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start Video is also good for openoffice and gimp Splash Screens


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It is appropriate that an extension is created in Internet browsers (Firefox, Konqueror) to convert the text is selected in a specific web and is directly converted into a text document or word of open office in linux. This would avoid the process of copying and pasting from a site.

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Maybe it would be possible to create an extra c.d. that could be downloaded and then burned with commonly used proprietary codecs and drivers. All people doesn't have an internet connection, so having a separate c.d. with flash, nvidia drivers, mp3 codecs and other must have things maybe could be a good thing?

So that instead of having a new user getting mad that his internet connection isn't working he could simply put in the "bad c.d." with all the codecs and drivers needed.



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Having those devices as developpement devices would enable progress on mobile linux,and would create interest in open soulutions like openmoko: to show there's another more reliable way to free those devices than "pawning/jailbreaking" them

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http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/add-the-trash-can-icon-to-your-ubuntu-desktop/

It is a simple policy change that can be made. But the end user wouldn't know about this. It be like being told in windows to go into the registry and make a change. Just add a simple option to enable the trash icon on the desktop and make it the default. If you don't want it on there, untick that option. But please make it the default.

It is related to this idea:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1319/

I've read some of the comments and they all seem to be that they either use shift+delete or they want a clean desktop. End users want it on the desktop because it makes the most sense and that is what they are use to. You can easily remove it if you want, but it should be there for the user who expect it to be there by default. Windows and OS X both do that, so should Ubuntu.

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It might also suggest a corrected version.

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This options could be very useful sometimes. I didnt found any idea about it yet so here im.

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So currently, selecting objects that are in a non-rectangular shape requires many operations, like holding down the Ctrl key and making multiple rectangular selections. On the Desktop, you could also drag the objects into a pile and then drag a rectangle around them. Neither is a great solution.

Why not just let the user draw a curve around the objects they want? This is more intuitive, doesn't require two hands, and is already a common feature of graphics editors.

It's kind of hard to describe what I'm imagining without visuals. I have a more detailed description with mock-up images on my website:

http://www.endolith.com/wordpress/2008/06/29/object-selection-lassos/

Visual mockup here:

http://www.endolith.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/lassoselection.png

As shown, a line would be drawn back to the starting point to complete the selection, so you don’t have to draw the entire outline. The line that you draw should be simplified as you draw it, on the order of the size of one icon, so as not to be messy, since we don’t need any more precision than a single icon anyway. It should also be possible to “backtrack”; if you draw backwards within a certain width of the line you already drew, it will erase it, so as to de-select something you accidentally went around.

I wish I knew enough about programming to create a mock-up app that people could play with.

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1) May be as a first step - use it i Ubuntu mobile (now I see Firefox is too heavy for it)
2) Chrome in Ubuntu

Some tests: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10030888-92.html



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disable/enable compiz
show/do not show preview of files
single/double click mode in opening directories
pause/restart downloads
etc.

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So many families ask me about security risks associated with the Internet and Computing. (I act as many of us
do as System/Security admin for friends and family).

Ubuntu (all versions) could gain momentum if it became known as a safe, family friendly OS alternative to the dominant OS products.

Some specific suggestions I have are:

1) Try to always use plain language in communicating
security information to unsophisticated users or
if requested (e.g. at installation time).

Personal note: many of the parents I support are
almost computer-phobic.

2) Security updates (as a special case of the above)
should be communicated to the Ubuntu user with a
very clear summary of their urgency. I also
suggest:

a. "Help me understand this" button in dialogues
b. Updates as much as possible should not require
rebooting but if necessary allow deferring of
these required reboots.

3) To support 1) create profiles that support user
knowledge types.
a. advanced type (e.g. command line savvy etc)
b. business type (e.g. business app savvy)
c. family/adult (e.g. GUI admin tools mostly)
d. family/child (e.g. kids apps/no admin)

5) Ubuntu is for Humans -> Ubuntu is safe
-> Ubuntu is for Families

Side note: or "Ubuntu is for Business" etc...

The last point is in my mind the most important. Marketing of Ubuntu as a mass market desktop OS should have a clear marketing message that appeals to Windows runaways, beginners and community/business/Educational groups.

I have purposefully decided against suggesting any technical approaches that might be taken to implement any of the above as I am new to Ubuntu brainstorm and to Ubuntu technical development.

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Ubuntu can be made customer specific or to be more precise 'It should be customized as per the requirements of the user'.
Like some of us feel that instead of movie player, we can have VLC player as a default player. Some feel WINE should be pre-installed and while some feel Ubuntu should not have open office and ekiga by default and so on.....

I suggest that the company promoting Ubuntu should have a plan wherein users can demand for their customized ubuntu and demand for the features they want as default.
This will make Ubuntu more user specific and may increase its popularity.
For providing this, the company must charge the users a price. This will increase their revenue too.

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If a version of Ubuntu was made for libraries, maybe a modified Edubuntu with book cataloging software, I bet a lot of libraries would be willing to make the switch. If there was a program to catalogue books, it might be more widely adopted in schools and libraries, since they need those capabilities.

Bookbuntu maybe?

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