Written by ravirdv the 28 Feb 08 at 14:31.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by shinkanzen the 12 May 09 at 11:51.

only the actual changes need to be downloaded, reduces energy, money, time, bandwith, hardware etc MORE THAN A HUNDREDFOLD

only the actual changes need to be downloaded, reduces energy, money, time, bandwith, hardware etc MORE THAN A HUNDREDFOLD

Written by decaf the 19 Jan 11 at 17:24.

Dar (http://dar.linux.free.fr/) format is designed for taking backups on randomly accessible storage. Dar provides an index to individually compressed or directly stored files in archive. There is a very stable and featureful library available to manipulate and merge dar files. Using this format as data part of deb files has advantages:

Downloading only necessary parts of packages is possible, avoiding requirement of delta files. We already have an md5sums list in header, map of files in the archive can be merged with this list.

Already compressed files will not be compressed again, this wastes time. And also we can get full performance of multicore cpus while compressing and extracting archives.

Dar (http://dar.linux.free.fr/) format is designed for taking backups on randomly accessible storage. Dar provides an index to individually compressed or directly stored files in archive. There is a very stable and featureful library available to manipulate and merge dar files. Using this format as data part of deb files has advantages: Downloading only necessary parts of packages is possible, avoiding requirement of delta files. We already have an md5sums list in header, map of files in the archive can be merged with this list. Already compressed files will not be compressed again, this wastes time. And also we can get full performance of multicore cpus while compressing and extracting archives.

Written by jv13613 the 3 Feb 11 at 17:16.

Update manager should check the apt cache directory for an older version of the package, then if one exist it should download a diff of the new package file. Then it will apply the diff to the old package file to convert it to the new package file. The old file should also be renamed to the current version.

Update manager should check the apt cache directory for an older version of the package, then if one exist it should download a diff of the new package file. Then it will apply the diff to the old package file to convert it to the new package file. The old file should also be renamed to the current version.

Written by mitcoes the 29 Mar 11 at 08:28.

I do not know how it works, but i'm sure there are a way of making something similar or just introduce the same system in Ubuntu.

I do not know how it works, but i'm sure there are a way of making something similar or just introduce the same system in Ubuntu.

Written by A.Kielkopf the 16 May 11 at 12:20.

Rsync is a well known and stable solution which could be adaptet to this. With this you wouldn´t need deltafiles. Rsync does automatic deltatransfer

Rsync can automatic compress/decompress(-z) and is able to use secure connections. Rsync works for binarys as good as for textfiles.

It can speed up the transfer (knowing the old local files) without deleting the old files (-y). So you are able to use the same pre/post installscripts as before.

Rsync is able to handle situations where some of the local expected files are not existing (deletet) or broken.

Rsync is a well known and stable solution which could be adaptet to this. With this you wouldn´t need deltafiles. Rsync does automatic deltatransfer Rsync can automatic compress/decompress(-z) and is able to use secure connections. Rsync works for binarys as good as for textfiles. It can speed up the transfer (knowing the old local files) without deleting the old files (-y). So you are able to use the same pre/post installscripts as before. Rsync is able to handle situations where some of the local expected files are not existing (deletet) or broken.

Written by Ubuwu the 28 Feb 08 at 15:16.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #37 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #37 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by Alan Pope the 28 Feb 08 at 13:50.

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.

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.

Written by sanketmedhi the 30 Apr 09 at 13:52.

There should be a functionality in Network Manager to configure multiple IP addresses for the same network interface.

This is mainly to make the system more user friendly especially for non-technical users and in par with other systems.

There should be a functionality in Network Manager to configure multiple IP addresses for the same network interface. This is mainly to make the system more user friendly especially for non-technical users and in par with other systems.

Written by dbneeley the 28 Apr 09 at 04:57.

A simple, context-sensitive help file could explain what the various fields and options mean in simple terms so that new users can more quickly and accurately understand what they are being asked to do.

A simple, context-sensitive help file could explain what the various fields and options mean in simple terms so that new users can more quickly and accurately understand what they are being asked to do.

Written by neziric the 24 Apr 09 at 14:26.

It would be great if one could be connected to Internet using ppp0 and LAN using eth0 at the same time (or even eth0 and eth1, etc...).

It would be great if one could be connected to Internet using ppp0 and LAN using eth0 at the same time (or even eth0 and eth1, etc...).

Written by nickpick the 29 May 09 at 18:54.

Add a drop-down list (or another similar way) allowing the user to select a VPN network he wants to connect to automatically -once the connection with the specified, not just any, WiFi network- has been established.

Example:

+ Automatically connect to VPN...
-- none (default)
-- University_VPN_Example
-- Corporate_VPN_Example
-- Home_server_VPN-Example

Add a drop-down list (or another similar way) allowing the user to select a VPN network he wants to connect to automatically -once the connection with the specified, not just any, WiFi network- has been established. Example: + Automatically connect to VPN... -- none (default) -- University_VPN_Example -- Corporate_VPN_Example -- Home_server_VPN-Example

Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 03:51.

Allow network connections to be put into categories so services/shares can be enabled and disabled based on category. So that I can share directories and media at home but not work or public networks.

Allow network connections to be put into categories so services/shares can be enabled and disabled based on category. So that I can share directories and media at home but not work or public networks.

Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 03:54.

Make it easy to connect to and use the features of windows domains which are common in a lot of offices. Including authentication and shared directories.
Perhaps on the login screen detect the fact that the currently active network connection has a domain associated and allow authentication to that as an option.

Make it easy to connect to and use the features of windows domains which are common in a lot of offices. Including authentication and shared directories. Perhaps on the login screen detect the fact that the currently active network connection has a domain associated and allow authentication to that as an option.

Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 04:05.

Detect media shares on a network os independantly and allow for streaming from shared media sources such as windows media player/center or rhythmbox/amarok/totem/etc

Detect media shares on a network os independantly and allow for streaming from shared media sources such as windows media player/center or rhythmbox/amarok/totem/etc

Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 04:11.

Add the ability for ubuntu computers to participate in the new Windows 7 homegroups and have access to the functionality the "Homegroup" provides.

Add the ability for ubuntu computers to participate in the new Windows 7 homegroups and have access to the functionality the "Homegroup" provides.

Written by nq6 the 13 Aug 09 at 02:39.

#view the outline of the idea.



The new user can not share your internet with other computers or put two computers with Ubuntu in a network easily.

Below is the commands for the user to perform these tasks. This is not simple for a new user. Install packages, use the terminal, set the ip manually, type in the link of the Nautilus Ip of the other machine.

#commands to the two computers
sudo apt-get install samba system-config-samba

#commands to the computer that shares the Internet
sudo su
modprobe iptable_nat
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE

#view the outline of the idea. <a href="http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/8697/ubuntuidea.jpg" title="Ubuntu - Idea"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2583/3814101109_c87414eda9.jpg" width="427" height="500" alt="Ubuntu - Idea" /></a> The new user can not share your internet with other computers or put two computers with Ubuntu in a network easily. Below is the commands for the user to perform these tasks. This is not simple for a new user. Install packages, use the terminal, set the ip manually, type in the link of the Nautilus Ip of the other machine. #commands to the two computers sudo apt-get install samba system-config-samba #commands to the computer that shares the Internet sudo su modprobe iptable_nat echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE #command to view the other ubuntu in the network - the PC 1 sudo su ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 up smb://192.168.0.1/ #command to view the other ubuntu in the network - the PC 2 sudo su ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 up smb://192.168.0.2/ Who has two network devices, you want to share internet and create a network between two PCs, it has to be experienced and know many commands. This is not ideal. The Ubuntu aims to ease.

Written by viejoyoda the 13 Feb 10 at 14:54.

Last time i have to connect two computers with a regular ethernet cable, was really imposible to share internet and folders... finally i have to restart from my windows xp partition and then apply the network configuration assistant, it was like 20 secs. for success!!!
Regular users don't have to manage a cybercafe or protect a meil server or a bank from "attacks", why is it so difficult!
By the way it could be useful to choose between "network-manager" and "wicd". I prefer Wicd.

Last time i have to connect two computers with a regular ethernet cable, was really imposible to share internet and folders... finally i have to restart from my windows xp partition and then apply the network configuration assistant, it was like 20 secs. for success!!! Regular users don't have to manage a cybercafe or protect a meil server or a bank from "attacks", why is it so difficult! By the way it could be useful to choose between "network-manager" and "wicd". I prefer Wicd.

Written by Tuxie the 29 Feb 08 at 13:47.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #1396 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #1396 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by Murrquan the 28 Feb 08 at 14:42.

Create an attractive boot loader with grubgfx that requires minimal user input and does not scare away new users. If that doesn't work then use Fedora's Plymouth

Create an attractive boot loader with grubgfx that requires minimal user input and does not scare away new users. If that doesn't work then use Fedora's Plymouth

Written by vs8 the 14 Jan 09 at 15:59.

openSUSE and Fedora 10 feature more elaborate art than Ubuntu, I'm not talking about the colors they choose, because I like the Ubuntu colors, it's the art style.

One thing they got right is the boot up. Those distros boot very smooth and they look professional, Ubuntu looks rushed, plain and ugly.

I've seen Fedora boot, and the new plymouth thing rocks, Ubuntu should use it too. It's way better than the actual ugly usplash.

The other thing is the GDM, Ubuntu uses a very old GDM, which is slow. At least on my PC (AMD Phenon 9600 Quad Core, 4gb RAM). The new GDM is smoother, faster and it works fine.

In short, Ubuntu needs eye candy, from boot up to shut down it will attract more people, I guarantee it.

What is Plymouth?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_plymouth&num=1

openSUSE and Fedora 10 feature more elaborate art than Ubuntu, I'm not talking about the colors they choose, because I like the Ubuntu colors, it's the art style. One thing they got right is the boot up. Those distros boot very smooth and they look professional, Ubuntu looks rushed, plain and ugly. I've seen Fedora boot, and the new plymouth thing rocks, Ubuntu should use it too. It's way better than the actual ugly usplash. The other thing is the GDM, Ubuntu uses a very old GDM, which is slow. At least on my PC (AMD Phenon 9600 Quad Core, 4gb RAM). The new GDM is smoother, faster and it works fine. In short, Ubuntu needs eye candy, from boot up to shut down it will attract more people, I guarantee it. What is Plymouth? http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_plymouth&num=1 Screen: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Image:Tours_Fedora10_012_Plymouth_Boot.png openSUSE art: http://www.opensuse.org/screenshots.php New GDM login screen: https://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/9/94/Tours_Fedora10_018_Login_Screen.png Thank you.

Written by Felix-Valentine the 12 Jul 09 at 17:26.

to better the user experience, ubuntu should have an animated Splash Screen. a (mini Video) playing, showing the Ubuntu Logo and then a smooth overpass from the splash screen to the loging screen.

to better the user experience, ubuntu should have an animated Splash Screen. a (mini Video) playing, showing the Ubuntu Logo and then a smooth overpass from the splash screen to the loging screen.

Written by MattFinck21 the 21 Jun 09 at 07:18.

i was thinking that ubuntu team should design an default ubuntu grub backround for future releases..or atleast add them to the current ones. after all it would go nice after seeing the linux mint did that.

i was thinking that ubuntu team should design an default ubuntu grub backround for future releases..or atleast add them to the current ones. after all it would go nice after seeing the linux mint did that.

Written by Rodrigo the 12 Jul 09 at 15:31.

Let's stay with the black screen or maybe a screen, but just one to begin with, then with the use of a GUI (the user can download it from the servers) be able to change it without needing to go to the console.
Everybody likes to customize his machine sooner or later.

Let's stay with the black screen or maybe a screen, but just one to begin with, then with the use of a GUI (the user can download it from the servers) be able to change it without needing to go to the console. Everybody likes to customize his machine sooner or later.

Written by tommis the 7 Jan 10 at 02:02.

BURG is a program based-on Grub 2,BURG uses new menu list,screen layout and shortcut keys that all easily customized.

Also see - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg

BURG is a program based-on Grub 2,BURG uses new menu list,screen layout and shortcut keys that all easily customized. <img src="http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/4537/screenshot300x221.png" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/><br/> Also see - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg

Written by puzzler995 the 18 Jan 10 at 20:27.

In installation have an option of using either BURG or GRUB with GRUB the Default Option

In installation have an option of using either BURG or GRUB with GRUB the Default Option

Written by lokster the 3 Feb 10 at 14:13.

The developers must make grub2 better. Why use another new and in early development bootloader, while there is already a good one?
Just make the good one even better.

The developers must make grub2 better. Why use another new and in early development bootloader, while there is already a good one? Just make the good one even better.

Written by Arioch the 28 Feb 08 at 15:26.

I propose to the development team (both Ubuntu and by extension Gnome) to work on the improvement of boot up times in Ubuntu systems.

I propose to the development team (both Ubuntu and by extension Gnome) to work on the improvement of boot up times in Ubuntu systems.

Written by tchalvakspam the 23 Jan 09 at 21:53.

In addition to speeding up the processes involved, which is key, make it simple for the user to streamline their own bootup. Installing different software can -always- slow down a bootup, no matter how fast it was initially.

Thus, to -keep- boot time short for the many different ways that people use ubuntu, provide the ubuntu user with a simple default tool to remove, delay the start of, or uninstall software that take the most time during startup. The combination of a default boot-time analysis tool and the current session startup manager would provide allow easy boot streamlining, and to a lesser extent so would showing on-screen indicators of what things are being started up over the course of the normal ubuntu boot load.
Allowing user analysis is the key feature missing to make streamlining available to the individual in addition to the developer.

In addition to speeding up the processes involved, which is key, make it simple for the user to streamline their own bootup. Installing different software can -always- slow down a bootup, no matter how fast it was initially. Thus, to -keep- boot time short for the many different ways that people use ubuntu, provide the ubuntu user with a simple default tool to remove, delay the start of, or uninstall software that take the most time during startup. The combination of a default boot-time analysis tool and the current session startup manager would provide allow easy boot streamlining, and to a lesser extent so would showing on-screen indicators of what things are being started up over the course of the normal ubuntu boot load. Allowing user analysis is the key feature missing to make streamlining available to the individual in addition to the developer.

Written by aadityabhatia the 29 Jan 09 at 04:57.

Some programs take too long and are not required immediately upon boot. For example, sendmail takes forever to start and a regular desktop user usually wants to see a login screen asap, so sendmail can wait. Such programs could be identified and their initiation can be delayed while rest of the system continues booting up.

Some programs take too long and are not required immediately upon boot. For example, sendmail takes forever to start and a regular desktop user usually wants to see a login screen asap, so sendmail can wait. Such programs could be identified and their initiation can be delayed while rest of the system continues booting up.

Written by aadityabhatia the 29 Jan 09 at 05:04.

There is a contrast in the comments: some machines take more time before login screen, some do after. In many cases it's the compiz and in some it's dbus or a part of gnome.

The idea is to have a profiler start at the beginning of boot process, on demand, and measure the time taken by each program at startup, writing it to a log file. This will help users figure out what part takes the most time, and will simplify profiling the boot process.

Not sure how much effort is involved, but sounds possible. Any takers?

There is a contrast in the comments: some machines take more time before login screen, some do after. In many cases it's the compiz and in some it's dbus or a part of gnome. The idea is to have a profiler start at the beginning of boot process, on demand, and measure the time taken by each program at startup, writing it to a log file. This will help users figure out what part takes the most time, and will simplify profiling the boot process. Not sure how much effort is involved, but sounds possible. Any takers?

Written by Id2ndR the 15 Feb 09 at 16:10.

The programs that are loaded just after the login are always the same : gnome-session, gnome-daemons etc.

What take time to load the session is to read them from the hard drive. So as we are sure they will be loaded, we can prefetch them.

This can be extended to user's programs just after he give his name to gdm (so while he is entering his password).

The programs that are loaded just after the login are always the same : gnome-session, gnome-daemons etc. What take time to load the session is to read them from the hard drive. So as we are sure they will be loaded, we can prefetch them. This can be extended to user's programs just after he give his name to gdm (so while he is entering his password).

Written by kleytonn the 2 Mar 08 at 12:40.

Turn fast and light the Gnome enviroment with a fast boot. Today, a login in GDM cost 10 or 20 seconds to load a user desktop in one fast computer.
KDE 4.0.1 is new but is visible more light than Gnome.

Turn fast and light the Gnome enviroment with a fast boot. Today, a login in GDM cost 10 or 20 seconds to load a user desktop in one fast computer. KDE 4.0.1 is new but is visible more light than Gnome.

Written by slsolaris the 23 Mar 09 at 17:11.

gnome is too slow, it need a lot of implrovements, like when u see icons overlap any other, gnome panel bar is not real transparent, and i bring this things in mind just because i can not understand how xfce that does have this features is faster and and lighter...

i mean gnome should work in hand with them and give them things that they already do not have and they could give us some very important help to improve things

gnome is too slow, it need a lot of implrovements, like when u see icons overlap any other, gnome panel bar is not real transparent, and i bring this things in mind just because i can not understand how xfce that does have this features is faster and and lighter... i mean gnome should work in hand with them and give them things that they already do not have and they could give us some very important help to improve things

Written by Ubuwu the 28 Feb 08 at 15:12.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #35 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #35 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by speakman the 28 Feb 08 at 20:28.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #203 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #203 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by asdf21 the 29 Feb 08 at 01:53.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #447 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #447 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.</i><br /> Thanks!