Contributor Vertelemming

You know when you get a pesky error message? You know how you copy it, search the error message on Google, then find out how to fix it? Imagine you didn't need to because the error message already told you how to.

By making error messages editable (or at least a section of the message which says "Possible Solutions from the Ubuntu Community" ,or something like that, editable), it would do exactly that. After someone asks Ubuntu Forums how to fix their problem, they can edit that error messege or section, so that other members with identical problems would not need to waste their own time, as well as time from the other community members on the Ubuntu Forums (and other Linux-related forums)

The same idea could also be used during crashes of some programs which provide verbose details on how it crashed (for example, a program may provide details though the terminal, or through a log) below while you are asked to submit a crash report.

Finally, on error messages, there should also be a way to submit a question to the Ubuntu Forums (either a link to the Forums, or a text field with a "Submit" button) or search the error message on Google, so that in case the suggested fix doesn't work, or there simply isn't one yet, it is still easy to find a solution.

In an ideal world, there would never be any errors, and even if there was, developers would find a solution immediately, but that is simply not possible.

There probably isn't an easy way to implement it, but wouldn't it be worth it?

I write this with heavy hart, but someone has to propose it.
There were similar ideas to this, like:
-Open Brainstorm for fortnight
-Close down the entire site

I don't agree with any of these ideas, but every day I see ideas that are ideas of an idea posted a 2-3 days not months ago.
This just cant go on any more. So I propose that during weekends or maybe Monday and Tuesday, or any other two days you shouldn't be able to submit new ideas.
It was also proposed in comments that this two day should not be one after another (Sun and Wed)
This is good for more reasons:
- It will give time for moderators and administrators to look through all the duplicates reported
-The same could be done by users. I get the feeling that many of users just post their ideas without searching, thinking or anything like that...

I know I just asking for negative votes from some that are just skimming through ideas. But pleas think it over, this would be good for every one.
Please comment which two day would you like to see the most, or why this is a bad idea (I really don't see any negative sides of this idea)

I'm imagining a website that deals with third-party jobs and careers that specifically deals with Ubuntu.

This can be from setting up an Ubuntu server to becoming a full-time software architect developing a game on Ubuntu.

This doesn't not deal specifically as jobs for Canonical, although they could post there as well.

It would be more like a marketplace where a job could come in from all over the world, possibly specific to an area if physical contact is required.

Companies could set up job offers whenever needed and programmers could bid on the job. Or, in reverse, users could post their Ubuntu-related experience and companies could find potentially employees.

Why http://jobs.ubuntu.com? I've found a growing number of posts on http://ubuntuforums.org that deal with Ubuntu-related employment, but not every potential employee will be looking at that specific post in that specific sub-forum.

I have also personally been contacted by a local web development company because they needed someone to set up a LAMP server based on Ubuntu. They searched "Ubuntu" + "my home town" and my resume came up.

That worked out well, but this could be set up for jobs just as mentioned, but on a global scale.

What do you think?

Thinking: Intrepid + 2.

Many post request new or improved features for programs that are available for use with Ubuntu. Ubuntu should organize programmers within the community who are willing to volunteer their time to help projects develop or improve features the Ubuntu community is asking for.

Think of it as our (modified) version of Google Summer of Code. As an example, say the community is asking for a web cam feature in Pidgin Ubuntu can ask for volunteers to help get the feature implemented then move on to the next third party feature request or bug fix.

Basically its Ubuntu saying to the community “hey, Ubuntu would benefit if this third party program had this bug fixed or new feature added. Please help by donating your programming skills or a few bucks”

A community mentoring program would also be great that created more programmers to assist in the future.

Since 2.0 from what I've seen,there haven't been many improvements.GNOME tries to be stable,and in some respects,that is the right thing to do.But if GNOME doesn't catch up with the latest technologies/innovations,it will remain just an old,unused DE.And we don't want that,because it is a very stable and nice Desktop Envirronment.

New major version of the popular Opera Browser is released today and is ready for download and install. Please update the version in the cannonical partners repository.

Source Download > http://ftp.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/950/final/en/i386/

..set up a distributed cross-compilation system if you need to. If you don't trust that, build in redundancy and checksumming.

The fact of the matter is that, as illustrated here,
http://mssaleh.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/ubuntu-804-lts-vs-windows-xp-sp3-applic ation-performance-benchmark/
constantly catering to the lowest common denominator in processor instruction sets is getting our butts kicked on performance even by /windows/ in many cases.
I don't want to waste my hardware's capability on i386 code, and I don't want to gentoo users laughing at me.

I want to go to the ubuntu site, pick my general type of machine (preferably using pretty pictures) , and have two choices:

-- Just give me something that works
or
-- I want to make the best use of my hardware

The latter option should let me download a utility that would examine my CPU and create a file (or something to that effect) that could be returned to the ubuntu site and used to choose the right disk image (with the right repository set of course) for my machine.

product: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.80GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 1
bus info: cpu@0
version: 15.2.9
size: 18EHz
width: 32 bits

[....]

Ubuntu 8.04 comes with the GCC compiler but without the 'build-essentials' metapackage.
This makes GCC useless; its not even possible to compile a simple "Hello world" program.

Either have GCC not installed by default or have the 'build-essential' metapackage installed by default so that GCC works.

When I paste a file (e.g file.pdf) into a folder containing a file with the same name nautilus pops up this:

---------------------------------------------

A file named "file.pdf" already exists. Do you want to replace it?

The file already exists in "temp2". Replacing it will overwrite its contents.

Options are only "skip" and "replace"

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not very useful: there should be an option "rename" which renames the pasted file to file_1.pdf or file_DATE.pdf or something like that.


also: it does not say the sizes of the files and the date modified which makes it hard to say which file is newer.

Bye, cya

Right now Network Manager doesn't give you an option to disconnect from a Wireless Network.
Your options are to connect to a different wireless network or drop to the console to disconnect.
It would be faster and easier to be able to disconnect using the same application you used to connect.

When you click on Network Manager a menu shows up with a list of wireless networks and the following options:
"Connect to other wireless networks..."
"Create new wireless network..."
"Manual configuration..."

My idea is to put the option "Disconnect from Wireless Network" on that menu.

Clicking this option would also add the network to a blacklist so that it won't automatically reconnect unless you connect manually to it.

UPDATE:
This idea has been actually implemented.
On the newer releases of Network manager, you can remove a wireless network by right clicking on the network manager icon on the notification area, and then clicking on "Edit wireless networks...".
A window will pop up where you can remove the networks you don't want to connect to.

Now is says that the currently loaded plugins do not provide means to burn such disks.

Provide a notification balloon when a network cable is unplugged from a network interface.

Sometimes you don't know if a cable works or not, or the cable is damaged, or it accidentally gets pulled out.

There should be some visual indication that the network cable has been unplugged.

Please see illustration of concept:
* http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14520679/Network.png

It's a real shame that PulseAudio is now installed by default in Hardy..not because there's anything wrong with PulseAudio, but because important applications will no longer work:

In Gutsy, you install it, download skype and flash.. they both just work. In Hardy this is certainly not the case, (no sound/unstable) and the problem can't be resolved properly unless you simply remove PulseAudio.

Now, the *real* problem is that any newcomers to Ubuntu will probably want to use both flash and skype only to find they don't work. Most people will be screaming 'yeah, but it's Skype/Flash's fault'. That's all very well, but the bottom line is that things that did work, are no longer working and Ubuntu has therefore become harder for a new user to use effectively.

I'm all for PulseAudio, it sounds cool, but like so many others, I'm simply having to remove it as it hinders my computer usage.

My suggestion is this:
Leave PulseAudio in the repos as-is, but make it so that it's not installed by default.

People won't stop using Skype, and they won't stop using Flash.

p.s - I don't like to moan, but it just seems like such a shame to me (and worth commenting about.)

-Update 23/04/2008-
Seems like this idea isn't appreciated at all! I'd remove it, but I can't seem to find a remove idea link. Perhaps that should be my next idea :D

Ubuntu should focus more on stability and bugfixing. Especially in the LTS releases. If this would require waiting with some cool features till after the LTS, then so be it. For Hardy, this could maybe have meant older kernel, not changing to PulseAudio, and so on. A great emphasis should be placed on trying to fix unfixed bugs left from earlier versions.

Most importantly, all found regressions should be fixed. If this means delaying the release for a few months, then let that happen.

This is a particular win for those wanting a rock-stable release for their day-to-day usage, they would stick with the LTS. Those wanting something bleeding-edge, would upgrade to every new release as they come, and the only loss to them would be that once every second year, they would have to wait six months longer for some cool new feature.

An active backports team for the LTS would supplement this very good, so that those users wanting up-to-date Firefox, Openoffice, updated drivers, etc would be able to have those, even in the LTS.

In Hardy is in default installation integrated PulseAudio server. Most of applications are using PulseAudio. It will be very usable if will be created PulseAudio Volume Control applet similar to Volume Control applet. After left click on this applet user can see all audio streams named by applications (volume control for stream and icon for quick mute). Same applet is in Vista and for me it is the best Vista feature. Most of audio programs by muting stream from their gui completely mute alsa. This is not good, because i am watching tv in small window and if i want to watch video on web mus i completely close tv application. With this applet i click on it and temporaly mute tv application. Here is a picture of vista volume control http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/images/voume_mixer.jpg. I think better will be if audio streams and their control are oriented horizontally.

Edit: here are mockups:
http://picasaweb.google.com/milan.krivda/GnomeMockups/photo#5192542737460341154

http://picasaweb.google.com/milan.krivda/GnomeMockups/photo#5192698657658087858

http://picasaweb.google.com/milan.krivda/GnomeMockups/photo#5193085617031588306

Some programs ask the user if they want to save files before they close and when the computer is shutting down. However, some do not.

For those which do the shutdown procedure can either be interrupted or the warning goes away too quickly to be useful due to the shutdown, especially if the application is on another desktop where the user can't see it.

For those which don't obviously data (and thus users' time) can be lost.

I think it would be a good idea to have a list of issues which might make the user think twice about shutting down present in the shutdown selection screen.

Part of the dialogue box would say, for example:

WARNING! Shutting down will interrupt the following activities:
Editing of unsaved document Essay.odt (save button)
Download of large_video.ogg (pause button)
Writing disc MY_SONGS (abort button)

This could perhaps be implemented in a similar way to http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/72/ Unmount Resolution (I am thinking DBus)

Since Hardy was released, I've been amazed at the amount of posts from users trying to change permissions on external drives in order to obtain write access. People try to help by offering solutions that involve chmod and chown, but in every case, the user has not been able to write to the volume because it has been mounted read-only due to filesystem errors. This is easy to fix - but not obvious to the user.

FAT volumes are particularly problematic, especially if they are not cleanly unmounted.

I have just triaged a bug on Launchpad with exactly this issue, and it is just something that seems to crop up again-and-again-and-again-and-again etc.

We should have a notification pop-up which gives information to the user when they insert a volume that has errors. The notification pop-up should tell them that the volume is read only, and should offer advice for the user to fix it.

I have a simple and elegant solution to easily differentiate an application launched as root (Adept Manager, Nautilus, Konqueror, etc.) and an other one : I use the same color scheme for both users but I slightly colorize the "standart background" (the textedit/lineedit... background color) of the root color theme (salmon color for me).

This way, all my applications looks the same but I can immediately see which application is in root mode (and be carefull of what I do with them !)


I use KDE but I think this idea can apply to Gnome too.

The same way that it's done now, when a user tries to view a divx movie.

All the modern CPUs (and also CPUs not so new) supports frequency scaling.

There are several frequency governators that choose the "right" frequency in some way, actually GNOME Power Manager can set the CPU governator.

The CPU frequency applet *in ubuntu* can't be used to choose also if that applet can do that.

I think it should be fixed, the users should simply click and choose the better governator/frequency on the fly.