mouse then as well.

So I would love it if unclutter was built-in, and simply had to be enabled.

Votes should be secret but right now they are not.

Why should votes be secret? For the same reason that votes and surveys responses are usually anonymous in real life: concern about retribution or other blowback.

Say another BS'er sees that I voted against his pet idea and he jumps over to a forum and asks his buddies to come vote against all my ideas.

Now I generally DO comment even on things I vote against. But it's my choice. If the voter wants to reveal why he voted such a way he can put a comment (or Brainstorm devs can add a "vote reason").

If it's left this way I think it's important to let the users know that this is the way it is. I didn't know it till I started playing with the new "My dashboard."

Made popular by Apple, kinetic scrolling is a much more intuitive interface for navigating pages. Not only making touch-screens more interactive, the "real" feel of a kinetic scroll provides a more natural grasp of what is being done. It is easier to control and predict, and streamlines the work process. In addition, it's fun to look at. Ubuntu would benefit from this both through an asthetic boost and by providing an interface that is truly "for human beings".

Video of kinetic scrolling on an Open Moko: http://youtube.com/watch?v=k9eDkhHdNLI
Note: there would be an option to revert to the normal way.

this is needed for mouse user.

Edit (2008-05-13T02:06):
add more needed reason. screenshot shortcut key is not easy to notice. if in icon menu with shortcut key, it's easy to notice.

I believe more could be done to the server edition to make it more user friendly and to improve its image/acceptance as a server operating system.

Idea:

I think it would be a good idea to create and implement a web interface control panel for Ubuntu. The control panel would have the same objectives as Plesk, or cPanel, thus making the whole experience more user friendly.

It could contain a number of features, such as:

- Add/edit/delete a hosting account (with user account/domain etc)
- Control panel for users as well
- Reboot server & services
- Edit DNS zones
- Server status (loads)
- Bandwidth usage reports
- Add/edit/delete MySQL databases
- And all of the other essential features found in control panels such as Plesk and cPanel


If Ubuntu server edition could implement something like this "out of the box" it would also give Ubuntu server edition a better image and may create a wider acceptance for its use as a server operating system.

Also, many popular web control panels (Such as cPanel) don't officially support Ubuntu. So I think this makes my suggestion even more important.

I realise that I could have gone into more depth when adding suggestions for features, but I thought I'd keep it as short as possible so that it's easy to read.


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It's hard to catch the corners of the windows, in order to resize them.
Some gnome theme can also worsen this situation (when the borders are too thins).
For instance, in Fluxbox, when you are in the proximities of the corner, you can easily resize the window (you don't have to be exactly on that few pixels, but just near to them).
In Gnome you must be precisely in the position of the corner, and if you move the mouse of one micron, you lose the focus on the corner.

The tolerance around the corners, should be increased.

The same happens on the borders (left, right, top, bottom), but on the borders it's a bit easier, because you have to control direction only in one way, while on the corners you have to control your mouse movements up-down and left-right in conjunction.

I suggest that when a user presses the print screen button they get an option screen asking if they want to take a screenshot (static picture) or screencast (you guessed it, moving pictures).

There is software already to do this called Istanbul. However better software maybe available.

http://live.gnome.org/Istanbul#head-a2f80008250d78e8fc17174f337131b6d8c93b79

Building better screen capture software into the OS would help promote the OS and the screencasts themselves could be used to help others learn the system and solve any problems.

It's fantastic that Ubuntu is available in so many languages.

It would be really cool if there were a simple way to have two language packs installed at the same time and simple way to switch between them while using the operating system.

For example, if I set up a Ubuntu computer for a refugee family here in the States that is still learning English, they could use Ubuntu in English, but if they did not understand something they could click an icon or something to "switch on" their native language.

Imagine how helpful being able to compare and contrast a tool tip in two different languages would be to someone learning to speak a new language.

This could make the computer easier to use while also serving as a valuable and practical tool in learning a new language. This could benefit a whole range of students of new languages.

It would be nice to have the system log color coordinated so if your looking for a problem its easier to find.

It's easy to get into the habit of looking to the computer screen for the time.

The time should be displayed in unobtrusive, simple text at the bottom of the login screen and in the status line of the locked screen dialog.

After installing Java, I now have these entries in my Internet Applications menu:
-OpenJDK Java Web Start
-Sun Java 6 Web Start

I am a geek and I have no idea what these are for. I suspect very few people ever actually run these programs from the Applications menu.

Please ensure that these useless, confusing shortcuts are not installed with Java.

I have a simple and elegant solution to easily differentiate an application launched as root (Adept Manager, Nautilus, Konqueror, etc.) and an other one : I use the same color scheme for both users but I slightly colorize the "standart background" (the textedit/lineedit... background color) of the root color theme (salmon color for me).

This way, all my applications looks the same but I can immediately see which application is in root mode (and be carefull of what I do with them !)


I use KDE but I think this idea can apply to Gnome too.