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GUI for ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall)  
Written by gabim the 28 Feb 08 at 14:43. Category: Internet & Networking. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
It would be useful to create a graphical user interface for the new ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) in Ubuntu. Would be useful to make every new release with an enabled firewall by default and with this graphical firewall utility also.

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Dont show votes for idea before you not voted  
Written by tomaszx the 24 Mar 08 at 11:55. Category: Brainstorm. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
this may help to give subjective decisions

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Make the System default to Metric Units  
Written by ll the 5 Mar 08 at 15:06. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Most of the planet uses the Metric System. So why does the system default to imperial units? Make A4 the default paper size for printing, only two countries don't use it. Most people don't know what inches are so cm or mm should be the default.

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LiveUSB  
Written by Taku the 28 Feb 08 at 14:35. Category: System. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
cdroms are slow, don't allow to modify their content easily, they are weak and not as easy to carry as USB keys.

It would be great to provide Ubuntu as a liveUSB just as Mandriva does. We should be able to carry our distribution on any computer, manage our preferred settings (do I want binary drivers enabled ? what is my preferred resolution ?), etc.

The thing is not to make something transportable, but really a nomad system that could be used just the best way as it could on any computer.

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I've changed the title from "LiveUSB instead of LiveCD" to just "LiveUSB". Simplifying the creation of USB versions is a good idea, but it doesn't need to replace CDs just yet.

A tool to turn a USB disk into a bootable Ubuntu live image is planned for Ubuntu 8.10.

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Opera support for Ubuntu Brainstorm  
Written by JoseGosdin the 29 Feb 08 at 00:14. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Voting is broken in Opera.

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Provide a simple graphical interface to manage _any_ type of network connection  
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Priority : Medium
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
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Written by Alan Pope the 28 Feb 08 at 13:50. Category: Internet & Networking. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
At the moment it's possible to manage traditional wired and WiFi connections using Network Manager. To connect via a modem, a 3G/GPRS card, over bluetooth to a cell phone or via USB to another device requires that the user installs extra packages, and does a fair amount of configuration that isn't found in Network Manager.

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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Brainstorm: change "See the first comment" to "See the 1 comment"  
Written by wolfier the 29 Feb 08 at 02:58. Category: Others. Related to: Nothing/Others. New
Consistency.

Human reads by scanning and we pick up numbers way quicker than reading the entire sentence.

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