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Why? It's in line with Ubuntus "for human beeings" and I guess the rest of us uses the command prompt (i.e apt-get) anyway.

I also know the package maintainers already adds a URL to the package if it exist - another great thing would be to actually add a kind of thumb nail image for the application. There are tons of great apps out there - we just don't know about them.

Synaptic + the repository is a killer application in itself - lets make it even sharper.

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A good way to take this productivity a step further would be to give the option to 'link' windows together, such that when one window is selected, or brought to the top, another comes as well- when one window is moved to a different workspace, the linked ones follow suit. This would be extremely useful for programs such as Gimp, or if one is debugging a program with the terminal, wants the 'downloads' window to pop up every time Firefox is selected, etc.

This might be a relatively easy fix to do, maybe achievable with some sort of patch, and has the option of making Ubuntu even easier to use, more productive, and more efficient at GUI multitasking.

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Let me say this, every hardy review was complimenting ubuntu for the beautiful wallpaper. I personally loved it, and it was the first time the default ubuntu wallpaper actually made people interested in what OS I was running, I even kept variations of it for four months until just recently. Instead the beta ibex wallpaper is just ... well, I think plenty of criticism was told about it already, but I'll focus on my wish to see more wallpapers like hardy's one.

It would be very nice to let ubuntu always have an abstract wallpaper with a surrealistic painting of the version number's animal.

Ubuntu needs a personality, the idea to keep a brown-orange theme is a good one for this reason (as long as the theme looks good) cause we are not copying the competition. I really think that hardy's wallpaper was a step in a good direction and changing the direction now would be a bad idea.

Besides of the animal, I think the color choice for hardy's wallpaper was nice, with more live colors.

Some examples:
http://ubuntuarte.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/interpid_ibex_wallpaper_1_by_willwill100.png
http://ubuntuarte.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/la_cabra1600_06.png
http://gabuntu.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/wallpaper-para-intrepid-ibex/
also many examples here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Desktop_Background_Submissions#Ibex%20-%20a_lecture_and_an_ibex
(not suggesting these wallpapers specifically but the main idea behind them)



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to be completely honest with you, this look gives new users a feeling of a rustic and old operating system...
-- this is what many of my friends (Windows users) just said when I convinced them to install Ubuntu...

-- just ask yourself, do you use default theme??? did you download some nice icon pack or install stuff like Avant Window navigator... ect...

* I like Ubuntu project, and this situation isn't acceptable for me!!!

I'm not talking about copying ideas from other operating systems but we must think of adding a modern and original theme with new nicer colored icons and better looking windows.. ect..

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, Ubuntu use must be much more PLEASANT, especially for newbies !!!

Just think "commercial", the idea is to seduce new users..
I know that, for "confirmed" users, this isn't an issue, but it's a vital one for newbies!!!

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"This Robots game really sucks!"
"Yeah.. it does. Here, try Frozen-Bubble."
"This is like crack!"

In short, Robots isn't fun and looks like it was made by a high schooler and Frozen-Bubble is addicting and looks professional.

It's amazing how much time people spend on the default games that come with a computer, so please replace the lame no-fun stinker with the best F/OSS puzzle game out there.

Thoughts?

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Therefore, they would serve as both a "stacks" folder, and a copy/paste dropbox.

NOTE:This should have an option to be disabled, if a user had no need for it.

*If you vote down, please explain!*

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A single unified tool should be provided which allows the user to connect to a network (or internet) via any supported method. It would also be useful to provide an extension to this tool to manage firewall rules and network connection sharing.

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There should be a way for the community to force last minute changes in case something like this were to happen again, where a easily fixable decision went horribly wrong and received tons of bad press....

eg:

http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/10/01/sometimes-things-just-dont-work-annoucing-ubuntus-new-theme-pile-of-crap/

http://opensource.idg.se/2.1014/1.184032/communityn-ubuntus-nya-bakgrundsbild-suger

http://www.nabble.com/Intrepid-Ibex-Theme-td18931241.html

Im using the artwork as an example, but this should apply to any easily fixable problem, another example could be choice of a certain package over another that would cause an outrage in the community.


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Because first of all Ubuntu needs something better than ooo,
secondly ooo is not like MS Word it is not WYSIWYG! Also people will be flocking to ubuntu more than people will be flocking to the Flock Browser!

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All she had to do was copy-past a few lines I emailed her into the command line and hit enter. Simple right?

Nope!

It was a none starter, she wouldn't do it, she reinstalled windows the next day.

My sister doesn't need the command line there. (or in OSX)

My point is that if it is that easy to copy-past into the command line, then it should be that easy to make a simple GUI to do the same thing.


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But Ubuntu often doesn't look great, to be honest. And Intrepid isn't moving the look and feel of the OS forward in leaps and bounds.

Ubuntu has a great community because of its open development process - but what about art development and selection?

We need a more open, transparent, process for how art decisions are made.

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More Info:
Many people desire out-of-the-box, or seemingly out-of-the-box playback of MP3s, AAC (mpeg4 audio), and (sometimes) RealMedia audio and video files. Currently Ubuntu offers seemingly out-of-the-box support for MP3s by offering to install MP3 codecs that are open source but may violate patent laws in the US.
Suse has an easy solution to this: bundling RealPlayer. It supports the above-mentioned formats. Rather than bundling RealPlayer, Ubuntu should offer to install it from the multiverse. This would require that RealPlayer be added to the multiverse (Helix Player is insufficient because it does not support the proprietary formats.)

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Some users are savvy enough to navigate to a 'Download' section of a website for software XYZ but are unsure of what to do next after downloading source-code.

Manually compiling source-code should be a choice, not a requirement. :)

Scenario:
I choose "Open" versus "Save" to Download source-code from a website and Ubuntu automatically compiles and executes the source-code. ("it just works")

* Perhaps some sort of "Install and Run" option via Right-Click Menu for previously downloaded source-code.

That would rock, basically.

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Most people do NOT know that PowerPoint supposedly was originally created for Macs, not PCs. The original company got bought out by guess who? Microsoft, of course.

Apple has since then created their own "PowerPoint" application called Keynote. Its a part of the iWork 08 application suite. I

Just watch any keynote presentation (on Apple.com or YouTube) given by Steve Jobs, i.e. the recent 3G iphone keynote announcement & introduction.

All linux users, not just Ubuntu users, need to have a PowerPoint or Keynote-like application that is equally professional & awesome in slide transitions & animations equal to the Desktop Effects found in Compiz-Fusion. Maybe it should be some how incorporated in w/the Compiz-Fusion Technology.

OpenOffice.Org 3.0's application, Impress or Presentation, will definitely be an improvement over the current version. However, it looks like it will not have the ability to perform the same very slick & amazing slide transitions & animations especially those available in Apple's Keynote. There is still room for improvement.

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* Keep a copy of the dictionary database on the computer, so that you can access it offline. As of right now, I can't look up a word if I'm out on the lawn typing. It could be updated when the computer has an internet connection. (Manually/Automatically?)
* Show results as you type. For example, if I typed "tre" in, I would get everything from 'treacherous' to 'trey' displayed in a list from which I could select the word I wanted. This would update as I continued typing.
* Have automatic hyperlinking from all the words in the definitions. If I look up "oxygen", and I don't know what a 'silicate' is, I should be able to double-click on that word and be taken to its definition (back and forward buttons would be useful here)
* Show the thesaurus by default.
* Have a more standard dictionary database. I'm not sure about licensing, but if we could access reference.com 's database, that would be great. Also, let the user select the databases they want to use.
* Tie in all other dictionaries (OpenOffice, Firefox) to one central database for spellchecking. Spellcheck should be a global feature, with every program using one database which would be editable through a GUI or the program you are using.
* Make an overall prettier GUI, but clean and simple. All I want is a search bar, a definition area, and maybe a menu or two where I can customize the above ideas.

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