Contributor andersja

One month is simply not long enough for the beta phase of Ubuntu's development cycle. With each new release Ubuntu seems to be accumulating more and more bugs. Even worse are the tons of regressions slipping through until after the final release, sometimes not getting fixed at all. More focus needs to be put on testing and stability (including universe/multiverse too).

Most users are terrified at the idea of running an alpha, so almost no one but developers and hardcore/bleeding-edge types are doing any real testing 5 out of the 6 months that each release is developed. I'd love to see 3 months of development (alpha) followed by 3 months of testing (beta+rc), but that's probably not realistic. So I propose 1 month of beta, followed by 1 month of release candidates; thus giving us 2 months of testing rather than one. The devs and other folks in charge can make the real decision of exactly how long, but 1 month (3 weeks of beta + 1 week rc) just isn't cutting it guys.

Make a kickass chess game with nice graphics like Chess Titans on Windows Vista.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Titans

Create a torrent site with Ubuntu related torrents. So that people can submit own GPL GTK themes and wallpapers, comment on torrents etc. Also users would be able to submit .debs, which would decrease server load on default download page.

I don't know if this is possible but could there be a option to install multiple debs at one time.

You might be asking why?

Well imagine you were updating your comp to a new version of speed crunch using Update Manager. Then you wanted to install a new program but imagine this each deb file is Dependant on each over so you have to install them together.

In todays Ubuntu just having Update Manager and installing one piece of software does not happen!

Its interesting that ALL users or possible users of Ubuntu can access with no lingual problems to Ubuntu Brainstorm for add new ideas or vote the existen ideas.

Google offer to translate in 24 languages with a simple link, for example:

-Ubuntu Brainstorm in Spanish:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/&usg=ALkJrhifYjC8zWcKPAWQmCNkdhscB-OgPA ">http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=es&sl=en&tl=es&u=http://brainstorm.ubuntu. com/&usg=ALkJrhifYjC8zWcKPAWQmCNkdhscB-OgPA

-Ubuntu Brainstorm in French:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/&usg=ALkJrhheySVVfCf5-YqLgDsqXRorA09EbQ ">http://66.102.9.104/translate_c?hl=es&sl=en&tl=fr&u=http://brainstorm.ubuntu. com/&usg=ALkJrhheySVVfCf5-YqLgDsqXRorA09EbQ

And much more...

This plugin for WordPress do the same with a blog in WordPress for do it international.
http://www.nothing2hide.net/wp-plugins/wordpress-global-translator-plugin/

I know that aren't correct all the translation, but is much better that don't understand anything for promote ideas.

canonical must delete ideas that are under -20 or less, becouse that means that ubuntu comunity dont like that idea so people are wasting time reading them!!

Would be interesting if the next Ubuntu wallpapers could be colaborative, when anyone contribute with a little bit, beyond being an one-person work.

My suggestion is that Ubuntu doesn't diverge from it's African origins trying to mimic Windows Vista or Mac OS X in look and style.

As a guy from IBM said "Don't copy Vista!" - we have to do better, much better.

Ok, so Ubuntu is "brown" and it's a hard color to work with - but it also represents earth/tierra - humanity - the African soil - protect the earth.

I hope that Ubuntu hang on to those core values and makes them shine through in the Ubuntu OS as well as throughout Canonical.

By emphasizing those values Ubuntu can create a real sharp edge. Vista/Mac OS X is NOTHING like that.

I would suggest you to run a Google image search for "African art" and you'll get tons of nice examples.

Does Ubuntu really stands for Humanity? Well - let it show - let it shine!

Although this was copied from what is probably an april's fool joke, it directly made sense to me. The current directory structure is very confusing to new users and the one proposed below immediately makes sense to anyone:

/bin /system/executables
/boot /system/boot
/dev /system/devices
/etc /system/config
/lib /system/libraries
/home /users
/media /storage
/mnt /storage
/proc /system/processes
/root /users/Administrator
/sbin /system/executables/admin
/tmp /system/temporary
/usr /system/applications

(idea taken from http://blog.drinsama.de/erich/en/linux/debian/2008040101-renaming-directories.h tml)

Like a Yahoo widgets, to have a Free SMS option to send free SMS, from my desktop. Try to work with Wadja, its popular and it's free.
Ubuntu promote Wadja, Wadja promote Ubuntu :)


Sorry for my English, it sucks I know :)

I mean? there should be a normal ability to install Ubuntu without LiveCD e.g. from iso or even directory. Generally such ability exists now, but it should be easier and it will be great if there will be appropriate GUI.

ubuntu live cd is to test and then install so i put a suggestion that ubuntu live cd should consist of an emulator which can run before installing from wubi.
this will be a new concept of testing ubuntu without rebooting windows. and new users will love that.

Some users (of server version major) want to have stable version of kernel (2.6.16.60 for now) more than new features.

Please, include it in repositories.

In a enormous football stadium does space exist for the logo of Ubuntu?
If Canonical thinks seriously then Ubuntu,perhaps it acquires many more friends afterwards 2010.

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.

Joost - Internet-based TV - only runs on Windows and Mac.

My idea is to work with Joost and come up with a Ubuntu Linux client that works better than Windows.

Joost is the only thing that Windows has that I want to run on my Ubuntu OS.

Carl

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-September/000481.h tml

Ubuntu 9.04 will be called Jaunty Jakalope. However, this is the first Ubuntu distribution to be named to a fictional animal, being the Jackalope not a real animal, but a fictional cross between the Jackrabbit and the antelope.

All Ubuntu distributions so far came with names of real animals, do we want to break the convention?

More information about the Jackalope: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackalope

The Brainstorm statistics at the top of the page ATM says:
"The Ubuntu community has contributed 10942 ideas, 49795 comments, 1066521 votes"

If you post another idea or vote for any idea, the stats don't change, so I think they are updated just once a day or so.
It would be cool to have a "realtime" update

We should create Ubuntu Support Teams to provide on-site setup for small business and corporations wishing to use Ubuntu in their work environment, as well as on-site support for anybody. The people on the teams could be either volunteers or paid employees of Canonical. The on-site support should be free, and the on-site setup should cost something like $50 for up to five computers, $100 for up to 10 computers, etc. Maybe even give these teams their own offices? So that they can also provide over-the-phone support.

Imagine being able navigate through Ubuntu, without hands or voice. Eye tracking can take laziness to a new level! Just look where you want the cursor to be, and raise your eyebrows to click (blinking doesn't work to well). It could also help people who are paralyzed and can't speak.

Unfortunately, eye tracking requires expensive equipment. It would be neat if would work with one or more cheap webcams. Then there could be four point calibration between eye gaze and the screen.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2242757,00.asp

It would be nice opening a Photo Contest of people who installed Ubuntu on their pcs, with prizes like ...

"The Weirdest"
"The Sexyest"
"The Geekest"
"The Greenest"
"The Somethingelsest" etc...

And an absolute prize that may be a laptop!

And the pic may include the pc also...