Contributor apogee

I have 4 Linux machines on my local network: 2 Kubuntu machines, 1 Xubuntu and 1 UbuntuStudio.

They use packages common to all, and they each have specific packages. When an update is available, I have to download the same update 4 times on a single day. That wastes my bandwidth and reduces my productivity.

Via Google I did locate a page that explained how to set-up a server and link networked machines to first update from the network server, if not found then update from web. But that was incredibly difficult for me to follow (kinda newbie / GUI lover.)

Should any of the networked machines download an update first, it stores it and makes it available for the other machines to update without having to download again.

For instance, when I plug my lap-top into the network in the morning, it updates from the already updated desktop machine first instead of directly from the web.

Once all machines are satisfied that they are properly updated, the .deb files can be marked for removal to free up space again.

I am not always online when an app crashes, so the crash report is lost. Ditto with when I locate a bug that I want to report. An app to manage and explore the history of crashes and bug reports on my local machine would be fantastic.

I would also like the explorer to group the reports by history of crashed apps, nature of crash, type of bug, frequency of crash, etc.

Sync the un-submitted crashes and bug reports to respective vendors when next I am online. And check for responses to bugs, download and view later.

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/kubuntu-partition-manager

I would love to be able to re-size my existing partitions and store my data together, without having to YALC-up on a set of terminal commands. An easy GUI interface where you can click and drag the edge to re-size the partitions visually.

I don't see why such a visual partition manager can not also be incorporated into the Kubuntu install wizard.

I particularly loved the idea of having a separate /home/ partition with an "auto-detect /home/ partition" built into the install process.

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/314/

I know the terminal is powerful, but some of us non-gurus still need to plod ahead with GUI's

Thanks. :-)

Please enable Xubuntu networking by default and switch NTFS access on too. Thanks.

When viewing ideas by categories on the left menu, I'd like to see ideas by the other existing filter criteria. (At the moment when you click the categories, you only get the most popular.)

I suggest something like this:

Category | System | Latest Ideas
Category | System | Most popular today
Category | System | Most popular this week
Category | System | Most popular this month
Category | System | Random
Category | System | Ideas being worked upon
Category | System | Implemented Ideas

Category | Installation | Latest Ideas
Category | Installation | Most popular today
Category | Installation | Most popular this week
Category | Installation | Most popular this month
Category | Installation | Random
Category | Installation | Ideas being worked upon
Category | Installation | Implemented Ideas

etc.

P.S. Thanks for implementing the Categories & Brainstorming menus. Keep up the good work.

Open Source (be it on the Windows platform, or Linux) is a concept that is just not widely known to South African Businesses. Yes, there are some here that know about it, but in comparison, it is not as nearly as well known as it is in Europe or America. Linux adoption in SA is still very slim, but it is getting better. One way to expose Linux and Open Source is through awards and approved technology partners such as the Microsoft Gold Partner awards etc.

Imagine my surprise when I found this:

http://www.netsurit.com/content/dynamic.asp?Page_ID=21

quote: "The Competing to Win Partner of the Year: Linux/LAMP award recognizes partners who have won customers on the Windows Server or desktop platform where Linux/LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/PERL/Python and similar Open Source web platform stack) alternatives were a consideration or a prior deployment. "

This is something I did not expect in SA since Open Source and Linux. traditionally, is just "not a threat" in SA Business. Microsoft SA obviously feel threatened enough by Linux and Open Source in order to be giving awards to their technology partners who have successfully taken business away from "Linux/LAMP & similar Open Source web platform stack."

Therefore Canonical, OSI, FSF, Red Hat, Mandrake and other Linux and Open Source players can create a Technology Awards foundation whereby awards are granted in the advancement and adoption of Linux and Open Source alternatives. Categories can be new implementations, migrations, upgrades, expansion to existing infrastructure, new development (read: Research & Development projects) There can also be awards for shining new-comers, etc.

Right-click:
Print content as thumbnails
Print content as documents

While viewing the contents of the directory as thumbnails (specifically images & videos), I often need to print those thumbnails (with various info: file-name, size, dpi, date modified etc.)

Currently, that's not easy with Konqueror or Dolphin.

It would be nice to right-click on an empty area of the folder and select "print folder as thumbnails" and then I can select the level of detail I need printed at that time (image only, or image + file-name + date + size, print)

The next bit is automated batch printing of each individual file

Or right-click "print folder contents" then brings up the options dialog and I can filter by file-type &/or by date or matching a string, click "print" and the OS then prints all files without you having to manually open each file and print.

Good idea:
XAMPP (LAMPP / MAMPP / WAMPP etc.) web servers:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/extra.html

Although XAMPP is Mac/PC/Linux, it does not go on an OS independent CD like this:

Stunnix OS-independent web-server on a CD:
http://www.stunnix.com/prod/aws/overviews.shtml

How about having some sort of OS independent solution that will run CD and DVD projects without the target machine having to install any software at all. But not just a Stunnix clone, something better: Remember Macromedia Director and Authorware? And Flash too.

Essentially a projector for OS independent "multimedia / database / web-based projects" all running of the same CD / DVD no matter what the presentation technology used.

(The client is also requesting that this disk be password protected and encrypted, to prevent un-authorized access.)