Contributor Warbo
Out of Date Ubuntu Games
Ubuntu
In :
Priority : Undefined
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee :
Written by MighMoS the 28 Feb 08 at 16:35.
Global category: Gaming.
Already implemented
Many games feature the ability to play with other people. However, the first thing the game will check for is to see if it is currently up to date.
When Ubuntu enters version freeze, the games fall out of date, and it can be harder to play them online without finding a 3rd party update or compiling it yourself (Freeciv, Scorched3D, and Battle for Wesnoth to name a few).
This also creates issues when different distributions freeze at different times, so it can be hard to play with other Linux users.
Vote only when you comment.
Written by hellmet the 29 Feb 08 at 08:16.
Global category: Others.
Not an idea
The voting feature is being abused at the moment, as its a feature that everyone sees the first thing, and are click-happy. It would be better if we were allowed to vote only when we also comment.
Manage comments in your own idea..
Written by 6205 the 14 Mar 08 at 16:27.
Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com .
New
I would appreciate if i could manage comments in my own ideas. Implementation should vary from complety remove comment or only hide some comments, eventualy ad +/- karma button to comment and so on...
This should be usefull to prevent flamebaits, trolls or other individuals to post off topic nonsenses or attack autor of the idea. This is not discussion forum, this is Brainstorm and comments (if any) should be at least related to subject :)
Have moderators who filter out brainstorms before people can vote on them
Written by aysiu the 7 Jul 08 at 19:46.
Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com .
Category: Website structure.
Implemented
Right now there are too many brainstorms to be sifted through and made sense of, spreading the votes of any reasonable person too thin.
Brainstorm should select a group of moderators to filter out ideas that are not feasible, not ideas, bug reports, or poorly worded before they are able to be voted on by the general registered user populace.
It will make Brainstorm less cluttered and allow people to decide on a few well-crafted and feasible brainstorms instead of having to make sense of the mess of 10s of thousands of brainstorms that have no hope of ever coming to fruition ("Include all proprietary codecs by default," "Make Ubuntu better," "Fix this upstream Gnome problem").
Developer comments
This is finally in place, after the January 2009 upgrade!
Better Calculator
Written by spyyder the 17 Mar 08 at 17:31.
Related project: Calculator (Gnome) .
New
Calculator need more functionality particularly for conversions (weight, currency, distance, graphing etc..) Possibly even integrate with commercial calculators (TI-xx, Casio).
Windows 7 Calculator is going to include several new functions
and the Mac OS X Calc already includes these features.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZkkqgSJ4A
Amarok 2.0 with GTK+ 2
Written by t4ggs the 14 Jan 09 at 10:43.
Related project: Amarok .
New
If Amarok will now work in windows and mac os x, why not to make a GTK version for those of us that use GNOME??
Power Management
Ubuntu
In :
Priority : Low
Definition : Pending Approval (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Slow progress
Assignee : Amit Kucheria
Written by jsmidt the 28 Feb 08 at 16:49.
Global category: Others.
In development
Ubuntu needs to go green. Powertop, Lesswatts and other tools have finally hit the Linux scene to pave the way for better power management. It needs to be said, "if you want your battery to last longest, or have your energy bill be the lowest, you better use Ubuntu Linux."
Merged from 18976:
Power management still isn't very effective in Linux and it still puts a lot of laptop users off Linux. While Linux has come on a long way thanks to the work of Intel with PowerTOP informing developers when their software breaks the idol state unnecessarily so they are doing their part as well as the kernel developers now we still have a long way to go to compete with Windows and I'm looking at ways for Ubuntu to do this.
One of the benefits of Linux is that is very easy to customise and a lot of its users love to tinker. Ubuntu should therefore use this to its advantage by allowing its power users to easily have access to the latest developments in Linux power efficiency. This would also be useful to Ubuntu as power users could submit results on what settings are most economical for specific hardware. This would give Ubuntu the chance to market itself on its power efficacy over other operating systems by it silently implementing these settings on the detected hardware setup for new users.
To give users these advantages Ubuntu should help more on Intels Lesswatts projects as these are Linux's best bet on beating windows power management. The problem is the solution to effective power management needs to simple enough that it works for a new user that wont even know its active but also very easy for power users to modify and test their own setups from one central tool.
http://www.lesswatts.org/
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Selected solution (#1):
Auto-generated solution of idea #81
Written by
jsmidt the 28 Feb 08 at 16:49.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the
idea #81 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!
<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #81 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.</i><br /> Thanks!
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Selected solution (#2):
Include a software like Ekobatt
Written by
biniou the 3 Feb 09 at 11:48.
It would be a good solution to include a software like Ekobatt or eee-control which permit to desactivate some features of laptop.
It would be a good solution to include a software like Ekobatt or eee-control which permit to desactivate some features of laptop.
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Selected solution (#3):
Add more power saving techniques to gnome-power-manager
Since it's already in control of power consumption. Two power managers running may conflict.
Add options to disable bluetooth and webcam when on battery power to gnome-power-manager.
Since it's already in control of power consumption. Two power managers running may conflict.
Add options to disable bluetooth and webcam when on battery power to gnome-power-manager.
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Selected solution (#5):
Analyze which software makes your machine use more power with PowerTOP
Written by
torkiano the 9 Feb 09 at 16:15.
PowerTOP is a Linux tool that helps you find those programs that are misbehaving while your computer is idle
More information: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/
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Selected solution (#6):
Develop/Intergrate WattOSPM (GUI laptop-mode/Powersaving) in2 Gnome-power-manger
This is taking Solution #3 to prevent conflict and expanding to give Gnome-power-manger 2 modes, simple for average user and button to reveal an advance set of options for power users based off the options in WattOSPM and PowerTOP.
To stop average users completely breaking their system with the tool only include safe things to disable in the simple mode in an on/off switch manor such as the optical drives and sound chipsets which aren't necessary to all users on the go but still waste power, Also this is a feature possible in windows for a long time now! The advanced mode could log user results of all their changes and show on a graph similar to Gnomes current power chart and have the option to submit the best back to Ubuntu so they can be set as silent defaults values for specific hardware for less technical users.
WattOSPM is already an effective little python tray-bound GUI to enable fast changing of laptop-mode-tools, X-backlight, and Powersaving settings to optimise many parts of your system for battery consumption and performance. So it would be nice to see it assisted by Ubuntu developers to add more features while it is integrated into Gnome to give back to the whole Linux community. These changes could be those found in Rightmark CPU Clock Utility for Windows Eg.CPU performance states editor, Thermal throttling values, and CPU PLL lock time these could be accessed through the Gnome CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor applet in the tray if cpufreq-selector is installed by default.
This is taking Solution #3 to prevent conflict and expanding to give Gnome-power-manger 2 modes, simple for average user and button to reveal an advance set of options for power users based off the options in WattOSPM and PowerTOP.
To stop average users completely breaking their system with the tool only include safe things to disable in the simple mode in an on/off switch manor such as the optical drives and sound chipsets which aren't necessary to all users on the go but still waste power, Also this is a feature possible in windows for a long time now! The advanced mode could log user results of all their changes and show on a graph similar to Gnomes current power chart and have the option to submit the best back to Ubuntu so they can be set as silent defaults values for specific hardware for less technical users.
WattOSPM is already an effective little python tray-bound GUI to enable fast changing of laptop-mode-tools, X-backlight, and Powersaving settings to optimise many parts of your system for battery consumption and performance. So it would be nice to see it assisted by Ubuntu developers to add more features while it is integrated into Gnome to give back to the whole Linux community. These changes could be those found in Rightmark CPU Clock Utility for Windows Eg.CPU performance states editor, Thermal throttling values, and CPU PLL lock time these could be accessed through the Gnome CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor applet in the tray if cpufreq-selector is installed by default.
<img src="http://www.raiden.net/images/articles/wattos/disks.png" />
Also get Ubuntu to look at some of the power/speed measures used in the Ubuntu derivative distribution WattOS and port them back to the main distribution where possible.
How to Install http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6362540&postcount=103
Review http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=539
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Selected solution (#7):
Write a simple GUI to control laptop-mode-tools.
Written by
andrew.p the 19 Mar 09 at 22:03.
Here are some parameters of /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf that sometimes should be customized not only by greatly experienced users: readahead size, disk spin down timeout, maximum time to keep data in memory, low battery level to write data to disk, whether to enable all of this on AC power. There IS a reason for it, for example optimal readahead can be very different on machines with different amount of RAM. Also, this is a way of locking some values (for example the tool should not allow to set readahead >RAM/50).
Also there should be a global Enable HDD Powersave Tools checkbox controlling /etc/default/acpi-support ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE.
And I also think there should be an option (with warning) to set hdparm -B to 254 in all modes (this fixes ustoppable spinning down on battery for some laptops).
Here are some parameters of /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf that sometimes should be customized not only by greatly experienced users: readahead size, disk spin down timeout, maximum time to keep data in memory, low battery level to write data to disk, whether to enable all of this on AC power. There IS a reason for it, for example optimal readahead can be very different on machines with different amount of RAM. Also, this is a way of locking some values (for example the tool should not allow to set readahead >RAM/50).
Also there should be a global Enable HDD Powersave Tools checkbox controlling /etc/default/acpi-support ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE.
And I also think there should be an option (with warning) to set hdparm -B to 254 in all modes (this fixes ustoppable spinning down on battery for some laptops).
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Selected solution (#8):
Make it a separate package
g-p-m already handles a lot of critical tasks, and does it pretty well. Since the advanced power tools being discussed are clearly optional, and since they are more user-interactive, they should be in a separate package instead of included in the g-p-m package.
g-p-m already handles a lot of critical tasks, and does it pretty well. Since the advanced power tools being discussed are clearly optional, and since they are more user-interactive, they should be in a separate package instead of included in the g-p-m package.
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Selected solution (#9):
Expand the capabilities of gnome-power-manager
Gnome power manager is a great tool but I think it could use some expansion. Namely, I'd like to see it logging (and eventually graphing) the system's battery history over the long term (not just a session) to give a more accurate picture of how a user typically uses his or her machine battery-wise and to give a sense of the machine's capabilities.
Ideally, the app would mature and after a set interval of recording this data, it would be able to provide a few basic suggestions based on power related events as to how the user can get the most life out of their battery in the long and short term.
Gnome power manager is a great tool but I think it could use some expansion. Namely, I'd like to see it logging (and eventually graphing) the system's battery history over the long term (not just a session) to give a more accurate picture of how a user typically uses his or her machine battery-wise and to give a sense of the machine's capabilities.
Ideally, the app would mature and after a set interval of recording this data, it would be able to provide a few basic suggestions based on power related events as to how the user can get the most life out of their battery in the long and short term.
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Selected solution (#10):
"Green Software" Logo
Written by
MX the 27 Mar 09 at 12:44.
To increase visibility and to be supported by facts: e.g. increases battery life by x% on average (for notebooks) or reduces average energy consumption by x % (for Pc's).
From my experience proper, non-technical and business oriented communication is key to reach most users and convince them about the usp's of a product.
Thinking of a usp - energy efficiency has a high impact.
Appreciate your thoughts and keep going!
To increase visibility and to be supported by facts: e.g. increases battery life by x% on average (for notebooks) or reduces average energy consumption by x % (for Pc's).
From my experience proper, non-technical and business oriented communication is key to reach most users and convince them about the usp's of a product.
Thinking of a usp - energy efficiency has a high impact.
Appreciate your thoughts and keep going!
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Selected solution (#11):
Integrate in other powersaving options.
Written by
Biornus the 2 Mar 09 at 18:59.
The options should automatically be available if you install the OS on a laptop.
The options should automatically be available if you install the OS on a laptop.
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Selected solution (#12):
Automatic charge/discharge
Written by
Mondane the 9 Feb 09 at 14:26.
The user shouldn't be bothered checking his battery and/or removing the battery when on AC power. Make the OS drain the battery on intervals so the battery stays intelligent when the laptop is on AC power.
The user should have the option the interrupt and revert the draining if he knows he needs a full battery and is leaving in a short time.
The user shouldn't be bothered checking his battery and/or removing the battery when on AC power. Make the OS drain the battery on intervals so the battery stays intelligent when the laptop is on AC power.
The user should have the option the interrupt and revert the draining if he knows he needs a full battery and is leaving in a short time.
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Selected solution (#13):
Set the maximum battery charge on AC power
Written by
mathieu the 5 Feb 09 at 18:36.
In order to preserve its battery's life, I would like to set the maximum percentage of charge (60% or 80% for example) when I'm not using it outdoor.
But if I have to use it outdoor, I want to release the limitation easily to get the maximum charge.
Finally, when I come back at home, I would like to use the battery power if the charge level is over the limitation setting, even if I have plugged the AC cable.
This trick will increase our Li-ion battery lifetime. Because if it is always completely charged when the laptop is running on AC power, its charging/discharging capacity will decrease quickly than if it is set on a lower value.
In order to preserve its battery's life, I would like to set the maximum percentage of charge (60% or 80% for example) when I'm not using it outdoor.
But if I have to use it outdoor, I want to release the limitation easily to get the maximum charge.
Finally, when I come back at home, I would like to use the battery power if the charge level is over the limitation setting, even if I have plugged the AC cable.
This trick will increase our Li-ion battery lifetime. Because if it is always completely charged when the laptop is running on AC power, its charging/discharging capacity will decrease quickly than if it is set on a lower value.
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Selected solution (#14):
Simple GUI or tray icon
Written by
TuxHHG the 22 Jun 09 at 22:36.
Today we can suspend many unused devices over the proc filesystem, but this is very annoying for a simple user. I provide a gui tool or trayicon that list devices. It should have simple checkbuttons to activate or suspend it.
Such a tool exist for the asus eee, with improvements it should work on many other computers.
Today we can suspend many unused devices over the proc filesystem, but this is very annoying for a simple user. I provide a gui tool or trayicon that list devices. It should have simple checkbuttons to activate or suspend it.
Such a tool exist for the asus eee, with improvements it should work on many other computers.
Add Screenlets by default
Written by Whise the 29 Feb 08 at 01:28.
Global category: Look and Feel.
Not an idea
The title says it all , screenlets now run on non composite desktop also , so it can be integrated neatly in a default great looking desktop
Brainstorm comment rating system
Written by LC всадник cbet the 8 May 08 at 05:55.
Related project: brainstorm.ubuntu.com .
New
Some comments become part of the idea itself, through the comments ideas can be improved significantly, other comments though are not as important to the idea or pure waste of time; so a system of rating similar to the one already in use by Ubuntu's forum could help people focus on whether vote for it or not; when the option of translation is implemented translators could avoid wasting time with unimportant comments.
way of automatisation of available solutions (workarounds, fixes,...)
Written by step the 22 Nov 09 at 21:02.
Related project: Synaptic package manager .
New
* Although (and because) Ubuntu is developing quickly, there are still many problems which can only be solved without GUI by terminal/editor work.
* For many users, the available solutions in forums and wikis are still not helpful, because they are "afraid" of the command-line.
* In forums, the same (often simple) solutions are described over and over again to different users.
* Ubuntu software developers and experienced users are able to automatise solutions/workarounds/fixes in bash-skripts. There should be an easy way to share them with the community.
Solution #1:
"Solution-Center" for easy download & implementation of common workarounds
Written by
step the 22 Nov 09 at 21:02.
"Solution-Center": A program which allows to up/download & execute bash-scripts (in combination with a driver, corrected acpi-table, ...) to implement known solutions, fixes and workarounds for the user. The bash-scripts are provided (developed& maintained) by the community. They are then available over the internet (ubuntu-servers) through this program.
Example:
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User "exbert" has a new laptop "problemhard". Some hardware doesn't work. She finds a workaround and now it works. She writes a bash script that automates the workaround. Now she uploads the script in combination with a driver-file and makes it available for the community under the key "fix for laptop problemhard".
User "noob" buys the same laptop. Although he doesn't know nearly as much about linux as "exbert", he can now easily and quickly implement the (possibly complex) workaround: "exbert" tells him:
* Open your "easy workaround"-Program
* search for "problemhard"
* select "fix for laptop problemhard", enter your (sudo-)password & wait to finish
Done.
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Further Ideas:
* This program could be an extension of the apt-system(?).
* The "solutions" (scripts) can be maintained according to the official sources: e.g. management of restricted drivers (official scripts), bugfixes (multiverse) and acpi-fixes (universe).
* "Solutions" (scripts) are managed for each Version of Ubuntu
* There should also be a feedback-functionality ("does it work now (Y/N)?"), maybe a comment function ("don't execute this if...") for the solutions.
* Grouping/tagging/linking of "Solutions" should be possible (e.g. alternative solutions to the same problem, all solutions for laptop "problemhard", undoing of solutions)
* Ubuntu Software developers can keep track of how often a common problem shows up (download-counts) and decide, which "construction sites" are important
"Solution-Center": A program which allows to up/download & execute bash-scripts (in combination with a driver, corrected acpi-table, ...) to implement known solutions, fixes and workarounds for the user. The bash-scripts are provided (developed& maintained) by the community. They are then available over the internet (ubuntu-servers) through this program.
Example:
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User "exbert" has a new laptop "problemhard". Some hardware doesn't work. She finds a workaround and now it works. She writes a bash script that automates the workaround. Now she uploads the script in combination with a driver-file and makes it available for the community under the key "fix for laptop problemhard".
User "noob" buys the same laptop. Although he doesn't know nearly as much about linux as "exbert", he can now easily and quickly implement the (possibly complex) workaround: "exbert" tells him:
* Open your "easy workaround"-Program
* search for "problemhard"
* select "fix for laptop problemhard", enter your (sudo-)password & wait to finish
Done.
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Further Ideas:
* This program could be an extension of the apt-system(?).
* The "solutions" (scripts) can be maintained according to the official sources: e.g. management of restricted drivers (official scripts), bugfixes (multiverse) and acpi-fixes (universe).
* "Solutions" (scripts) are managed for each Version of Ubuntu
* There should also be a feedback-functionality ("does it work now (Y/N)?"), maybe a comment function ("don't execute this if...") for the solutions.
* Grouping/tagging/linking of "Solutions" should be possible (e.g. alternative solutions to the same problem, all solutions for laptop "problemhard", undoing of solutions)
* Ubuntu Software developers can keep track of how often a common problem shows up (download-counts) and decide, which "construction sites" are important
Solution #2:
In addition to #1
Written by
alms66 the 25 Nov 09 at 20:48.
Add an import/export function so that you can go from one working computer, export the solution to USB/CD/DVD, then go to the computer that needs the solution and import from USB/CD/DVD - just in case the problem you're trying to fix is your network card isn't working, which seems to be a fairly common problem.
Add an import/export function so that you can go from one working computer, export the solution to USB/CD/DVD, then go to the computer that needs the solution and import from USB/CD/DVD - just in case the problem you're trying to fix is your network card isn't working, which seems to be a fairly common problem.
Solution #3:
Similar to #1 but taken from my submission Idea #22667
Written by
doobiest the 26 Nov 09 at 20:04.
The solution to this problem is straight forward.
Under the System > Administration menu add an application. Something named 'Fixes' or 'Fixxer' or something indicating that it will help the user correct a particular problem they're having.
In the application have a list of common problems related to bugs identified but not yet fixed in their current distro version.
I'm thinking mostly hardware related thing:
-No sound
-No network connectivity
-etc
The user can click on 'No sound' and a bash script would be executed to do all the stuff likely required to work around the bug. Restart alsa/pulse audio, kill off and PIDs hanging in /dev/snd/. Followed by a test wav file.
Similar with network, it would restart the networking, issue dhclient, etc.
This will certainly help people who aren't experienced. If this issue happens to me I dive into a command line, work around it, and wait for a software update fixing the bug. Someone less experienced is helpless. Knowing to go into that program and click a button to temporarily work around the issue is a big bonus. Sure beats a reboot.
[...]
This app should have a web component to it. Say the user is running ubuntu 8.10. Out off all the uncorrected bugs checked in, find which have a valid work around submitted, add that to a list, and when the user loads the fixxer app it would download an updated list of fixes they might be looking for.
This would behave somewhat like the software repository. It's a repository of fixes, which can be updated or invalided as time goes on. I think this would also be great for legacy support for users who for whatever reason cannot continue to upgrade to the latest and greatest, they aren't left in the dust.
Also there could be a command line output at the bottom of app, which could show the content of the script and the output. This would help new users understand whats going on under the hood, letting them level up exp. wise.
The scripts for these fixes should be written as basic as possible and well commented. It's essentially a hand holder saying, you're a new users, but if you weren't, you might want to consider writing a script like 'this' to fix your problems.
The solution to this problem is straight forward.
Under the System > Administration menu add an application. Something named 'Fixes' or 'Fixxer' or something indicating that it will help the user correct a particular problem they're having.
In the application have a list of common problems related to bugs identified but not yet fixed in their current distro version.
I'm thinking mostly hardware related thing:
-No sound
-No network connectivity
-etc
The user can click on 'No sound' and a bash script would be executed to do all the stuff likely required to work around the bug. Restart alsa/pulse audio, kill off and PIDs hanging in /dev/snd/. Followed by a test wav file.
Similar with network, it would restart the networking, issue dhclient, etc.
This will certainly help people who aren't experienced. If this issue happens to me I dive into a command line, work around it, and wait for a software update fixing the bug. Someone less experienced is helpless. Knowing to go into that program and click a button to temporarily work around the issue is a big bonus. Sure beats a reboot.
[...]
This app should have a web component to it. Say the user is running ubuntu 8.10. Out off all the uncorrected bugs checked in, find which have a valid work around submitted, add that to a list, and when the user loads the fixxer app it would download an updated list of fixes they might be looking for.
This would behave somewhat like the software repository. It's a repository of fixes, which can be updated or invalided as time goes on. I think this would also be great for legacy support for users who for whatever reason cannot continue to upgrade to the latest and greatest, they aren't left in the dust.
Also there could be a command line output at the bottom of app, which could show the content of the script and the output. This would help new users understand whats going on under the hood, letting them level up exp. wise.
The scripts for these fixes should be written as basic as possible and well commented. It's essentially a hand holder saying, you're a new users, but if you weren't, you might want to consider writing a script like 'this' to fix your problems.
Solution #4:
Proposed solution for workarounds associated with particular packages
Written by
dhilvert the 29 Nov 09 at 04:45.
For the case where the workaround is clearly associated with a particular package (e.g.,
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liferea/+bug/290666/comments/35 ), the most natural approach might be to display multiple packages in the package or update manager (aptitude, synaptic, update-manager, etc.), with workarounds described in the package descriptions. In this way, the package manager would be aware of the fix, but users could choose (or not) to implement any particular set of workarounds. As a side benefit, the workaround would be naturally cleaned up when a real fix is eventually released.
For the case of the update manager, which might be generally expected to be more user friendly than aptitude or synaptic, packages for workarounds could be confined to a special section (e.g., a 'solution center' as in solution #1, perhaps accessible via button or menu).
For the case where the workaround is clearly associated with a particular package (e.g., https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liferea/+bug/290666/comments/35 ), the most natural approach might be to display multiple packages in the package or update manager (aptitude, synaptic, update-manager, etc.), with workarounds described in the package descriptions. In this way, the package manager would be aware of the fix, but users could choose (or not) to implement any particular set of workarounds. As a side benefit, the workaround would be naturally cleaned up when a real fix is eventually released.
For the case of the update manager, which might be generally expected to be more user friendly than aptitude or synaptic, packages for workarounds could be confined to a special section (e.g., a 'solution center' as in solution #1, perhaps accessible via button or menu).
Solution #5:
Distribute fixes through update manager
The reason users need all these work-arounds is because only critical or security related fixes are propagated through the update manager.
The reason users need all these work-arounds is because only critical or security related fixes are propagated through the update manager.
Solution #6:
Tie Forum threads to Wiki pages
Written by
snadrus the 1 Dec 09 at 22:25.
PPAs are great for package workarounds from experts, new software, etc. More complex requests are often answered in the Forums. But people who Google for the answers must read pages of corrections & updates to be sure it's their issue. Have each Forum thread associate with a Wiki page which has corrected the steps to leave a single solution point, even if the solution is "Install ___ package by clicking PPA://___"
PPAs are great for package workarounds from experts, new software, etc. More complex requests are often answered in the Forums. But people who Google for the answers must read pages of corrections & updates to be sure it's their issue. Have each Forum thread associate with a Wiki page which has corrected the steps to leave a single solution point, even if the solution is "Install ___ package by clicking PPA://___"
Solution #7:
Promote best (and tested) 'workarounds' to Launchpad, then publish them
Written by
rrnwexec the 6 Dec 09 at 20:57.
Launchpad already does a great job capturing data about bugs. Many bug reports contain 'workarounds'.
When a 'workaround' is discovered, the community that sees it and tests it should submit the information to Launchpad.
The community should actively encourage posters in forums, blogs, etc. to submit their work in Launchpad. This will help make the Ubuntu bug management system the best there is.
Launchpad already does a great job capturing data about bugs. Many bug reports contain 'workarounds'.
When a 'workaround' is discovered, the community that sees it and tests it should submit the information to Launchpad.
The community should actively encourage posters in forums, blogs, etc. to submit their work in Launchpad. This will help make the Ubuntu bug management system the best there is.
Solution #8:
Check preconditions before execution, in addition to #1
Written by
step the 26 Mar 12 at 20:52.
There could also be a check for perconditions to these scripts. E.g.
* does the system really have the affected ubuntu version?
* is it really the affected hardware?
* play a sound: is it really not audible?
* …
There could also be a check for perconditions to these scripts. E.g.
* does the system really have the affected ubuntu version?
* is it really the affected hardware?
* play a sound: is it really not audible?
* …