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All Windows need to remember their placement  
Written by lee_connell the 7 Mar 08 at 02:28. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Notice how every time you position gnome-terminal in the center of the screen or where ever you like and the next time you open it, you see it at the top left corner of your screen.

It is just repetitive to keep positioning the window during each use.

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Brainstorm - Explain reasons when an idea is removed  
Written by ddimaio the 2 Mar 08 at 23:53. Category: Brainstorm. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
self explanatory...

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better DVD support  
Written by diophant the 29 Feb 08 at 01:14. Category: Multimedia. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
DVD support is still not so easy to get, due to
content scrambling. Scripts like automatix provide
this relatively easily, but it could not hurt to have
a straightforward path to get DVD playback support.
Stick in a DVD, and it plays. DVD players could also become
simpler. I use xine or mplayer but it would be nice to have
the simplicity of the DVD player in OS X.

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Easy way of join a Ubuntu workstation to a Active Directory  
Ubuntu

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Priority : Essential
Definition : Approved
Implementation : Implemented
Assignee : Rick Clark

Mentorship is available if you want to fix this bug.
spec
Written by hmgp the 28 Feb 08 at 15:06. Category: System. Related to: Nothing/Others. In development
Make it easy to join a Ubuntu Workstation to a Active Directory Domain. Like Windows does for instance.

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Thank you for ubuntu !  
Written by tioum the 29 Feb 08 at 15:49. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
While requesting features to the open source community which consist mainly of free workers, we may often forget to say how much we like Ubuntu and look like costumers requesting.

So you can say thank you to the thousands of developers and users who gave their time by voting for this article :)


Developer comments
I'm glad you like it. I've passed your message on to the developers in #ubuntu-devel on IRC.

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Include a graphical frontend to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst installed by default  
Ubuntu

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Priority : Undefined
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee :
spec
forum
Written by aysiu the 28 Feb 08 at 18:51. Category: System. Related to: Nothing/Others. 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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Better bluetooth support   forum
Written by tighem the 28 Feb 08 at 17:24. Category: System. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Bluetooth support is still a mixed bag in ubuntu. Ubuntu needs to do a better job of making sure bluetooth devices work with the operating system. Headsets are still an arcane science and Nautilus still can't browse a BT device.

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Mark duplicate ideas and delete one of them or merge them  
Written by afita the 29 Feb 08 at 00:34. Category: Brainstorm. Related to: Nothing/Others. Implemented
Brainstorm should offer support to marking an idea as a duplicate of another and delete the one with the lowest score or merge them.

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Engage DeviantArt for Ubuntu theme competition  
Ubuntu

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Priority : Undefined
Definition : Pending Approval (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Good progress
Assignee : Mike MacCana
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Written by mikemaccana the 29 Feb 08 at 01:19. Category: Look and Feel. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
There is a wide community of online artists capable of creating brilliant, unique artwork.

heading: Get your artwork on 10 million desktops

Ubuntu, the world's most popular Linux distribution, needs a new theme. The winner will appear in the default desktop of Ubuntu 8.10.

We're looking for original wallpapers, that match Ubuntu's color palette. You entry should also include a suggested combination of application, icon, and window themes. These can be existing themes, or your own original works - you only need to submit a wallpaper to win.

Work must be CC licensed, and be openable in either Inkscape or Gimp (rest of criteria continues)

Submit your works to DeviantArt and include the words [Ubuntu810].


Good luck!

Developer comments
At this point in time it is unclear as to whether we can realize something like this. In any case we cannot promise to include anything as default without having already seen it. This might be a good way to find alternative wallpapers to also include on the CD and/or universe as an extra package.

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Better support for Voice and Video Chat for Yahoo and GTalk!  
Written by indijaal the 1 Mar 08 at 18:26. Category: Internet & Networking. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
I am using Ubuntu for quite sometime now in parallel to Windows Vista. Though I use Ubuntu for 90% of the time but to have a voice/video chat in popular messenger softwares like Yahoo and GTalk i have to switch to Vista. I want to visualize Ubuntu as not only the complete replacement to Windows but also more than that and for the same, this issue needs to be resolved quickly!

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Add 'Install' Option to Font Viewer  
Written by Roanoke the 1 Mar 08 at 19:10. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Simply add an install button to the gnome font viewer that will install the font, first asking you to install it locally or globally, asking the password for global installation. Basically have it work like the KDE Viewer, but in gnome.

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Bundle Linux Development Tools with Ubuntu  
Written by Shining Arcanine the 1 Mar 08 at 20:04. Category: System. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Every copy of Ubuntu should have GCC and the C Standard libraries available by default. You should not need to download them in order to write and compile C programs.

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Graphical GRUB with easy and advanced recover and backup system options  
Written by nq6 the 1 Mar 08 at 20:22. Category: System. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Graphical GRUB with easy and advanced recover and backup system options


The Ubuntu GRUB would have extra options:
- Backup and recover of the system
- Access to the secondary kernel versions list
- Memory Test
- Recovery Mode.

See the Blueprint below

Blueprint
734 x 1024 px
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3076/2565372159_1fe09da5c6_b.jpg

1749 x 2441 px for download
Copy and paste the link in your browser to start the download, for viewing.
http://lh3.google.com/nq6.studio/R8m3O_x-smI/AAAAAAAAAZs/2ZU53X2YNWM/Grub-EN.jp g?imgdl=1

I developed a Blueprint of how all this would be, making possible the graphical visualization of my ideas. I'm sure that all of it is easy to implement, because the tools to realize these processes already exist.

With this we would have a more organized GRUB, and with options that a lay person would know how to deal with in case of a wrong configuration of the system, recovering it on accessing the essentials backup files of configuration. Or in a worse case, even the entire partition image, where the problem is unrecoverable even with the recovering of the system files.

[....]

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Automatic reparation of interrupted dpkg  
when dpkg is broken it should auto repair itself (#173309)

In : dpkg (ubuntu)
Status : New
Importance : Wishlist
Assignee :
3 comments, 3 subscribers and 0 duplicates
bug
Written by Vojtech Trefny the 1 Mar 08 at 20:31. Category: System. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
"E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.
E: _cache->open() failed, please report."

→ This is very frequent problem and a lot of beginners dont'know why fix the problem/resolve it.
Just please look here: see - https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+faq/52 - this FAQ located/placed on Launchpad website and during 1 month there are already 15 "related questions", so that means this is very often problem.

It would be fine thing to have some automatic utility to fix this problem, but it will be enough to make this error message more user friendly (for now it's very misleading information).

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Non Technical Installation options with advanced button.  
Written by cornbread the 1 Mar 08 at 23:28. Category: Installation. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Options for newbs:

1. I've got windows or mac os installed and I want to keep them installed.

2. I've got windows or mac os installed and I don't want to keep them installed.

3. I've got windows or mac os installed and I want to keep them installed and I want my settings and transferred (ie background, favorites)

4. I've got windows or mac os installed and I don't want to keep them installed, but, I want my settings and transferred (ie background, favorites, pictures, documents)

And of course an advanced button. Or you can hide this under a beginner button.

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Fix hda-intel!  
Written by TheJoe the 1 Mar 08 at 23:36. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. Not an idea
Many users (including myself) are suffering from lack of sound due to the hda-intel driver, the bug is commonly found on Acer Aspire laptops as well as other laptops. So far there are no definite fixes and someone really needs to jump in and take a look at it.

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Offer suggestions of applications (from APT) for unsupported files  
Written by Auzy the 1 Mar 08 at 23:55. Category: System. Related to: Gnome. New
Ubuntu should maintain a database of programs for different file types, so that instead of clicking a file and discovering there is no supported program installed.. Instead, they should be prompted with something like the following:

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- There are no known programs installed to open "jakebox" files.
- Ubuntu can install one of the following programs from APT automatically. We believe they may be able to open the file: (Show packages: eg. KJakebox, JB)
- Or you may select an existing program to attempt to open it with. (Show existing program list)
- Or just cancel
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This would be integrated with synaptic and catch all unsupported file types, and means that even advanced users wont have issues opening files they have never seen before.

I think all hands would be up on brainstorm when i asked if people have at least once been sent something they had to google to work out how to open.

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Ubuntu should recognize hardware changes  
Written by nxvl the 28 Feb 08 at 19:11. Category: System. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
When i change some hardware pieces i need to configure them manually, ubuntu should recognize there has been a hardware change and configure it.

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Improve dual-screen function  
Ubuntu

In :  
Priority : Undefined
Definition : Approved (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Implemented
Assignee : Bryce Harrington
spec
Written by clemdup the 28 Feb 08 at 20:32. Category: Graphics. Related to: Nothing/Others. In development
I'm bored with dual-screen on GNU/Linux, it really has to have a graphic configuration, and better features.
I would like to move windows from a screen to another, but when I maximize I need it to be in a single screen.

Update: Xrandr GUI blog post by Bryce Harrington

Developer comments
Response from Bryce Harrington: http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/9

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Add more functionality by right-clicking on the menu  
Written by mencey the 1 Mar 08 at 13:15. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
When you click on a program on the menu, we could add more options such as:

* Delete this program and its dependencies. (Using sudo)
* See the manual, if available.
* Also add this idea http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/327/
* ...

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