http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Mon, 13-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC Mon, 13-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12471/ I'm not trying to say that the look is more important than the OS or the current theme is ugly but lets be honest the look is the first impression.

I appreciate the current efforts from ubuntu, but with this level of art I don't think "Ubuntu will surpass Apple in two years" as what Mark Shuttleworth said. I know there are a lot of buzz around deviantart this days, and I hope it makes some changes in intrepid, but with my full respect for the community contribution with the OS; ubuntu should have an artwork team which can be creative and handle this work correctly.

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We could have that option in the contextual menu of the window decorator, with the other options (keep on top...).

If one screen has a higher resolution than the other, we could take the lower resolution as the maximized window height.

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But the thing that's annoying me is, well...the applications come from all over the place. And the programs don't always look the best. Like the synaptic, it has the all-so-beautiful "Windows 98." the applications come from all over the place.

Just stuff like that, making it a bit more slick. As Mark Shuttleworth said he wanted to do. I mean, Ubuntu has great animation effects, just gotta add to it some in the appearance of the windows. So Ubuntu will look great AND be productive

I'm not trying to morph Ubuntu into Mac OS X or Windows or anything, but I think it would help out some.

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No attachments. ]]> Mon, 13-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12587/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/13092/ While there had been done great progress to do Ubuntu more accessible to non-expert users, there are still a great number of tasks that can only be carried out using the terminal and the sudo command. This command syntax is really powerful, but frequently discourages new users that know nothing about command prompts.

We can see this in the problems raised in the forums, as in 90% the solution to the problem means writing something on the terminal.

The terminal is of course completely necessary, but if Ubuntu is going to be a truly system for human users, it shouldn't be necessary to use it so often.

In order to fix this, a possible way of working would be studying the tasks that are done with the terminal and providing alternative ways of doing it through the control panel, without opening the terminal.

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an example of a theme 100% compatible with gnome-color-chooser:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=89103&vote=good&tan=13268242

i confess i really wanted to see more themes 100% compatible with gnome-color-chooser! =)

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No attachments. ]]> Mon, 13-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/13104/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12364/ The installation is easy enough for former Windows users.

But its much more difficult when it comes to silly ideas like "I want to have another Linux-OS on my Computer".
If you don´t have the standart layout (whatever the reason is for that) you run into deep troubles when you are not so experienced.
The other Linux OS, Ubuntu included will overwrite the Grub of the already existing Linux OS when you don´t care about "where do I put the bootloader?".
Or the Grub of the existing Linux-OS will not recognise a new installation if you put the bootloader of the additional Linux somewhere else (not into MBR)

So my idea and question is:
would it be possible to implement some feature into the install and partitioning routine which detects other Linux-Grub installations and asks the user: "there is another Linux. Do you want to keep it?" and two buttons: "yes, please add yourself to the boot-menu" and "no, please delete the old system"

With clicking the "yes"-button Ubuntu should add its bootloading-stuff to the existing GRUB so that after the reboot the user could chose like it is in Ubuntu-Windows Dualboot systems. I mean such an automated mechanism like it is existing for existing windows-installations.

With clicking the "no" Button Ubuntu could proceed like before: overwriting the GRUB and boot-files in the MBR.

How about this? Is it a great idea or... just stupid? :-))

Thanks and greetings


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A user who wants to convert entire partitions to one file system to another currently needs to move any data that they wish to save to another partition, and manually replace the partition with the desired one.
This effectively makes changing a file system in one pass require an extra amount of storage space equal to the size of the files that the user wishes to save.
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Example:
Bob is a new Linux user. He has been dual booting Linux and Windows XP for the past three months and has decided that after giving Ubuntu a try, he feels it suits his needs more than Windows does. But there is a problem. Bob has a 50 Gigabyte external hard-drive that has a single NTFS partition filled with 45 gigabytes of music.
Bob feels that because Ubuntu suits his purposes better than Windows, it would be in his best interest to have his music be on an EXT3 file system, instead of an NTFS. But there is a problem. Bob only has a few gigabytes free on his hard drives, and doesn't have the money to buy a new hard drive.
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Solution:
If you take a look at the G-Parted partition manager, You'll notice that there are a few limitations to which file systems we can manipulate to our heart's content. But that doesn't mean that that's how things will stay.
Consider a stand alone application, or perhaps additional functionality added to existing partition managers, that instead of having to
1) Copy files and folders from the unwanted partition to the wanted one to free up space
2) Shrink the unwanted partition, and grow the wanted one
3) repeat
we could just simply say "convert this file system to X file system"
even if the way that it ends up happening is just an automated process of the above, I think that an application like this would save countless hours.
But I dont see why it would need to be as hackish as that. We know the specs of EXT3, RiserFS, and so on, there must be a way that we can mutate a file system from one type, to a comparable / compatible replacement without having to manually copy and paste files.
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Applications:
On the Ubuntu Live CD installer, I'm sure that it would make the lives of my local LUG very easy during install fests. Currently we bring external harddrives to allow people to copy their data. But with this kind of option, there would be no need to do that. Yea, it will make installing take a little longer, and there will certainly be people who would rather do it with an external hard drive, but there are some folks who would enjoy this option.

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No attachments. ]]> Mon, 13-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12765/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12831/ I think Linux needs such an easy tool... or easier...
Eclipse, netbeans and so on exists for Linux, but i think they are difficult and newbie programmers or mid-programmer cannot develop programs..

Have you ever developed a database application with eclipse from scratch ? it is so difficult..

The biggest point behind Windows's success i think,
1- easiness... according to dos and mac,
2- Easy program developing/writing...

So, to have a good/simple ide for Linux/Ubuntu would be very nice...

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Possible there is a problem with the Plugin management.

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After having so many problems, i finally learned the 'sync' command is useful for being assured the saved data and files transfered are really saved.

What i personally did is having on the panel an icon with 'gksudo sync', which i used to click all the time.

And it seems to be not a specific personal problem - i posted it on some forums, and people used to thank me about this, as example of how useful it is, specially for users are newbies, or recently migrating to Linux.

I would like to know oppinions about this, about people also used to have this problem, etc.

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The final goal would be if somehow Gnome-Colour-Chooser could be implemented inside Appearance Preferences

Some examples of how the .gnomecc Gnome colour schemes could be applied:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Ultra+pack+-+220+color+schemes?content=84941
http://www.gnome-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=166&PHPSESSID=41e130d59d6c6afd0edbeac969292ccd

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No attachments. ]]> Mon, 13-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12633/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12646/ Ubuntu has come a long way and can now be called the undisputed king of HOME LINUX. Lets go a step further and make ubuntu more desirable and irresistible.
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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I would like:

Active Title Bar Colot
Inactive Title Bar Color
Panel Font Color
Desktop Font Color
(and others)


*depending on the controls you choose.

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* In your opinion, what is the 'weakest link' in Hardy Heron or Ibex (Alpha)?

* Which of the following areas would you like to see Ubuntu excel in .... a) b) c) ?

* How can we make the release of Ibex go smoother and generate more excitement than Hardy's release?

Apart from being good conversation starters, these questions can give the Ubuntu developers a platform to publicly address issues and concerns that matter to them, while also providing inspiration for other relevant brainstorm ideas.

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