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I have an idea at -100, and I'm ready to drop it so as not to clutter brainstorm and all that. I need to be able to mark it as abandoned by author.

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This idea isn't 'windows-like' or 'mac-like'; it's behavior expected from every 'human being' that's used a computer via the keyboard before.

If you have a really good reason to be different, do so. As far as I'm aware, not using super for the Apps menu does not.

...and if you're using super as a modifier, you will have pressed another key before letting up on it. That would be the only potentially sensible opposition I can think of for this. All the people that use alt+F1 now will be grateful, once they figure it out.

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



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-The first time an user installs Ubuntu, he is given the option to set a separate /home. This option is selected by default, with a size for each partition based on a sane guess:

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/7958/firstinstallaro2.png

-Of course, he can just choose not to set a separate /home. This option will be selected by default if the results of the system test suggest that's the best thing to do.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/6498/firstinstallbfs6.png

-Manual install is also possible. Selecting it greys out everything related to separate /home, since it's implied that the user doesn't want to be guided.

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/7976/firstinstallcvc2.png

-If the user set a separate /home, the next time he installs Ubuntu a new option appears and is selected by default, prompting to use the existing /home partition. All other options are still available, though.

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9034/secondinstalliq1.png



This proposal embraces both #314 and #138. Therefore, I think all three should be merged.

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- Merge 'Screensaver', 'Screen Resolution' and 'Screens and Graphics'.
- Merge 'Network', 'Network Proxy' and 'Network Tools'.
- Merge 'Update Manager, Synaptic Package Manager, Software Sources'.
- Merge 'Encryption and Keyrings', 'Authorizations', 'Keyring Manager'.


Below are all settings I can visit via the System menu. This is just way too much.


-- Preferences --
Universal Access
About Me
Appearance
Bluetooth
Default Printer
Encryption and Keyrings
Keyboard
Keyboard Shortcuts
Main Menu
Mouse
Network Proxy
PalmOS Devices (I don't have one)
Power Management
Preferred Applications
Remote Desktop
Removable Drives and Media
SCIM Input Method Setup (What is this?)
Screen Resolution
Screensaver
Search and Index (Why can't I disable the tracker here?)
Sessions
Sound
System Settings
Windows

-- Administration --
Authorizations (for what?)
Hardware Drivers
Keyring Manager (for what?)
Language Support
Login Window
Network
Network Tools
Printing
Screens and Graphics
Services
Shared Folders
Software Sources
Synaptic Package Manager (imagine a new user: wtf is Synaptic?)
System Log
System Monitor
Time and Date
Update Manager
Users and Groups

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1. Finish downloading that large torrent
2. Check for and install (security) updates for installed applications
3. Get new mail
4. Put the - still running - media player into full screen mode (like AmarokFS for Amarok)
5. Run a backup

This of course should be totally configurable (which applications, wait time after starting screen saver, which one first, etcetera)

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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!

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I'm a big fan of Images like .iso.
But it is not very easy to mount this Images.
I think there must be a Tool in Nautilus and Dolphin wich alows mounting Images with a double Click. (This feature exists int MacOS). Or with a right click on the file and then there must be a poit "Mount Image". I thick that would be a very use full Tool for every one.
A good example for this is CDemu.

I know there are some ohter good programs, but I think that would be the easyest way and very confortible.

Nanotron

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Possible Applications:
1) School Environments
2) Public Terminals
3) Parental Controls
4) Office/Corporate Environments
5) Enterprise Environments
6) Countries with Restricted Access

*Note: This idea is similar to "Parental Controls" idea submitted, but people don't seem to understand the full implications of this idea.
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2495/

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I propose to change so GRUB boots Ubuntu immediately without wait 2 seconds. This will be faster startup times.

For people who need to access the GRUB menu, they can just hold down a key such as CTRL, ESC or F8 or something.

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This lower power "state" should be enabled when the laptop is on battery power and in use, or the system has not had kb/mouse in put for a while on battery. Maybe create two separate states for each case if need be.

1) Turn swappiness to 0, or disable the swap file/partition completely. This would go a long way to reduce disk IO on modern laptops, which saves battery life and disk life and heat.
2) disable the crontab, or have a separate crontab file with critical jobs and one with non-critical jobs (or 2 sections in the same file). This would allow noncritical cron jobs to be postponed until the disk spins back up. It will also prevent updatedb from happening while the disk is spun down.
3) disable most other background processes which are not critical and might cause the system to wake up the disk


When the system is in use (ie, there is kb/mouse input) then other things should happen:
1) non-critical cron tabs should be postponed until the system is no longer in use
2) swappiness should be decreased to 0 (or be very low) to give better responsiveness on the desktop.

nowadays, laptops come standard issue with 2GB ram, 1GB on ultra low end laptops. There is no reason that the kernel should be swapping your web browser and all of GNOME or KDE out to disk just because updatedb ran in the background. It is unacceptable.

Please give your feedback in the comments section. This is just a rough idea and I haven't thought up all the different tweaks yet.

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For me, this is far preferable to the minute performance gain gotten by mounting the device in buffered mode. You're very unlikely to be using such devices for anything except data storage/retreival, in which case mounting synchronously is a major benefit. Expecting new users (or those used to Windows XP's behaviour) to know you have to right-click, 'unmount', before removing the drive is not a good idea, as well as just being unnecessary if the device is mounted synchronously. It's also irritating for people like me who know you need to do it, but either occasionally forget or don't want to bother.

Mount the thing synchronously by default. This is what Windows XP does, and it allows you to just remove the drive after any file transfers have finished. Yes, problems will occur if you remove it durung a file transfer, but that's gonna happen in ANY mount mode. It's far more obvious to the user that this will cause a problem than removal of the drive before unmounting. Also stop displaying that 'unsafe device removal' message for devices mounted synchronously.

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Unfortunately, having 256MB of memory makes the machine almost entirely unusable for more than one task at a time.

Even the "minimalist" xubuntu is barely usable with this amount of memory.

I think Ubuntu should do some work on reducing memory usage to this level, at least for the xubuntu variant.

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Ubuntu should really be pitching to be the default install (an option for the customer) on as many PCs as possible.

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the solution is obvious--gnash must be developed. could canonical/ubuntu invest some development time in getting gnash working well? that would be great :)



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Nautilus is Ubuntu's default file management software. There is no reason why you should need to open countless Nautilus windows to manage your files. It is time to bring tabs from your web browser to your file browser.

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