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Off that point, one of the things that nags me the most when installing Ubuntu is that there is no flash player pre-installed on the OS, and is one of the main things that makes Ubuntu "not out of the box".

So my suggestion is that when you open Firefox for the first time, it should already be able to use flash; preferably version 9 and up.

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It is designed by professionals, with usability and the "first impression" in mind. It is unique in its appearance but also familiar to Windows and Mac users.

It is beautiful, productive and and can be used even in a brownish / orange desktop environment.

Please vote for Nimbus as a theme that at least can be selected from the "Appearance" menu and comes with the next Ubuntu.

Thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=900225

Screenshot:
http://vale.homelinux.net/wordpress/2007/09/29/nimbus-beauty-for-your-ubuntu-desktop/

Packages on Launchpad:
https://launchpad.net/~pcastellazzi/+archive

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All we can help the promotion of the idea of Ubuntu creating a video which will connect football's moments with the significance of Ubuntu.

I believe that is occasion to make known in the world the operation system that all we love,but also Linux more generally.



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These applications don't have to be installed using a “classic” Windows installer and their functioning does not depend on proper settings in the Windows Registry.
If fact they can be copied to an arbitrary location on (writable) storage media like a fixed or removable hard disk drive or an USB key and they will just work.

Portable Applications are not based on a new technology. In early MS-DOS days all applications were “portable”. A few reasons making this “old” technology so interesting are listed below:

1.If for some reason a user has to reinstall the OS then reinstalling the OS is just the start of a long and tedious process. All non-portable applications need to be reinstalled as well. This is, to say the least, very annoying.
For portable applications there is no need to do a reinstall. In worst case a user just needs to copy a backup of the portable applications back to the hard drive. And in case the user stored his portable applications in a different partition then there is even no need for this.

2.Portable applications can be stored on an arbitrary location on the hard disk or on removable media like an USB drive.
So even if the partition on which the OS resides gets short on disk space, the user can still add portable applications.
This is much more elegant than forcing the user to reorganize and reinstall his PC platform such that it can accommodate more applications.

3.Portable applications do not mix up or get integrated into the operating system.
In my opinion this is, at least for most software applications, a superior concept.

Currently the Ubuntu platform does not support the concept of portable applications.
When it comes to installing applications in general (portable or non-portable) then in my opinion Windows is superior over Ubuntu, or better said Linux in general.

Why?

In Windows the user is in control: the user decides where the application will be installed. There is (usually) no requirement to install applications in the “Windows File System”.
When installing an application not in the “Windows File System” then only “small” chunks, necessary for the application to run (dll's, drivers etc), might be put in the file system. The bulk of the application is put where the user wants it to be.

I know about a few initiatives in the Linux community such as “Zeroinstall” and “Klik” that should make it possible to install applications giving similar advantages to Portable Applications for Windows.

But it seems to me that these initiatives are (not yet) seriously supported by the Ubuntu community.

Therefore I would like to request the Ubuntu development team to seriously consider the Portable Applications Model for Ubuntu Applications (whenever suitable).


Regards, Marlo


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I don't think the current kernel procedure for Ubuntu is working. Maybe creating a default stable kernel, then a testing kernel then a bleeding edge kernel would be more beneficial to all users and developers?

As an example, I own a Hauppuage TV tuner card, ubuntu kernel just misses out on the driver for this card. Installing the test kernel will hold the driver I wont until the kernel becomes 'Stable'?

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me using the pc.i think the default should allow
automatically logging into desktop.

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goto>>system preference>>and change setting.
users should be able to tweak the system for removing errors like "missing entries in fstab and add missing drives",there is new system for hard disk called UUID.its still new for many.but average joe doesnt even know about
sda and hda.so how can we expect him to understand editing Fstab.so this tweaking guide will help to test and remove certain faults.its hard to edit fstab and add entries like
missing fat32(due to uuid),ntfs,external harddisk,samba shares,even ipod.i get frustrated when system doesnt mount unclean usb drives.Explain about filesystem through a graph or chart in openoffice presentation.
also how to edit guides>>fstab,modprobe.d,load modules,even kernel(sophisticated).warn these commands require root user and can damage system.

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$MY_FAVORITE_APP opens $ALL_COMMON_FILES,
plus it washes your car,
changes your baby,
reduces all that tedious foreplay with your $SPOUSE,
eliminates your need to pay taxes,
and much more.

Besides, $CURRENT_APP sucks for no clearly defined reason other than I don't seem to like it.

You won't mind manually moving all your $ACCOUNT_SETUPS and $COLLECTION_LISTS, since it won't automatically migrate you...but that's okay, since you must not have anything better to do.

OpenSuse and Gentoo are doing it already.

http://www.$MY_FAVORITE_APP.com


p.s. If you vote this down, tell me why - because only evil drug-dealing terrorists would dislike this idea.

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However, I do want to support Ubuntu and Canonical in any way that I can, so I tend to buy and collect stuff from https://shop.canonical.com/.

I would really like to order official Ubuntu install media, autographed by my favorite Ubuntu developers :-)

Yet another way to differentiate the rock star Ubuntu Community from the proprietary software world!

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Thanks for listening.

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