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Kerneloops is a small program that lets you report "Linux kernel oops" to the developers of the Linux kernel by collecting so-called oopses, which are the crash signatures of the Linux kernel. The collected oopses are processed statistically to present information for the kernel developers, such as:
* Which crash signatures occur the most? (and thus need to be fixed most urgently)
* When did a certain crash signature show up first?
* Which API functions are the most error prone?

http://www.kerneloops.org/

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]]> Tue, 02-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9449/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/13194/ http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/mozilla-to-remove-firefox-eula/
I am abandoning this idea; it may be closed. Good day.


It recently became apparent that Mozilla is going to let us
A. Require users to agree to a EULA or
B. Lose their brand.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjcxOA

I say the latter is preferable-- and I think we should immediately take advantage of this newfound freedom: starting with the GUI layout-- because things shouldn't have to be so frigging complicated. As an example, my firefox window layout is such:

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[title bar]
[menu bar] (back) (forward) (refresh) (+tab) (stop) [Awesome Bar]
[tab bar if tabs > 1]
[content]
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This places the most often used part of the awesome bar right in the top-center of my screen, and because the default layout is so redundant, I lose very little convenience. The Awesome Bar performs search for me, it stores bookmarks, it shows security, and tabs show when a page is loading. To mind, the only functionality I lose with this layout is the display of link destinations in the status bar when I hover over them (I don't have a status bar, recall) -- and that's something I can easily live without, it's just a right click +p away.

The Firefox default GUI layout is a screen real estate hog, and I think this is the perfect opportunity to be rid of it.
Debian saw this problem coming a long time ago, I recommend we follow their strategy: make IceWeasel the default browser, perhaps modify it slightly, and stick Firefox in multiverse.

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I really think you should provide a wiki to every project in launchpad (maybe with the chance to choose to have an external one).

The rationale is:
- having an own wiki requires hosting. Why use launchpad for bugtracking and buying hosting space just for the wiki ?
- Ubuntu wiki is inherently unrelated for many of the projects.
- Launchpad's blueprints require an external site. This shouldn't be necessary

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]]> Tue, 02-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11693/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10748/ Alt+f2 run dialog is hardcoded into gnome-panel. There is no way to create a menu item for it. There are many independent implementations of it: grun, gmrun, gnome-run-dialog, gnome-panel-tool. It proves that people still need it.

Also lots of people ask for it:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/gentoo/user/167129
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=68031
http://darkness.codefu.org/wordpress/post/152
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=76150
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=506489
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91454
http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/32956
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/redhat-fedora-linux-help/66659-run-command-gnome-desktop.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=593846
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=88695
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=512290
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=65850

Removing this dialog from the menu was a stab to discoverability, and usability. Users shouldn't be required to know any cryptic spells like alt+f2 or nohup to run a single command which isn't available from the menu, without having to open a terminal window. Most often they don't even know what a terminal is. They just want to run a program by it's binary name.

When Gnome devs removed the run dialog from the menu they should have left a possibility to bring it back at will. But they didn't. They left no choice to users and distro creators.

Also see the Gnome bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455537

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I heard that OSSv4.0 released with source codes in 2007.
* http://www.opensound.com/press/2007/oss-gpl-cddl.txt
* http://www.opensound.com/

I read a post about OSS and want to share.
* http://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2007/05/sorry-state-of-sound-in-linux.html

If you read the post in the address i gave, the writer says that OSS was good enough in architect and was reliable, there was no need to write a new code. Also he says its easier to develop software and its crossplatform (OSS), and ALSA has lots of functions which are not used and slow. I read it and want to hear about these arguments. The post sounds me true but i wonder if OSS can be integrated in Ubuntu without any license problem. Is there any way to be default?

Maybe some parts of OSS can be taken to ALSA, so we get more hardware support? Or architect of ALSA may be changed like OSS and can be cross-platform? Or OSS can be used by default.

Many friends don't use Ubuntu because they say Ubuntu's sound is very bad. I'm an Ubuntu and open source fan, and just want to hear replies about sound quality improvement news and ideas*. I don't know much about OSS, I just want to learn.

* For example maybe an integrated enhancer in Ubuntu would be perfect. (Sorry for bad English.)
* An equalizer can be added to Ubuntu's volume manager maybe?

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You can't even delete them without being sure because it might contain important data.

Freedesktop has issued a recommandation to solve this problem :
http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/ar01s03.html

Implementing this would allow to easily reset your configuration to the default one without loosing any data. For Ubuntu beta testers or people that care about having the default config, it would be a big advantage. It would also solve a lot of upgrade problems that some people have and that cannot be reproduced because it's a particular preference migration bug.

The problem and its solution is described here for the GNOME desktop but it applies for any application : http://ploum.frimouvy.org/?184-cleaning-user-preferences-keeping-user-data


My suggestion is to make the FD.o recommandation an official Ubuntu recommandation, trying to lobby so applications in Ubuntu follow this spec, at least the one in main.

A suggestion for the GNOME desktop has also been issued :
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGoals/XDGConfigFolders

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[!edit]: Already done!

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It is not symmetrically easy for a basic computer user to find out how to make their interface more simple.

Thus, the initial interface for most installs should begin with a 10 foot, wii like, gOS style, matchbox like one window at a time, one task at a time interface that all users will find intuitive.

My favorite interface would blend some current genres to give them a taste of all.

Whatever app or screen they are on should fill the screen at all times, unless they specifically request to use it split screen with another app.

Any Modal box that pops up requiring them to do something to continue should be centered in a translucent grey haze covering what they were doing so they know they must address that issue first.

A big fat bar should go across the top of the screen, with the icon of their current application or window on the far left (clicking it provides the start menu, and options like "See Desktop (minimize)", and "Complicated Interface"). Then, along the top as you head right, large colorful icons of other, minimized active applications, then smaller grey icons of common applications not in use yet in a nice dock. Then a clock widget (and let them add others, like bluetooth) and finally a big bold X which gives a menu (Close current Window (default if they just hit and let go), Change User, Shut down, etc).

Wii and the EE prove there is a hunger for the simple and easy to use, even among people who can use the complicated.


The icon for the application they are currently using

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No attachments. ]]> Tue, 02-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1495/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1497/ #1 there were a tool on my Ubuntu desktop that enable me to collect all hardware information from my machine at once and then submit it to launchpad.
#2 there was a way to reference this hardware profile when reporting bugs.

It would make the lives of bug reporters easier as:
#1 Even unskilled people could collect the info.
#2 The info would only need to be collected once. So bug reporters would not have to repeat the same steps over and over again for each HW bug they report.

It would also make the lives of bug fixers easier as:
#1 Launchpad could enable them to query each bug report for affected hardware.
#2 There would be more such information available because it is not such a pain in the ass of the bug reporters anymore.

The Process in more detail:
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Step #1: Add a GUI driven software to the Ubuntu distro which enables
users to submit their hardware information to a central database.

Step #2: Allow the users to attach the DB IDs to their launchpad
profile (multiple if needed).

Step #3: Allow the user to select which of his machines are affected.

Step #4: Allow the bug fixers to retrieve a list of affected hardware
for a bug from launchpad. Like: give me all USB chipsets of machine IDs
attached to this bug.

How the feature could be used:
----------------------------------------
Take bug #88746 for example where the USB autosuspend feature breaks USB2.0 for some people, while at the same time removing autosuspend would break suspend/hibernate/resume for another crowd.

You could start a simple poll:
#1 Does disabling autosuspend fix your USB2.0 problem ? yes/no
#2 Does disabling autosuspend break your suspend/hibernate/resume? yes/no

If more than one HW profile is registered with your launchpad account
the following question shows up:
#3 Select the systems these answers apply to ? Choose form list.

And at the end you would know not just for how may people disabling
autosuspend works ... but also the exact chipsets that works for!


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I respect if you insist on using your Launchpad and Rosetta platform for translations, but please at least offer a way to use the translations from upstream. What about "language-pack-XX-upstream"?

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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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It is more usable when accessing a folder with many files inside.
This is reported in launchpad:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/12204

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more here:
http://packagekit.org/
and a really hot presentation from fosdem08:
http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/public/introduction-to-packagekit.pdf



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