Contributor Mario92

Alright, so we know we have the desktop and the server editions, and for what they're worth, they do a wonderful job on laptops.

However, what they do isn't necessarily enough, as many laptop users have to go out of their way to install modules to keep their laptops down, or keep their hard disks from being over conservative on power.

This is why I'm proposing a Laptop Edition for Ubuntu Linux, and to put in a conservative ballpark, I'd shoot for 8.10 at the earliest, or even 9.04.

The theory is simple: Get a version of Linux that is designed to work flawlessly with laptops, without letting it think for a fraction of a second that it is a desktop.

Key focuses for a laptop version would be:

1) Battery life
2) CPU throttling
3) Heat reduction
4) Less strain on the hard disks, where necessary
5) Wireless

The reason that I said 8.10-9.04 as a ballpark would be that it might be favorable to get another type of BIOS on that motherboard, instead of what's already specified. This way, things can click a bit smoother, such as wireless identification and various other tweaks.

Do feel free to add your own theories and comments to this, since it is something I'd like to see happen someday.

I think more Windows users would try out Ubuntu if they could just double click an .exe file instead of going into a command prompt, browsing to the folder and then typing "wine *.exe" to install the program.

I like how Ubuntu adds shortcuts on the desktop and the "start menu" after you install the program making it easy to run but installing Windows software needs to be easier.

I want an easy GUI for adding desktop widgets like wheather, cpu, notice, pictures, flowers, decorations, animals, chat, mail-alert, diary etc. to my desktop. :D

its kinda cool having those "powered by ubuntu" stickers and take that "powered by windows" sticker off. what you guys think?

The formula is simple:
total amount done / total time used = rate
rate * remaining amount to do = time remaining

...somehow somebody doesn't seem to get this.
"I wonder how much time is left on these updates.. 5 hours? 20 minutes? 3 hours? 30 minutes? 1 day 7 hours and 10 minutes?"
Fail.

(..Please forgive me for sounding rude.)

Please create and Ubuntu Service Pack (SP1, SP2, etc) like MS Windows.

If the user have to install Ubuntu, and there are a lot of updates, it will be easier to download an Ubuntu Service Pack (SP) with all the new updates, fixed bugs, etc.

Also it is very helpful for an IT team when they have to install or reinstall Ubuntu into several machines.

Regards

Felix

I tried several versions of linux software and they all screamed that it did the same as windows.
I stopped using them for one very important reason: they all worked in there conservative non-tolerant linux way.
The day it works like windows I will use it.
-I want to install programs like windows
-I want tot use the filemanager like windows
-I want program names with normal names and not cryptic linuxnames only meant for linux insiders.
-I want the windows-like interface and all the things I usually do with windows.

Every windows user wants to work like he or she did with windows.
If Ubuntu does this, all these people will go and work with Ubuntu
Until then : nada
I just don't understand why nobody in the Linux world does see this what every windows user knows.
To me it feels that nobody in linux world wants to see this fact.
Very very strange.
Make it like windows and everyone will adopt Ubuntu

Our easiest chess mode is too difficult. I can beat it some times, but it requires a lot of difficulty.

This is too hard - we need a "very easy" chess mode that a complete chess beginner, or even a 10 year old, could conceivably beat.

Actually, we have 5 wallpapers, 9 themes and 80+ SCREENSAVERS!!!

WHAT THE HELL!

Who need that amount of screensavers?

I think we should vote five to the default installation, and the other ones comes with a optional package?

Isn't gnome "keep it simple"?

For me just a "dim screen" is enough for default.

"Wine is not emulator"
then why when selecting wich program to run .exe file there is selection "wine Windows Emulator"
(Sorry my english :)

There is a need for a dead easy website creation program.


Nowadays everyone has to have his or her own website, but only few people are willing to learn to code to get one. On the forums, people ask for a program to build websites without the need for a brain.

There should be a template driven website builder with the possibility to easily add a blog page, photo gallery, downloads page, contact forms, automatically build menu.... without having to know a single line of html, css, JavaScript or php.

It should have the basic features to build a website and only these basic features. There are other (great) alternatives for more advanced web designers, but this could be useful for them too 'cause it's so easy and fast to add stuff to the website.

The way I see it, people would be able to make templates and upload them to the project's site. There could be competitions for the templates included in the program itself,... but I'm thinking to far now.

As far as I know, Windows doesn't have this either. So this could be a huge advantage for Ubuntu and Linux in general.
I don't like comparing, but for OSX there's the popular Rapidweaver ( http://www.realmacsoftware.com/rapidweaver/ ) that does want I just described.

For the record, I do know that this isn't really an Ubuntu issue. But still... it's an idea, right?

Thanks for reading!

I would love to pimp my car with a Ubuntu sticker. Don't you?

I'd like to see the Ubuntu devs take on a micro sized Ubuntu version. With each new release, Ubuntu is getting fatter and fatter, needing more and more ram to install, or to run the LiveCD. I think some practice trying to ram an entire OS into an ISO that is less than 100MB might be good for them. Maybe reverse this bloat trend they've got going.

And yes, I'm aware of Xubuntu. And I hate it.

I think keyboard and mouse become obsolete. Ubuntu should be prepared for pc with only touch-screen monitors and camera-monitors.

1. Voice-Input: For letters, Words and Text it is convinient to input by speech rather than input by keyboard. So Texteditor, OpenOffice, Websites, etc. should make it possible to enter text by speech.

2. Soon Apple will sell Monitors with Cameras within the screen (http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1& u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220060007222%22.PGNR.&OS=DN /20060007222&RS=DN/20060007222)
The Monitor will sent Cam-Information to Ubuntu and Ubuntu can use it for Instant Messengers, Snapshots, Videorecording, etc. .
But there is also the posibilty to emulate a touchscreen by the camera (without touch-sensitive surface): Ubuntu or any programm could calculate distance and postion of an object (finger, pen, etc.) on the surface. Users schould be able to enable or disable this feature in the Monitor-Manager.

3. Even now there are Monitors available with USB-Input. In future pc (home or business) will use many Touchscreen-Monitors instead of one. Prepare Ubuntu to manager multiple monitors.

4. Without mouse a cursor become unnecassery. The mouse cursor should only be shown in case a mouse is attached!

Add a cool intro to Ubuntu on first boot up, Shows the Ubuntu logo and shows a video of Ubuntu doing cool effects.

Use your imagination Ubuntu Team :)

The Hardy Heron wallpaper is vector graphics based. That means the color palette only takes up a tiny fraction of the image data. We can have 10 different color versions without sacrificing *any* discernible space on the CD!

The reason why Ubuntu (unlike other OS) does not have more wallpapers out-of-the-box is limited CD-space. The vector wallpaper format *solves* that technical problem!

The Hardy wallpaper designer could make several color variations of the default wallpaper: One mostly green version, one mostly blue version, one mostly black, one mostly pink, etc. And those could all be available right after install, both the version with and without the bird.

Technically, the extra wallpapers could be autogenerated by a tiny copy-and-change-palette script that runs during OS installation.

Change the theme to use square corners instead of round corners.

Square corners are nicer.
Round corners are ugly.

:)

Merge the three print icons:

SYSTEM>ADMINISTRATION>PRINTING
SYSTEM>PREFERENCES>DEFAULT PRINTER
MAIN>ACESSORIES>PRINT JOBS

The stickers are very big. The LCD monitors borders are thin. We have a problem :-)

-Canonical would save some money with thinner stickers.
-We could stick them to the LCD borders, CD trays, etc.