Ubuntu brainstorm

[-14] Strong public action against the OpenSSL

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Some media are exploiting the OpenSSL issue to show that open source software is not (and will never be) as safe as private software. In order to preserve the image of reliability of Ubuntu, it would be necessary to carry out the actions needed to fix this issue and publicly ensure that Ubuntu (and the software officialy maintained repositoy) is free now of this issue.

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[-51] Hire the "Dream Team" to defend Hans Reiser in court

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Hans Reiser is currently imprisoned, facing a murder trial. He was accused of the murder of his wife Nina Reiser, after she disappeared while cheating on him with Sean Sturgeon, a self-admitted serial killer.

Hire the "dream team" legal team, consisting of Alan Dershowitz, F. Lee Bailey, Robert Shapiro and Johnnie Cochran who defended O.J. Simpson in the murder case against his wife. O.J Simpson never spent a single day in prison.

This will allow Hans Reiser to continue the developement of the 'reiser4' file system. A revolutionary file system which is 10 to 15 times faster than its most serious competitor, the ext3 file system currently used in Ubuntu.

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[-35] Evolution calender day view should only show working hours, not ALL hours.

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

The subject line says it all.

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[-105] Remove "Add / Remove Programs"; keep Synaptic

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Do we actually need both "Add / Remove Programs" and "Synaptic Package Manager"? --Surely not. And, it's confusing, even to me.

If we only have one, which should we keep? --Synaptic, clearly, since it's more featureful.

Can we make Synaptic more user-friendly to novices? --Yes, easily. Give it "novice" and "expert" modes; maybe tart up the graphics a bit.

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[42] Make Pidgin recognise apt:

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Give pidgin the ability to recognise apt: and handle it appropriately

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[35] Allow control over start/stop of media in OpenOffice Impress

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

OpenOffice Impress does not allow one to click a movie object to start playing that movie. It automatically starts the moment the slide comes into focus.

As a scientist I need to give presentations that contain several movies. I am still reverting to using Windows XP in virtualbox to show Powerpoint presentations, because of this lacking feature.

My idea would be to implement simple control over playing media clips (video/audio) in presentation mode.

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[672] Improving Nautilus

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

1)small tree browser in the left pane( like the one in windows explorer, its convenient for quickly browsing the hierarchy'). The tree like structure in the "detailed" view on the right pane is very close to what i am talking abt. but, it needs to be on the left side with smaller icons so that it can fit into a smaller left pane.

2) Tabbed browsing instead of opening multiple windows

3) responsiveness, nautilus needs to render much faster that it currently does. Since the file explorer is one of the most frequently used app, ppl get easy frustrated when it doesn't work as expected.

4) There should be an option to apply a view setting (icons,details,etc) system wide( for all folders in the system) , that is, not remembering view setting for each folder and using a global view setting.

5) Dragging an entity should make it transparent. If not done, this tends to cover up the entity on which you are dropping it on. If transparency is not achievable due to some limitation in X server, show only the outline while dragging.

6) The shorcuts in the left pane, when right clicked should have context menu similar to that of a normal folder.

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Bug #83491 : [Information on this bug will be retrieved soon]

[280] Spread ubuntu site like "spreadfirefox"

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

It is nice idea to create a separate site for speading ubuntu like "spreadfirefox" site. Speadfirefox make greatest job to make firefox so popular. Spread ubuntu will be a cammunity marketing site focussing to spread the word "ubuntu" among all most every corners of the world. It is nice to give prizes like ubuntu hats, stickers and tea shirts among top achievers.

Making groups like LUGS among students and youths in every city and called them ubuntu volunteers or like. The volunteers
spread ubuntu among schools collages and other arias especially among young next generation and understanding them why ubuntu is better than proprietary Operating systems.

The "volunteers of ubuntu" also distribute free ubuntu cds among schools, collages and other people who actually needed it after every new release. They also offer free support or help to install ubuntu among average computer users.

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Blueprint diy-website: [Information on this blueprint will be retrieved soon]
Ubuntuforums.org thread #716832

[-63] Who's Online?

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

It would be nice to be able to see who is online on brainstorm. I don't know if it's possible or even important, but could be interesting.

Thanks

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[-51] Brew our very own ubuntu beer

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Next time you sit back and relax, remember to chill out with an ubuntu beer..

Some ideas were talking about making plushy toys, etc. So why not also rebrand some beer, and hand it out at tech conferences. Ubuntu will be the most popular booth around.

And I know it sounds stupid, however, its a very good way to attract attention. For people who have never heard of ubuntu, it would encourage them to come to the booth and hang around with other diehard ubuntu users (and get the word out there).

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[45] Brainstorm: Ban automatism

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Please make Brainstorm web application able to kickban users writing posts with activated capslock - I'm not joking.

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[-152] New yearly versions instead of half-year

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

After and update broke my sound a developer on a forum said they are pressed with time (and testing) and that's why it happens to see bugs from 3 years ago come back and haunt. I propose to have maybe one version per year but with more extensive testing and with more new features, more revolutionary. As it is now I don't see much difference between Feisty and Gutsy.

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[489] Option To Delete Your Own Bad Brainstorm Ideas

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Because sometimes things don't sound like nearly as good an idea when you've thought on it a while. :-)

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[608] Make Brainstorm link prominent on the Ubuntu website

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

The Ubuntu home page makes no mention of brainstorm. The news on the home page doesn't even mention this site launching. Clicking on Community/Get Involved brings up a page which makes absolutely no mention of brainstorm!!

HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING TO KNOW THIS EXCELLENT SITE EXISTS?

Please make it easy for people to find their way here.

Why you aren't shouting from the roof tops on your home page about this new feature I do not know!

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[1063] Add an "Ideas You haven't rated" option in this site, and tags

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

So we can check ideas not yet rated, and to be able to tag ideas (anyones, not only ours)

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[2349] Brainstorm: Don't start with most popular, and hide grades until requested

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Change start page of Brainstorm to show latest ideas or something, else people will probably push for the already high-graded ideas and won't care of other newer ideas.

Maybe a page with random ideas?

And remove the grades if not specifically requested, since it will affect peoples voting.

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Bug #197019 : [Information on this bug will be retrieved soon]

[438] Ubuntu Brainstorm search should be case insensitive

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

The search function in Ubuntu Brainstorm currently search case sensitive, e.g. searching for "openid" does not find posts with titles containing "OpenID".

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Bug #196988 : [Information on this bug will be retrieved soon]

[482] Categories for organizing Brainstorm ideas

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

This site is really amazing, and a great step in reaching out to the Ubuntu community, but it still needs a bit of work. I suggest that the categories for ideas be listed on the left hand side of the screen for easy access. I have not yet found an easy way to sort ideas by their category, which seems a strange oversight in design.

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[482] Ubuntu Brainstorm should make it possible to vote for idea deletion

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

The reason for this is to unclutter Ubuntu Brainstorm.

Some ideas submitted are not applicable, or are already existing although the poster didn't know about them.

It should be possible mark an idea for deletion instead of just voting it down, but it should be well distinguished from voting down an idea. Perhaps users must click on the idea to be able to mark it for deletion.

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[-76] Make Symphony OS an official Ubuntu project

Thu, 04-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC

Symphony OS is an Ubuntu-derived distro with a unique desktop environment. It's still in beta stage, but with some help from the Ubuntu project, it could become very usable.

Here are some links on it:
http://www.symphonyos.com/
http://www.symphonyos.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_OS

I propose that Symphony OS become an official Ubunutu distro alongside Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu, and all it's packages become installable from Ubuntu repos, so that users of the other desktops can simply do a "apt-get install mezzo-desktop" to easily install it.

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