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Graphical Interface to format Pen Drives an other Hot Plug devices  
Written by kernel_script the 3 Mar 08 at 13:29. Global category: Accessibility. New
I think Ubuntu needs a proper, pretty, functional, simple and friendly Graphical Interface to format Pen Drives and other Hot Plug devices. Because gParted and others do it really good but are generics, a lay person new on Linux or a lay person newly arrived from Windows™ can do serious data loss if he/she choose the wrong device on the partition table for example. And it only format, don't have any special feature to Pen Drives and other Hot Plugs. A Specific GUI (Graphical User Interface) only to Pen Drives and other Hot Plugs like Cellphones and MP3™ players would be so a great feature and help. With unique features like pass and covert videos - using existing codecs like mencode - to MP4™ players for example.
I think it is easy, just create some Glade, Gambas2 or Gazpacho + GTK, cause the features are already there, ready to become together. Like i said, a GUI that links directly to USB or Bluetooth on the System and identify only these devices, use already existing codecs, and already existing functions/commands like mkfs, lsusb and othes, and pop up it all friendly to the user, to let he/she choose safely what he/she want to do.

Edit: +add christopher_lees suggestion - "Right-click on the device and choose "Format Drive...", give it a name, give it a filesystem, and click Format. An absolute necessity."
kernel_script - Just add a gksu on that action and would be perfect.

Examples:

=Hot Plug Devices Config= (HPDC)

"That tool allow you to easy manage all your Hot Plug Devices like Pen Drives, Cellphones, MP3™ players, MP4™ players, Bluetooth Cellphones and others. You can easily and safely format these devices, convert you favorite videos and music for you MP3™ and MP4™ players, and, rip your CDs direct to these Devices"

And some example of tools that could be used:

mencoder, ffmpeg, some code fork from SoundConverter and Sound Juicer, or ,just click on the option on HPDC and call them, mount and umount options specifically for these devices and format options for these specific devices. (like just put some direct paths like mount or umount /media/sda etc)

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Solution #1: Include GNOME Format by default on Ubuntu; Show option to format on right-click
Written by kernel_script the 3 Mar 08 at 13:29.
Here my Mockup Screenshots:

ubuntu_device_formatter_mockup_by_kernel-script

ubuntu_device_formatter_mockup_by_kernel-script_#2

Would be awesome if we could launch it with a right-click upon a device icon.

- Homepage: http://home.in.tum.de/~kanis/html-data/gnome-format/
- Launchpad: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/316908
- Ubuntu Packages: http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/gnome-format

ziroday solution suggestion:
"The gnome-format application (http://home.in.tum.de/~kanis/html-data/gnome-format/) appears to do what you want. Its currently still very early in development and could use some help. You can read the Phoronix review about it at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=gnome_format&num=2"

GNOME Format is available on Ubuntu 9.04 latest Alphas and for Ubuntu 8.10 on GetDeb - http://www.getdeb.net/app/Gnome+Format

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Create a better hardware database  
Ubuntu

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Priority : Low
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee : Tomas Gustavsson
spec
Written by Ubuwu the 28 Feb 08 at 15:22. Global category: System. Implemented
People around the globe that are using/concidering using Ubuntu are afraid that some of their hardware won't work for them. And some are frustrated to buy additional add-on cards to work around unsupportad onboard chips. All this could be avoided with a lookup in an ubuntu Hardware Database Website.

Some problematic hardware can be used with more or less work if helping information is available together with the hardware compatabillity data.

The hardware database can be found at http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/

From idea #47: The data should then be available in a format that is simple for users to browse on-line when considering new hardware.

Developer comments
Work is on-going at https://launchpad.net/hwtest
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #40
Written by Ubuwu the 28 Feb 08 at 15:22.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #40 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!

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Fix well-known bugs for a new release  
Written by wacked_up the 14 Apr 08 at 09:02. Global category: Hardware support. New
Before every new release of Ubuntu, some articles pop up stating that a well-known bug of some sort, that has been around for a year or longer, is still in the development version.

I understand that it is nigh impossible to fix every submitted bug fast, but this is bad publicity and it's really takes away the excitement of a new release when a user upgrades to find the same problem he had before.

My suggestion would be to, on the one hand, try and improve the speed with which bugs are fixed, like the 5-a-day initiative, and on the other hand, focus on fixing well-known and longstanding bugs before every release.

Since only one category can be chosen I put it under Hardware support, but it also concerns Marketing, Security and System
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #6980
Written by wacked_up the 14 Apr 08 at 09:02.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #6980 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!

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Online Ubuntu compatible - PC Hardware Store  
Written by madjr the 6 Mar 08 at 17:49. Global category: Hardware support. Won't implement
An online Ubuntu PC hardware store is what people (aka "masses") need to fully make the jump to Ubuntu. Sell the hardware "known to work" (pre-installed Ubuntu computers and peripherals) and support those manufacturers who actually care about Linux compatibility.

when you purchase a Mac you know everything is compatible and everything you purchase at a APPLE STORE also is tested and works 100% with Mac OS.

but when you try Ubuntu on your own, there is always a risk that many of your hardware/peripherals may not work. The worst problem is YOU DON'T KNOW where to Purchase compatible hardware to FIX your problem.

If you can't fix your problem, then you are back once more in Windows... (be it a dialup modem, Usb modem, wireless card, bluetooth, printer, scanner, videocard, webcam, etc)

you always have the community to help + the guys at http://www.phoronix.com/ have always pitched in this area, but is not enough.

We need 100% Ubuntu compatible and tested hardware by canonical themselves to be sold online. Only sell what works (there is no need to test all the hardware in the world)

this would create a real market demand for "Linux compatible" hardware from manufacturers.

we can't support every piece of hardware like we have been doing, we need to support what WORKS NOW!

If this is implemented a few other good things will happen:

1- Less forums posts like these: "i can't get XXXX hardware to work, why doesn't it work! i got working hardware in windows or mac, ubuntu sucks blah blah"


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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #3575
Written by madjr the 6 Mar 08 at 17:49.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3575 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!

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OCR  
Written by grashdur the 28 Feb 08 at 19:58. Global category: Office. Won't implement
I love the fact that I can plug into my already-existing scanner and start scanning. What I don't like is the lack of OCR capability to convert text images to text data. From the support forums I understand that there are OCR possibilities out there on the internet, but for someone who is not a programmer, they are not usable at all.
(Also, for whatever reason, the XSane program is no longer working since my upgrade to Feisty Fawn.)
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #179
Written by grashdur the 28 Feb 08 at 19:58.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #179 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!
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Solution #2: OCR within OOO
Written by Michael_Ian the 29 Apr 10 at 12:29.
Why does Open Office not contain an OCR section/Plugin?
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Solution #3: New front-end for Tesseract
Written by SwedishWings the 23 May 10 at 04:51.
Create a graphical front-end for Tesseract OCR engine which is already in the repository.

Canonical does not provide updates for Tesseract. Is this a problem in itself?
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Solution #4: EASY-OCR
Written by nalin4linux77 the 13 Jun 10 at 16:49.
Dear friends

easy-ocr is a compilation of the best free ocr engines in linux it shows 99% accuracy and even a blind person can scan and read books very easily

you can download from http://code.google.com/p/easy-ocr

Easy installation

In this mode after entering the folder select easy installation and enter and tab to select run and then enter password and wait . system will reboot after installation automatically.

Text mode installation

after entering the easyocr folder select text mode and enter. then tab to run in terminal. then enter and do as instructed.

Steps to be followed.

be careful to select a scanner which has full support of x sane.

1 after rebooting and connecting the scanner to the computer press super+x to open xsane. 2 tab and come to -- directory /home/username/OCR/1.png and delete the word username and write your username.

3 change colour to lineart,binary or gray (if there is no option as written above you can proceed with colour option)

4 change brightness and resolution as needed resolution usually 300.

5 changing the rotation. if you are keeping the book or letter on the scanner on 90 or 270 degree. please do the following. alt+tab to go to preview menu and press shift tab to reach 000 combo box and change it to 90 or 270 as needed.

a caution for visually impaired, please select 90 which comes below 000. Though, all the 4 changes will remain the same you will have to set the rotation each time you open x sane.

6 alt tab again and come back to scanner menu. and press control+enter for start scanning. now go on scanning as many number of pages as you wish.

7 for converting and reading , press super+f9 and enter first page number and last page number as asked by the programme. after the text appeared you can use the reading key to read it. please note that it is not the page number of the book but the number of the page in the directory /home/username/OCR/1.png

8 if you are reading the document later, use super+f, go to output file to read your text material. you have pages and entire document here.

9 you can clear the output folder by pressing super+delete. .

10 there is facility for converting text in to wav format. super+a will help you for it.and the output will appear on Desktop.

Special features

two engines.

easyocr 1.5 has two engines. you can select engine1 by pressing super+f1 (window key+f1) and engine2 super+f2. engine1 is good for fast text conversion, and picture skipping engine2 is , good for layout analysis. both engines are almost 99 percent accurate in picking . no limitation to number of pages and text conversion.

Now, one can go on scanning and convert the text by following steps

1 after scanning press supper+f9. 2 easyocr will ask you to enter the number of the beginning page and then it will ask you to enter the number of end page. enter the number and enter. then conversion will start and it is noteworthy that orca will announce the number of the page being converted.

now after conversion the text will appear and you can press the add button to read.

output folder is now clean. at any time you can go to your text material by pressing super+f and then output folder will appear. from the folder you can select any page by pressing the number of the page and you can select your full text by pressing first number of the page +dash.

you can clean the output folder by pressing super+delete.

reading letters or checking output quality.

super+1 will always read the first page in the directory.after opening x sane by pressing super+x you can tab to the directory and change the page number to 1.png and again tab to plus1 combo box and press space and bring it to 0 and now you will remain at the same page even after scanning.

wav conversion. you can convert the text in to wav by pressing super+a. As in the case of text conversion, you can enter the page number and output will be saved on the desktop.

easyocr is made as user friendly as possible. you can make it more friendly through your suggestions. please contact the following emails. saatyan.kfb@gmail.com and nalin4linux77@gmail.com


you can download from http://code.google.com/p/easy-ocr
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Solution #5: Linux-intelligent-ocr-solution
Written by nalin4linux77 the 27 Feb 12 at 06:27.
LIOS is a free and open source software for converting print in to text using either scanner or a camera. It can also produce text out of scanned images from other sources. Program is given total accessibility for visually impaired. LIOS is written in python and we release it under GPL3 license. LIOS will work with Debian based operating systems. LIOS is an effort from the easy-ocr development team. There are great many possibilities for this program. Feedback is the key to it. expecting your feedback. nalin4linux77@gmail.com and sath.linux@gmail.com.
HOW TO INSTALL

Download deb file from here http://linux-intelligent-ocr-solution.googlecode.com/ download the latest deb package and install
What is new in LIOS-1.2
1 Cam-Scan,
2 Cam-Reader,
3 Scan-to-image-only,
4 Scan-to-images-repeatedly,
5 Introduction of py-sane, Glaid library make the program faster and efficient,
6 Multiple arguments are handled effectively,
7 Ocr a single Image,
8 Artha shortcut (alt+control+W),
9 Beta version of spell-checker,
10 Provision for submitting issues in the About Dialog.
Features
1 Single scan & Repeated Scanning,
2 Ocr Folder,
3 Ocr Pdf,
4 Ocr image only,
5 Cam-Scan and Cam-Reader,
6 Scan-for-image-only & repeatedly,
7 24 Language support (Given at the end),
8 Full GUI environment,
9 Selection of starting page number, page numbering mode and number of pages to scan,
10 Selection of Scan area, brightness, resolution and time between repeated scanning,
11 Full Auto Rotation,
12 Brightness optimizer,
13 Audio converter,
14 Easily Accessible Preferences Window,
15 5 OCR Engines (OCROPUS,CUNEIFORM,TESSERACT,GOCR,OCRAD),
16 Good text manipulation with Find, Go-To-Page, Go-To-Line, Append file, Punch File.
17 Display Preferences for Low vision,
18 Dictionary Support for English(Artha)
19 Beta version of spell-checker,
20 Provision for submitting issues,
21 And more features are in the preferences.
How to start using LIOS.
1. Scanning.

In order to start new scan, first press ctrl+n and then press f9 for single scan or ctrl+f9 for repeated scanning. To set the scanning preferences press ctrl+p and set the starting page number, Mode of page numbering, double page mode if you intend to keep 2 pages at a time, rotation to select the way in which you want the program to rotate the images before conversion. In full automatic rotation mode, one can keep the book in 00 90 180 and 270 degree angle. In partial rotation mode program will scan once to find out the position of the book and then the rotation will be kept. In manual mode one should select the angle. partial and manual mode is faster than full auto rotation mode in ocr process. One can select the number of pages to be scanned at a stretch by setting number of pages in the case of repeated scanning. One can stop all scanning process by pressing ctrl f4.
2. Cam-scan.

one can now use Hovercam or a Webcam to produce text in LIOS. Adjustments with these devices can be made using LIOS-cam-preferences in edit menu. This feature will help to read books and other printed materials such as visiting cards currency and like and also it makes the ocr process very fast and accurate. Please be specific to use devices with auto focusing facility. remember that there is no autorotation in this utility.so for the same reason, support of a stand for the webcam will be highly appreciated.
3. Cam-reader.

is the utility which will give a continuous output as one moves the webcam. First it will create the image and then will produce the text and it will start reading. After the completion of reading, it will repeat the process automatically. In cam-scan, one has to take the photo and it will be converted in to text.
4. Ocr Image.

LIOS can convert image file to text which is in jpg, tif, png, pnm and bmp.
5. Ocr folder.

LIOS can convert scanned images from other sources. It can convert jpg, jpeg, tif, tiff png, pnm, formats. To convert the images in a folder, select scan from folder option from scan menu and then select the input folder.
6. Ocr Pdf file.

Select Ocr pdf from scan menu and then select the input file. It is recommended that one can use ocropus as engine more efficiently in pdf conversion.
7. scan for image only and scan for images only repeatedly.

Help one to scan only images and it will give the user opportunity to utilize different ocr engines conveniently. Also it avoids delay between each scan if one does not want to listen to the output. Images will be saved in LIOS or one can choose his own destination. Now conversion can be done using folder option.
8. Brightness checker.

To set a n exact value of brightness or threshold is the best way to ensure maximum efficiency out of ocr engines. To find out the best value, go to tools menu and select brightness checker. This utility will scan for 15 or 17 times to complete the process. After the process, number of words detected at different values will be shone in tabs. If

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Graphical frontend to edit GRUB menu  
Ubuntu

In :  
Priority : Undefined
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee :
spec
forum
Written by aysiu the 28 Feb 08 at 18:51. Global category: System. New
Right now, the most likely successful migrations to Ubuntu happen for *nix experts and total novices who have someone install Ubuntu for them, but the most likely people to try Ubuntu are Windows power users--those who like a lot of configuration options but who are also used to using the GUI for tweaking options and not manually editing a text configuration file.

The most popular requests for editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst file involve changing the default boot option (to Windows instead of Ubuntu) and changing the timeout before a boot option is selected. The other less popular ones would be just bonus features, I guess.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #141
Written by aysiu the 28 Feb 08 at 18:51.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #141 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!
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Solution #2: Include StartUp Manager by default
Written by Ubuwu the 5 Feb 09 at 17:24.
StartUp Manager, or SUM, is a gui tool for changing settings for Grub, Grub2, Usplash and Splashy.

http://web.telia.com/~u88005282/sum/

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Use BitTorrent as primary protocol for apt-get  
Ubuntu

In :  
Priority : Undefined
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee :
spec
forum
Written by kevinfishburne the 28 Apr 08 at 19:10. Global category: Internet & Networking. New
This is an attempt at a unification of:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7081/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7390/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7649/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7725/

I can't think, nor have I heard, of any showstopper reason for why BitTorrent shouldn't be used as the primary download method of Ubuntu respository packages. Although the specifics of the implementation of this idea will be different for ISOs and repositories, I feel they should be unified in the brainstorm because the goal is to allow the rapid, efficient, reliable, and available download of Ubuntu software.

Implementation Benefits

1) Speed. All Ubuntu downloads (ISO downloads, dist upgrades, regular system updates, and new application installs) will as a whole be faster. Generally torrent download speeds benefit from higher numbers of downloaders that seed, which Ubuntu users have demonstrated they are prone to do. BitTorrent is better able to absorb (and eventually use as an asset) large numbers of users attempting to download data at the same time, such as with the recent mad rush of Hardy downloaders/upgraders.

2) Efficiency. The BitTorrent protocol has proven to be one of the most efficient methods of distributing data amongst a large number of clients. It will harness the collective upstream of tens of thousands of Ubuntu users, from DSL and cable connections to the fastest of corporate connections.

3) Reliability. Checksums guarantee the integrity of BitTorrent downloads, so data corruption is much less likely to occur. Only the pieces that fail checksum are redownloaded, contributing to points 1 and 2.


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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #7792
Written by kevinfishburne the 28 Apr 08 at 19:10.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #7792 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!
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Solution #2: Make debtorrent active by default
Written by bukzor the 9 Apr 11 at 19:12.
There is already a system to do this: debtorrent (http://debtorrent.alioth.debian.org/)

The *main* problem with it is that there are so few users that have it installed. Making this installed and active in the default Ubuntu distribution solves this bug, as well as implementing Idea #7792 (and its 30 duplicates).

It seems fairly mature, but probably still needs some polishing for inclusion in the Ubuntu default. In particular, we need to ensure that the upload settings are very easily tweaked, both automatically and manually.

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Solution #3: Make debtorrent available at install
Written by lengau the 25 May 11 at 20:32.
Rather than making debtorrent the default, which could be harmful to a large number of users (some ISPs block Bittorrent, as do many universities, etc.), we should allow users to choose debtorrent an option in the installer (as well as being able to enable/disable it in the software centre).

Including the debtorrent and apt-transport-debtorrent packages on the CD/DVD will add just short of 300 KiB to the disc images.
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Solution #4: Stop seeding after reaching 1:1 ratio by default
Written by Lyfang the 24 Jun 11 at 08:01.
Make DebTorrent or Apt-P2P active by default and stop seeding after reaching 1:1 ratio by default.
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Solution #5: Run Torrend and HTTP download mixed.
Written by AdlerHorst the 29 Dec 11 at 10:49.
Run Torrend and HTTP download mixed. If Torrend is slowed down, the http download stil do his job. If torrend is faster, the HTTP plays the role of one of many download streams.

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Put XPS file format support in Evince   forum
Written by samcan the 31 Aug 08 at 22:56. Related project: Evince Document Viewer. Implemented
Microsoft is pushing XPS as the new file format to compete with PDFs for cross-platform documents.
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Selected solution (#1): Add XPS support to Evince
Written by samcan the 31 Aug 08 at 22:56.
Okular has some preliminary support of the file format, but as I prefer to use Gnome applications, having the file format readable by Evince would be nice.

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Provide installation history  
The synaptic package manager

In :  
Priority : Undefined
Definition : Discussion (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee :
spec
Written by jstaerk the 3 Mar 08 at 15:07. Global category: System. Won't implement
E.g. synaptic could provide a history of what has been installed when along with the possiblity to remove it again.
Fore the people who sometimes evaluate software and afterwards want to remove it again (alon with all installed dependencies)

e.g.

Installed yesterday:
at 5:21pm (_remove_)
Selected
OpenOffice.org
Selected dependencies
Java (1 package depends on Java, _see list_)

Installed two days ago:
at 12:12pm (_remove_)
Selected
GIMP

at 2:59pm (_remove_)
Selected
Gnucash
Selected dependencies
AQbanking (2 packages depends on AQbanking, _see list_)
libchipcard (1 package depends on libchipcard, _see list_)

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2763
Written by jstaerk the 3 Mar 08 at 15:07.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #2763 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!

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add to gvfs-trash the same command line options as rm  
Written by azimout the 12 May 08 at 09:08. Global category: System. New
If gvfs-trash had the same command line options as rm, I could alias rm with gvfs-trash, so that rm sends files and directories to the trash can instead.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #8409
Written by azimout the 12 May 08 at 09:08.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #8409 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!

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