Contributor MighMoS

One of the serious problems in Ubuntu is that Gnome is a bit sluggish when it comes down to the graphics. Try to install AWN and you know that the icons literally look like shit (compared to OSX).
But the problem does not end there, the whole system should be vector graphics by now when it comes to rendering the windows, menus, icons and so on.

I know this is not a Ubuntu feature, but it should be pressed HARD upon so we also get the great crisp sharp user-interface OSX has. It does not make the system slower, just better. With vector graphics, CompizFusion could take a new leap forward since it is then not hold back by the limitations of bitmap images. Also new graphical applications would be easier to develop, see on the mac side where Quartz engine has helped make a sea out of new graphical applications. We need a Quarz engine for Gnome now!

Transmission should support bandwidth throttling as it helps manage multiple applications that are bandwidth hungry. Also it would be nice if transmission starts supporting priorities where I can specify a priority level for each torrent and it schedules torrents based on the priority. This will save us from manually scheduling (pausing+start). One benefit will be that transmission might pick up a torrent of lower priority if all high ones are unavailable and hence something or the other is downloaded.

An Alarm to user remember about some important events.

Evolution have an alarm, but it is a big and fat program and many people don't like use it just to have a alarm.

I found these Alarm programs:
http://gnomefiles.org/app.php/Alarm+Clock
http://alarm-clock.54.pl/

Maybe other more simple Alarm can be included.

I'm talking about the window that pops up when you right-click on a file or folder in Nautilus and select "Properties".

Maybe it's just me... but 90% of the time when I have the Properties window of any file open for more than a few seconds, it's because I'm watching the file/folder to note whether its size is changing. But the Properties window doesn't refresh the filesize data. Refreshing the Properties window data every couple seconds would be a very useful feature for me and it wouldn't be too difficult to implement... please consider!

Gnome's "Take Screenshot" application should be extended to also allow the desktop to be recorded as a video. This would be used heavily by many power users, including those who like to showoff compiz to friends, to help show newbie family how do to some things they are having trouble with, and those who work on video tutorials.

An OS, no matter how technologically or ideologically advanced it is, should also be visually appealing.
And Ubuntu, being one of the most beatiful (I mean the default appearance here) distribution of Linux still can't compete with Vista (not to mention Mac OS X).
Here I imly the following:
-icons. All the icons should be converted into vector graphics, so that they were scalable (so that they could look the same everywhere).
-fonts. Even Liberation fonts look better than default GNOME's dejavu, but still they leave much to be desired.
-screensaver. Currently, it's just a black screen. Enough said, I guess. Ubuntu should offer aset of nice screensavers, basic, or OpenGL-driven.
-applets. GNOME applets should grow in numbers and functionality. At least I would suggest a wrapper that could display a Web widget as an applet, so that user could simply paste BB-codes from YouTube, Jaiku, Vimeo or else and see it on his desktop.
-3D effects. There shouldn't be a vast number of them, but all of them should be quality-driven. Just look how bad is Compiz rendering as you make anything that drives windows borders into curves - they are edgy and twisted.
-wallpapers. I know, Deviantart contest is on, but here is also another point: Ubuntu should provide numerous wallpapers out-of-box, and all of them should suit the default colour scheme. The same stays for login screen.
-themes. Ubuntu should provide themes that change the appearance more globally. Not only GNOME's appearance, but all the apps, bootloader, login screen, screensaver.
-customization. Changing Ubuntu's appearance isn't really easy these days, since you can't tune up all the aspects in one place. I mean, you can change the theme, but you should work really hard to make your style as sole as the defaut one - Qt, GTK and other (wxWindows, etc) applications share different configs. Just try to switch to a darker theme and you'll learn how many elements would require tuning. Ubuntu can offer great means of customization, but that doesn' mean that an average user is able to make a cool-looking style.
-bootloader. That was already mentioned, but still. Ubuntu should show text mode at all. Currently, it can occasionally fall back to console for a while, which is discomforting.
-hibernation/suspend screen. The same.

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One of the nice things in the system update utility for OS X is that if any of the updates require a reboot then it displays an icon notifying the user of this. This way I could always cherry pick updates that wouldn't interrupt my work.

This should be fairly trivial from a UI perspective (i don't know how difficult it would be to implement)

I like when installing Ubuntu it can resize and calculate sizes for / and swap automatically, and that's great, but I would like to be able to go back and make some changes if I want (for example, use more than one hard drive).

With all the artists Ubuntu has, and Grub not going anywhere soon, could grub at least get a splash screen by default? It's much more appealing than the simple menu that exists now.

****INTRODUCTION

I remember when I changed from windows to linux I decided to renounce to all the tags that I had in picasa.
It was a surprise to find out that all my tags were still there in linux. That is not the expected behavior, if you delete the config files all your settings should get lost but not if you move/rename a folder.

****OSX vs XP vs LINUX thumbnails:

If I am not mistaken, OSX and XP store thumbnails in the same folder where the pictures are while Linux have a special folder for all the thumbnails.

In Linux if you rename or move a folder with pictures inside all thumbnails have to be rebuild again leaving behind lots of broken thumbnails. Also applications that keep track of files and allows to tag them lost their tags.
Regarding thumbnails, in OSX and XP that doesn't happen.

****THE IDEA:

My idea brings together the best of OSX, XP and Linux. With the plus of been useful to other applications too. Tags will not get lost and thumbnails will not be broken when renaming or moving folders at the price of storing one tiny, tiny, very tiny file in contrast to OSX or XP that store the thumnails.

I know that nautilus renames the thumbnail when you move or rename a picture, thunar doesn't and it doesn't work if you rename or move the folder. With this idea there is no need to add support in any application, only in the thumbnailer itself, and it will work for all other applications, file browsers, picture viewers etc...

****HOW IT WORKS:

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Not everyone has a broadband internet connection or any internet connection on Ubuntu. Sometimes they can download in Windows or get friends to burn CDs for them, but they don't have a direct connection to the repositories in Ubuntu. If Ubuntu is Linux for Human Beings, there should be a recognition of the lack of broadband internet in many places.

Yes, too many download options can confuse new users, but you don't have to advertise these add-on CDs. You just have to have them available somewhere. People will find them if they need them.

The DVDs contain Main and Restricted repositories, but not everyone has access to a DVD burner, and a lot of popular packages are in Universe. It's true a lot of popular packages are also in Multiverse, too, but I'm not sure if there are legal issues involved with distributing those on a CD.

The development of Ubuntu 9.04 or whatever version comes after Intrepid Ibex should focus on streamlining and putting together Ubuntu as a whole. Redundancies should be removed and Ubuntu should be slimmed down. This would make Ubuntu faster and smaller.

I'm not saying remove GNOME or anything or even to just fix the UI, I'm saying dig deep into Ubuntu's code that's between the Linux kernel and the Desktop Environment and streamline that into one cohesive whole that is small, fast, efficient, and stable.

Instead of focusing on adding new features, just update the current software (current as of the release of Intrepid Ibex) and streamline it. This way, it won't be another Hardy full of incomplete betas and pre-releases. 9.04 should focus on stability, speed, and being small and fast. Look at what Apple is doing with Snow Leopard. They added the features in Leopard and now they're streamlining them in Snow Leopard. I'm not saying copy Apple by any means. I'm saying they've got a good idea and we can do it to, and take it two steps further. That's what we should be doing. Having our own ideas as well as taking the ideas of other companies two or three steps forward for ourselves.

2009.04.??
Ubuntu 9.04: Streamlined Release.

Hey,

Why do i need to restart my pc to get the nvidia driver working?

insmod nvidia and a X restart should be enough right!

So with that knowledge again: Why do i need a restart?
It's not modifying the base kernel which is about the only thing that requires a restart on linux and you can only get it that far if you install a new kernel or compile a new one.

My suggestion:
Kick out the restart demand and just restart X.

Edit//
If you vote this idea down tell me why because i can't think of a reason where a reboot would be better then my suggestion.

The possibility to restore deleted files with a right mouse click in the trash bin in Gnome

In GNOME System Monitor, it has a column called "Nice".
* http://www.watchingthenet.com/wp-content/uploads/image/ubuntusysmonitor4.png

"Nice" comes from command 'nice';
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice_(Unix)

However, the term "Nice" doesn't tell a user who don't know it, anything. The correct term to use would be "Priority" as that is what it indicates.

I think the 6 ttys available by default are an exageration for the common user who doesn´t use it, wasting memory resources.

Please add patched version of Licq 1.3.5 to repositories. The current one doesn't work since July 1st.

Create a chat interface that connects to all the regular instant messenger protocols, but then integrates facebook, myspace, and twitter updates. Sending you an IM when one of the apps updates.

Basically, I would like an interface (if you will) that will allow me to check email, IM, and social applications all in one place. Currently I have to use Thunderbird to check mail, pidgin for IM's, Firefox/epiphany for myspace, facebook, twitter.

Windows has an application called digsby that does this all. They are working on a linux port of that. But I think maybe integrating into Pidgin would be a much better idea. Or maybe just have plugins that will propogate the needed information into pidgin, so if you don't want it, you wont have to use it.

In firefox and other programs that use, ctrl+w closes the current tab. I find this very useful and also comfortable as it is easier to reach than alt+f4 (for me at least)

It would be cool if ctrl+w could also close the application when there are no more tabs + it would be even better if it would close all applications (not all of them at once, please don't misunderstand me :-) in both gnome and kde.

There may be settings in the window manager for this, but I'd like to see this as a default setting.

If you like the idea please vote for it :-D

Include an option to have full hardware recognition procedure at next boot. This would be useful to use the same installation on a new PC by replacing the hard drive. Also it would be useful for external drives so that they can be used on different PCs.