Contributor apogee

It is very easy to install softwares from internet but it is a problem to install softwares on a machine which does not have internet connection even tough you have all packages available off-line.

There are available ways to copy packages using "APTonCD". But still the machine without internet connection asks to reload repositories.
Even we can double click and install the required software, but when they have dependencies.... it is a tough job!

It would be great if we can move one or group of softwares with all dependencies and repository to another machine with a single click.

Due to this the users who install Ubuntu but don't have internet connection, think the Ubuntu is not for them and at last they abandon Ubuntu!

There are a lot of other great ideas that the different distros have. Sadly, cross-pollination is quite rare. I'd urge each of the Ubuntu developers to play with a different distro for a while.

For example, Mandriva still hasn't learned to include bash-completion and nano in the base install; on the other hand, Ubuntu should pick up some of Mandriva's pre-defined shell-aliases, and have "set show-all-if-ambiguous on" in /etc/inputrc. Gentoo has the nicest boot scheme.

I think it would be a good idea to have an application like add/remove that allows user install software with the simplicity of this programs and have the advanced options and features of Synaptic, so you dont get any message like ''For advanced options use Synaptic Package Manager''. I would be less confusing for a new user (assuming that the user has low knowledge about computers)

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.

Everyone is familiar with Open Office’s office suite or Firefox/Mozzilla’s internet suite of Firefox and Thunderbird. Both suites have found homes in Linux and are a staple in many Linux distros.(IMHO) These two application suites have made Linux a viable OS in desktop computing. Yes, I do know other alternatives to OOO and FF are available and, competition is a good thing.

The time has now come for a multi-media Application Suite for the OSS community. Lets face it, Linux lacks many of the creative and multi-media tools that it needs to be a real desktop OS. Many new users to Ubuntu/ Linux just need a simple way to edit video, audio and pics. I know that many apps already exist for these needs but, most of these apps fall short and do not integrate with one another(IMHO).

Is there a really solid OSS video editor for the home video enthusiast? This is what I see with many OSS video editors: Cinelerra is overkill and it lacks the ability to capture DV video. Kino and Diva are just to basic. Pitivi just combines clips, Kdenlive is still very buggy (in beta) also, getting firewire to work is also a real pain for video editing applications too.

A simple to use video editor is much needed in the home user Ubuntu/ Linux desktop. While were talking about video Apps how about integrating a video editor with a separate DVD Video creation app? Is this starting to sound like iMovie and iDVD?

Image editing in Linux needs work too, Gimp is OK for simple editing but should combine a photo manager and needs some work with some of the core tools and its UI to make it easer for the home user. Once more, the Image app should be able to work with the video editing and DVD creation software.

If these apps were created and worked well, a natural side effect could be a push in the use of free or open source formats for media such as ogg. Having a multimedia application suite for creation that pushes open media formats such as OGG would be huge!

So the BIG question is how do you make money off developing this Application suite? Easy, all of these apps create multimedia files that either have hard copy equivalents or can be uploaded to sharing sites like youtube or flicker.

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I'd love to see Ubuntu work on a ubuntu server which can automatically set itself up, and install ubuntu on 10000 computers automatically, so easily anyone can do it. It would consist of 1 CD, Ubuntu Self-Deploy Network Server.

It should be as simple as:
1) pop CD into server
2) Fill in network name, admin password, if computers should be given 1 static IP per mac address or make it dynamic, network settings, approximately how big the network will grow to, and what services should be run (ie, mail server, internal DNS server). The server should also be capable of setting itself up as a router
3) Latest version of Ubuntu server is automatically downloaded and installed.
4) Server is automatically configured using settings filled in.
5) Apt repository proxy is set up automatically on server (for temporary use). Latest packages for ubuntu are downloaded and stored in the Apt proxy cache.
6) A Netboot server is started which will automatically install Ubuntu on all computers using settings set during config.
7) Turn on all computers and boot from lan. Ubuntu is automatically downloaded and installed on all the computers (regardless of how many).
8) Clients are configured to use the servers settings (Maybe over LDAP?)
9) Finally, when all clients are done, set all the clients to restart in 3 or 4 mins time, and restart the server instantly.

`ala network in a box.

If admin chose for each computer to use their own local users, ask for them on every computer. If its centralised, the server should ask for the usernames on reboot. Server should have a way to easily manage all clients too.

Having this would make configuring even massive Ubuntu networks easy. Nobody should need to spend $1000 on an admin to set up a network, and take 2 weeks doing it. If we can let admins set up massive networks only requiring to pay them for 3 hours for testing (ie, set up server, and come back when it is all installed), it means that businesses can be up and running within a day, and cheaply, and may not need a professional administrator in many cases.

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This takes the idea of a hardware/system database for bug tracking one step further by integrating user knowledge/feedback and automatic updates and system save/restore to (semi-)automagically report, track & resolve issues.
It should use/enhance/integrate existing systems and "only" add missing components.

Related ideas:
#1497, #732, #40

Basic idea:
- one central system application to report problems / search for fixes / get bug status
- offer possible known fixes* from DB, option to automatically apply them
- offers "fix packages" and user-selectable, individual actions
- lets user test & report feedback (!). Store fixes & feedback in DB to create new suggestions.
- Use confirmed fixes automatically during system setup and Updates.
- Possibility to add fixes ("Doing XYZ solved my problem" - system fills in system/hardware/config details (filtered diff to original state)).
- easy rollback ("System snapshot")
- official/upstream info about problems ("Your problem seems to be related to known bugs X,Y,Z (details available). X and Y are fixed upstream, Z is being worked on").

*A "fix" is any kind of action, from changing a symlink to installing a different kernel. A "fix pack" is a collection of such actions.

Would kind of combine the knowledge found in forums, newsgroups, mailing lists etc into machine-readable, searchable and auto-applyable data & actions with direct semantic references to hardware, system configs and levels of / conditions for success.
If one User finds a fix, all users can benefit from it instantly - no need to post it anywhere else, no need to search for fixes anywhere else, no need for expert knowledge to test/apply them.
For confirmed fixes, all that is needed is an automatic update - you don't even have to know that there is a problem to have it fixed (again: for very specific hardware/software configs that may be hard to fix globally/on distro-level).

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Ubuntu should include a way to add/remove fonts from a repository just like the add/remove program panel. When a user needs a new font, they could open up the window, and the program would download the latest repository fonts. The user could look through the fonts and choose which ones to install by simply checking a box and clicking "apply." A user could search for font keywords to find certain styles of fonts. For example, someone could search for keywords words "serif","sans serif","cursive", and the GUI would display fonts that match the search. This would be a killer tool for designers.

Furthermore, the GUI could be very helpful. When a user browses a font, a sample image of it could be automatically loaded so that the user can quickly find fonts that are appealing to them. A rating system or popularity gauge could be used so that the best fonts can be highlighted.

A tool like this would create inscentive for font designers to make their designs free/public. Credits could be given to designers in the font descriptions.

Ubuntu already has a "Send To" dialog when you right click an item, but its only to send it to things like e-mail, it would be cool if you could put all of our "bookmarked locations" in that menu, so we can move files from our desktop or other folders quickly into our Documents, Music, Pictures, etc...

I'm German and I keep hearing Complaints from Friends and Family I converted to Ubuntu, that they don't understand the english Descriptions of the Packages listed in Synaptic.
Some are already translated, but the majority isn't.
So it is important to me, that the Translation of the Descriptions is getting a higher Priority.
I'd help translating, but I never found a possibility to translate the Descriptions for the Packages on Launchpad. It seems to me I can just translate the Program itself (which I do already).

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.

Make it easier to install ubuntu over a LAN

Well I would like see better description of bundled software on Ubuntu.com. Why? Well that is where an average user would go, now if I would like to learn a bit more on lets say Safari web browser, well Apple has a good webpage for that, also on Apple's site they have it where I can search for software such as Firefox and link to downloading it.

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