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People forget to empty their trash and get problems with space  
Written by sucotronic the 18 Feb 09 at 17:00. Global category: Accessibility. New
I've observed in my job that most of the users forgets to empty their trashes regularly, and suddenly one day they start to have problems due space limitations, or they don't know where is used their hard drive space.
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Solution #1: Add a configurable reminder
Written by sucotronic the 18 Feb 09 at 17:00.
It would be useful to add a kind of reminders that prevents the users about their files in the trash or the occupation in the hard drive. And also it could be configured with an option under the System>Preferences menu.




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Solution #2: Clean trash automatically
Written by snizovtsev the 18 Feb 09 at 17:43.
Add the "Trash size" option (percent or absolute value) and automatically clean oldest files from the trash to fit this limit.
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Solution #3: Compress old files
Written by vlo the 19 Feb 09 at 20:05.
The operating system should silently compress some of the files. Perhaps this could be done when the system is not being used, or before shutdown.

The files that would be compressed would be the files that have been in the trash for a certain amount of time (configurable).
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Solution #4: Trash with maximum size
Written by blaxter the 19 Feb 09 at 23:41.
Like in solution #2, add a "Trash size" option but instead of automatically clean oldest files form the trash, just say "the trash is full, please clean it up" when the user try to send more files to it
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Solution #5: Notification with "Delete now"-Button
Written by rakudave the 21 Feb 09 at 20:39.
Same as #1, but with a button to empty the trash directly from the notification-bubble
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Solution #6: Don't put unnessecary distractions in the system!
Written by kapipi the 21 Feb 09 at 21:17.
This solution is a response to solution #1. Solution #1 is great, except that as a default the user should not be notified about the size of trash, unless space on the partition is getting critically low.

The rationale:

- We don't want to distract the user's attention unnecessarily
- We don't want to force or lure the user to empty his trash unnecessarily.
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Solution #7: Low disk space notification instead of trash notification
Written by argon the 22 Feb 09 at 00:35.
The rationale of this problem is that sometimes people run out of disk space. So the notification should directly address this issue, and not just target the trash at an arbitary point, which will just lead to more annoying notifications.

Windows also does this when disk space is low...
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Solution #8: Create a System Cleanup widget
Written by 311005901 the 22 Feb 09 at 15:59.
A notification alerts users when the system is running low on free space.


When clicked on, users can use a widget to remove unwanted files.


(Click to see full sized image)
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Solution #9: auto-remove when disk-space is low
Written by koenfloris the 25 Feb 09 at 14:00.
ubuntu begins to fragment when you've got not enough disk-space. lets say that the limit is about 20%.

when disk space is to full...
ubuntu should auto-remove unnecessary things to free it up. of course, it should ask the user the empty the trash, to prevent data-loss. but other cash-like things should get cleaned up.
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Solution #10: Extend computer-janitor to support low disk space and trash notifications
Written by ziroday the 27 Feb 09 at 12:07.
computer-janitor (only in jaunty) is a small utility to clear up left over packages and left over files that have no use. It could easily be extended to support emptying the trash and notifying the user when disk space is low.
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Solution #11: Use the desktop icon to provide information
Written by Menti the 7 Mar 09 at 12:23.
As proposed in idea #14699. Desktop icons in general are static and do not provide any useful information. Trashcan icon is slightly dinamic: it has an empty state and a full state. Let the icon change to show how much trash there is. There could be a (configurable, with a sane default) max limit to the trash size, and the desktop icon could show what percentage of that limit is already in use.

This way, we could have more information without actually adding anything to the current setup, no more clutter; only better use of an already existing and underused graphic element of the desktop.
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Solution #12: Put the trash icon on the desktop
Written by dubrict the 10 Mar 09 at 06:19.
The reason people forget is because by default, the trash icon is as tiny as can be and hiding in the corner. Placing it on the desktop instead puts it more directly in the user's conscious, reminding them to empty it while not being obtrusive or complex.

The "running low on free space" reminder is reasonable, because it would solve this problem while taking on another. There's no reason to add any complexity to the system beyond this.
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Solution #13: Empty Trash On system Shut down
Written by MOSAM the 10 Mar 09 at 20:06.
Have the system ask you if you want to empty the trash when shutting down the as it does when unmounting disk drives.
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Solution #14: make gui to let the user decide
Written by linuxrules the 12 Mar 09 at 23:28.
settings dialog _ +/- X
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put trash icon on desktop "on/off"

Empty Trash On system Shut down "on/off/ask/auto"

Use the desktop icon to provide information "on/off"

auto-remove when disk-space is low "on/off/ask/auto"

Notification with "Delete now"-Button "on/off"

Trash with maximum size & if to delete when size limit is exceeded "on -size-/off"

Compress old files "on/off/ask/auto"

Add a configurable reminder "on/off"
|advance..|
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Solution #15: Beyond Icons
Written by trustno1uk the 16 Mar 09 at 20:02.
Icons that represent valuable information at first glance can really save you some time.

Some users don’t care about emptying their thrash and also use it as another folder at times, this will remind them to empty it.

trash

REF: http://www.kumailht.com/blog/linux/10-features-ubuntu-should-implement/
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Solution #16: Automatically delete after 30 days
Written by OrelEagle the 5 Dec 09 at 20:38.
I'm using a script to delete files permanently after 30 days spent in the trash:

find ~/.local/share/Trash/files -maxdepth 1 -ctime +30 -exec rm -r \;
find ~/.local/share/Trash/info -maxdepth 1 -ctime +30 -exec rm -r \;

This way the user doesn't have to worry about emptying the trash but still has a "second chance" in case a file was deleted by mistake.
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Solution #17: Provide a suite of tools for the user to save/recover disk space
Written by yoda2031 the 28 Mar 11 at 17:26.
Computer Janitor already fulfils the requirement to recover disk space from files which are temporary/cached/etc.

Squashfs more-or-less fulfils the requirement to conserve space, but should be provided as an option on installation ("compress home directory" and "compress system directory" options)

A utility to automatically compress/remove components which have not been used for more than 30 days.

A utility which lists your installed applications in order of size and last used date. Allows the user to remove the bigger, unused packages.

A utility which allows you to "reorganise" your partitioning scheme.

Where applicable, these solutions should be accessible under an umbrella utility, possibly as an extension to the existing Disk Utility, or as a stand-alone utility.

See the 17 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 7 May 13 at 15:00) >>

Different wallpapers on different monitors/workspace  
Written by greycode the 28 Feb 08 at 17:20. Global category: Look and Feel. Implemented
I've got two monitors, and right now if I use the wallpaper settings in gnome it stretches the wallpaper across the two monitors. It does this even for the default ubuntu wallpaper. This can look really bad depending on the image. In order to get around this I had to get two wallpaper images and join them into one large one with the GIMP and set that as my wallpaper.

There should be a way in gnome to set a different wallpaper for each monitor.

==== Merged with ideas of a similar scope: Different wallpapers on different workspace ===

Many workspaces option in Linux allows you to separate your work, why not allow users to have different wallpapers on each workspace. This allows for easier identification of which workspace you are on.
When used with compiz-fusion you can rapidly switch between your workspaces and the different wallapaper will allow you to quickly recognise what desktop you are on.

Currently this is natively available in KDE but not in Gnome. In Gnome you can't even let Compiz take over the wallpaper control because Nautilus doesn't allow for transparent backgrounds.

Other solutions like Wallpapoz are slow and when switching between desktops it takes too long to switch WP.

Developer comments
This feature is a Google Summer of Code 2008 project.
Follow the development of this feature on the student's blog:
http://gsocblog.jsharpe.net/
Update: it seems his code didn't reached Gnome 2.24, thus this feature won't be present in Intrepid.
Update2: Not in Jaunty too. It seems the code wasn't accepted in Gnome. Need to investigate.
Update3: Going back to new idea.
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #93
Written by greycode the 28 Feb 08 at 17:20.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #93 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Selected solution (#2): Wraparound Wallpapers
Written by Vendaval the 4 May 09 at 03:21.
With Compiz it's possible to put a different wallpaper on every workspace, so why isn't this used more to create a unified cube? A welcome wallpaper has been discussed, and having a simple welcome wallpaper could guide the user to the next workspace. Wallpapers could then come in sets, so applying a new wallpaper could give you a unified cube.
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Selected solution (#3): Wallpapoz does this.
Written by gnu2ubuntu the 27 Jul 11 at 20:28.
There is a program that already does this, and does it well even on multiple desktops. It is called Wallpapoz and the source is here:
http://wallpapoz.akbarhome.com/download.html

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Improve file/folder sharing experience (Samba)  
Written by bartong the 29 Feb 08 at 01:35. Global category: Internet & Networking. Implemented
Currently it is very difficult to setup and control access to shared folders without editing conf files and reading detailed instructions on all the variables. I propose that sharing (specifically Samba) be given a well worked GUI and some real TLC to bring it up to standard with the experience on Windows or OS X.
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Selected solution (#1): Defaults and GUI Options adjusted appropriately
Written by bartong the 29 Feb 08 at 01:35.
By default a share should be accessible as Read Only by anyone on the network without a username or password (guest access). While guest access should be turned on by default, it should also be easy to turn it off, and if desired to give guests read/write access to the folder.

You should also be able to specify local users who will have read/write access, and these local users should sync with smb users invisibly (ie: the user doesn't need to know that there are two password databases being used).

The Properties window for a folder should contain a Sharing tab with all the options available to choose. I also propose a Shared Folders option in the Preferences menu should list the currently shared folders along with their settings, and provide a button to take you into the dialogue where you can set the options.
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Selected solution (#2): Samba Server Configuration Tool
Written by dfme the 26 Jan 09 at 12:36.
There is already an application which allows this.
If the samba package is installed on ubuntu also install this application: Samba Server Configuration Tool - A graphical interface for configuring SMB shares
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Selected solution (#3): Accueil - Samba Share w/ Nautilus Integration
Written by fermulator the 2 Sep 09 at 12:44.
How about: Accueil?

http://gentoo.ovibes.net/nautilus-share/mediawiki-1.4.4/index.php/Accueil

Actually ... this may have been replaced with "nautilus-share"?
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Selected solution (#4): Samba Server Configuration Wizard
Written by Agafonov the 18 Nov 09 at 21:29.
We need a simple to use step-by-step wizard which will ask some really simple questions and generate an smb.conf file based on the user's choices.
How about https://launchpad.net/sscw ? It is a working example, although right now it's using zenity. If re-written using python it would become a very handy companion to nautilus-share.
We even should not include smb.conf in the samba package: once installed, samba server will not work until the user has defined how it should behave.
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Selected solution (#5): Share Sub-Folders by Default
Written by Klau3 the 11 Mar 10 at 01:51.


Right now, when right clicking on a folder and selecting “Sharing Options” – for example you want to share your Music folder and create a guest access to it – Samba will only share the files within the music folder but NOT THE SUB-FOLDERS where all the music is.

When sharing a folder, most people want to give access to sub-folders. For that reason, I suggest to reverse the handling of Samba sharing, so that you would have to click on an extra box to show that you don't want Samba to share sub-folders.
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Selected solution (#6): Create A Ubuntu NetWorkOne App
Written by geekgaurav the 30 Jul 10 at 17:17.
Able to handle connectivity Issues as Well As Sharing in Wizard Like Simple Interface for A New User

PS : More Ideas Can be Implemented In it
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Selected solution (#7): Allow Ubuntu to change the mounting options of FAT partitions
Written by qwerty800 the 6 Feb 11 at 21:05.
I personally have a file depot on my network where users can drop the files they want everyone to access.
It used to be on a NTFS partition, but is now hosted on the samba network. Doing such was a fairly hard task, since NTFS doesn't save permissions for each file, and is mounted with the 700 permission, while Samba requires XX4 or superior. I had to modify my fstab config file for that, and that's definitively not what I'd call user-friendly.
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Selected solution (#9): Centralized file-sharing administration
Written by komputes the 17 Aug 11 at 22:42.
The question on many user's mind is "What am I sharing (and to whom)?"

“System > Administration > Shared folders” is a feature that has been removed since 8.04. There has been no replacement for this tool since its disappearance.

Solution is to create a utility that should provide a graphical front-end to configure both samba system shares (managed in /etc/samba/smb.conf) and samba usershares (/var/lib/samba/usershares/).

Stepping a bit outside the scope of the issue (samba), this application should have a pluggable infrastructure which can also be used to show and configure other types of shares (nfs, ftp, ubuntuone).

Central administration, what a concept!

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Offer to cleanup disk when low space  
Written by virkang the 24 Apr 08 at 13:20. Global category: System. New
When you launch an update, or install new programs, and there's not enough free space on the disk, there's a "not enough free space" error message that says you can empty your trash, and type a "sudo apt-get clean" on the console.

There should be a clear dialog box asking if the system can free up space for you (yes or no), and explaining what the system will do for you. If yes is selected, the system empty the trash, and do the apt-get clean by itself. If No is selected, the installation or update is interrupted.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #7512
Written by virkang the 24 Apr 08 at 13:20.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #7512 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Previews or thumbnails in file chooser   forum
Written by jimmux the 28 Feb 08 at 23:46. Global category: Look and Feel. Implemented
Too often I have to select images with cryptic file names from a file chooser. Because I can't see the images I typically have to open the folder I am browsing separately so I can find image I am looking for, remember the cryptic name, and return to the file dialogue to select the file I want.

This could be easier if their was an option to view thumbnails, or to at least preview the image.

Developer comments
File preview is now in Hardy.
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #240
Written by jimmux the 28 Feb 08 at 23:46.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #240 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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OpenOffice 3.0 by default in Intrepid 8.10  
Written by vitorgatti the 15 Oct 08 at 19:04. Related project: OpenOffice.org Word Processor. Won't implement
I think this would be great for everybody, because OpenOffice 3.0 has A LOT of improvements that will help people that uses this kind of program constantly to migrate from MS Office to OpenOffice.
Support for MS Office 2007 documents and PDF editing are two good examples.

I know that Intrepid will be released in 15 days, but I think there aren't going to be a lot of crazy bugs to be fixed in "only" 15 days by developers if this program gets upgraded in Ubuntu repositories!

Think about that and let's do this now, instead of waiting more six months (Ubuntu 9.04) just to get this great program by default... you know, if more good programs comes by default, more the newbies and veterans will like!

Developer comments
Unfortunately, since the final release of OpenOffice 3 was delayed, there was not enough testing time to include it by default in Intrepid.
OpenOffice 3.0.1, to be released on Dec. 2, is a bugfix only release and should prove to be much more stable than the current release. This release will be available on the backport repository.
More infos: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3447
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14433
Written by vitorgatti the 15 Oct 08 at 19:04.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14433 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Tool for easy migration of wubi install to native  
Written by slavix the 29 May 08 at 23:07. Global category: Installation. In development
People who use wubi install to try the system would benefit from a tool that would make it easy to migrate the install to a native (partition) install.

Developer comments
No updates yet on this project, assuming still in development.
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #9246
Written by slavix the 29 May 08 at 23:07.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #9246 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Delta (patch based) updates  
Ubuntu

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Priority : Undefined
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee :
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Written by ravirdv the 28 Feb 08 at 14:31. Global category: System. In development
Summary:
Ability to download only changed bits of files and use much less bandwidth.
Scope and Use Cases:
Ann has slow internet connection. She sees that there are 150MB of updates and decides not to update at all leaving her with vulnerable and buggy system.
Implementation Plan:
Adopt it from Debian?

Previously discussed here, but still not implemented: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=409916
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #13
Written by ravirdv the 28 Feb 08 at 14:31.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Selected solution (#2): develop DEBs similar to deltaRPMs
Written by shinkanzen the 12 May 09 at 11:51.
only the actual changes need to be downloaded, reduces energy, money, time, bandwith, hardware etc MORE THAN A HUNDREDFOLD
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Selected solution (#3): 'dar' archives in deb packages
Written by decaf the 19 Jan 11 at 17:24.
Dar (http://dar.linux.free.fr/) format is designed for taking backups on randomly accessible storage. Dar provides an index to individually compressed or directly stored files in archive. There is a very stable and featureful library available to manipulate and merge dar files. Using this format as data part of deb files has advantages:

Downloading only necessary parts of packages is possible, avoiding requirement of delta files. We already have an md5sums list in header, map of files in the archive can be merged with this list.

Already compressed files will not be compressed again, this wastes time. And also we can get full performance of multicore cpus while compressing and extracting archives.
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Selected solution (#4): Download a diff and apply it to an old package file.
Written by jv13613 the 3 Feb 11 at 17:16.
Update manager should check the apt cache directory for an older version of the package, then if one exist it should download a diff of the new package file. Then it will apply the diff to the old package file to convert it to the new package file. The old file should also be renamed to the current version.
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Selected solution (#5): Copy/adapt the update method from Foresight
Written by mitcoes the 29 Mar 11 at 08:28.
I do not know how it works, but i'm sure there are a way of making something similar or just introduce the same system in Ubuntu.
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Selected solution (#6): Use rsync to transport update-files
Written by A.Kielkopf the 16 May 11 at 12:20.
Rsync is a well known and stable solution which could be adaptet to this. With this you wouldn´t need deltafiles. Rsync does automatic deltatransfer

Rsync can automatic compress/decompress(-z) and is able to use secure connections. Rsync works for binarys as good as for textfiles.

It can speed up the transfer (knowing the old local files) without deleting the old files (-y). So you are able to use the same pre/post installscripts as before.

Rsync is able to handle situations where some of the local expected files are not existing (deletet) or broken.



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Warning about low disk space  
No information about this blueprint
Information is updated every 5 minutes.
Please wait till the next update.
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Written by luohan the 28 Feb 08 at 15:55. Global category: System. Implemented
Provide this warning with possibility to solve the problem.
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Selected solution (#2): Program to alert when it is low disk space
Written by sartrejp the 23 Jan 09 at 13:47.
When the disc is full, the system becomes very difficult to use and gives a lot of problems, it would be good to be notified when it is low disk space to avoid problems later
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Selected solution (#3): Use libnotify
Written by tgm4883 the 23 Jan 09 at 16:44.
Show a popup using libnotify that indicates disk space is getting low (and what partition), same as battery notification for low battery.
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Selected solution (#4): Use libnotify & Give Reason
Written by oybon the 26 Jan 09 at 15:47.
Average Jo user isn't necessarily going to respond as needed to a low drive space notification. Or indeed know exactly what it means.

Thus Notify, give reason for notification with consequences of inaction and route to more information.
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Selected solution (#5): Allow the user to launch a program to free some space.
Written by rocket the 4 Feb 09 at 23:57.
Programs like BleachBit could be launched when there is low space, but don't forget to make sure they're installed before the space runs out!

Windows lets users launch its disk cleanup tool by clicking on the low space warning bubble, hopefully Ubuntu's solution can be as easy to use as this.
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Selected solution (#6): If a program is gobbling up hard disk, stop it
Written by Endolith the 4 Jun 09 at 02:20.
After giving the warning, programs should still be able to use the disk up to a point, but there should be a certain amount of disk free at all times, to keep the system usable and responsive. If an app tries to use up more than this, it should be paused or stopped.

A "low disk space" notification is straight out of Windows 95.
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Selected solution (#7): Use libnotify & indicator applet
Written by rubenverweij the 10 Oct 09 at 22:34.
Let's use both new notification systems. Display a libnotify message with "Low diskspace", display a notification in the Indicator applet that launches a dialog box with a message explaining why it is harmful to have this little free disk space.
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Selected solution (#8): base report on % of disk used
Written by moredruid the 14 Oct 09 at 08:45.
let the report be based on a certain (95%?) threshold.
The popup reporting this should ideally have a number of options:
* go to the folder and clean up (maybe a background process has already indexed the filesystem and can present you with a list of outdated/not used files, various caches come to mind).
* ignore for now and warn again at 98%
* don't bother again for this mountpoint
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Selected solution (#9): Disk usage moniter!
Written by Theory5 the 14 Oct 09 at 22:30.
There should be a small moniter on either top or bottom bar that shows your main HDD space (in a measure format like windows vista does with HDD's) and if you scroll over it, it will show all your disks and stuff and their free space.
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Selected solution (#10): Report critical disk usage and offer an wizard
Written by xeniac the 15 Oct 09 at 09:03.
I like Solution #1: Back in the days when Linux was all about the console, you've got an login warning if disk usage was critical. Im pretty sures that Ubunutu does this to, but nobody sees it anymore.

Nowday a Desktop Linux System should'nt be a dump tool, it should help the user to solve his problems.

Ubunutu should offer an cleanup assistant that helps to
1.) purge your Harddrive from Backup Files, Temporary files and Duplicate Files (Leave one copy and Sym-/Hardlink the rest).
2.) Find the Files/Directorys eating the most Diskspace. (launch baobap)

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Selected solution (#11): Do what vista does
Written by Nw124 the 20 Oct 09 at 02:15.
Do what solution 2 says and add a gui like in vista and have a bar that shows how much of the disk space is used.

It should also tell you how much free space there is in GB ,Mb,or Kb (Depending on how big the disk is)

it could also do this on the desktop too for removable storage and show a meter.
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Selected solution (#12): Don't do what Vista does!
Written by FrostyC the 4 Jan 10 at 10:20.
Have a user variable setting that can be changed at what point the low disk space becomes a problem. For instance, I am fine until I have less than 300 mb of hd space.

And I don't need a clean up wizard, I know what the problem is..
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Selected solution (#13): Don't annoy the user, just keep system working.
Written by jschall the 12 Feb 10 at 16:38.
Simply reserve enough disk space that the system can keep working properly. The user will know that s/he is out of disk space when s/he tries to save a file.

The system should not stop running or slow down significantly.

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Have Update Manager warn you if an update requires a reboot, BEFORE you update.   forum
Written by Catsceo the 29 May 08 at 19:59. Global category: System. Won't implement
I find it very annoying when I update my Ubuntu box, only to find that after the update I need to reboot. I suggest a solution similar to Apple's software update*, where the update has the reboot icon located next to it to signify that a reboot will be needed or a reboot icon on the panel, similar to the way the new red down arrow in hardy signifies an important update.

*Image for reference: http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l25/CATSCEO/update.png
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #9240
Written by Catsceo the 29 May 08 at 19:59.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #9240 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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