http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/3147/ We actually see a mess of icons, not at all ordered.
It would be GREAT to have subdivisions like "Hard Drives", "CD/DVD Drives" "Removable Devices" (or "external storage devices" or so) and "Network Places" or even more, and this with useful details
-For the hard drives and external storage devices: the filesystem of the different partitions that are displayed and a disk usage bar showing used and free space below the icon, possibility of setting the label of the partition by renaming the icon,etc.
-For cd/dvd drives, it could show if the tray is empty or not, if the disk is blank or used, with or without multisession,etc.
-For network places, maybe it could show samba shares on other computers or workgroups, and provide a tool for easily mounting shared folders with smbfs or so

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Links to the project:
https://launchpad.net/gui-ufw
http://gufw.tuxfamily.org/index.html



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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10556/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11380/ just have glance of xnview an application for windows(shucks only for windows but it is freeware)created by single person.
XnView is an efficient multimedia viewer, browser and converter.although its freeware
it provides out of box photo editing right in your finger tips,only for windows.http://i36.tinypic.com/wcl0tv.jpg
http://www.xnview.com/
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/enhome.html
Copy of mail:I sent to request the maker for supporting linux version
Hi, firstly iam glad to see a freeware for windows with such nifty,handy and unique features right in my context menu.next why do i only have this software lying in windows cant it be ported to linux or ubuntu.better if you can make a version for linux.I love to see your software available to wide audience.
ubuntu can ask developer to get a version running in linux or better ubuntu first.well picasa is good but not xnview,its handy to convert,view in context menu of file.
1)allows convertion of images to bunch of popular formats
2)small thumbnail in context menu
3)shows file dimensions etc
4)upload to imageshack
5)set as wallpaper>>center etc

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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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#6243 suggests that the top level folders (bin, boot, dev, etc...) should be renamed to be more self-explanatory. However, the ensuing discussion made it quite clear that this is very difficult to implement.

My suggestion is not to change the names of these folders directly, but add the capability for them to be subtitled. This will therefore make them more self-explanatory, without breaking basic functionality.

Such subtitles do not have to be long:
- bin = "programs"
- boot = "boot files"
- dev = "devices"
- etc = "configuration files"
- lib = "library files"
- home = "user files"
- media = "drives and storage"
- mnt = "mounted drives"
- proc = "processes"
- root = "administrator files"
- sbin = "program administration"
- tmp = "temporary files"
- usr = "program files"

This could be done simply in the GUI, without major changes needed to the underlying OS.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/8547/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/478/ I believe they deserve the same support from the project since Gnome and Kde are the most popular desktop manager out there.
It seems quite obvious to me, the project is very much focused on one and only distro, its first baby : ubuntu.
And it shows. Kubuntu web site looks quite poor and unprofessional compared to ubuntu. Most graphic choices like the kdm default theme (even if it's supposed to be a matter of taste) look, again, unprofessional. And finally the whole distro doesn't seem to have the same amount of attention when it comes to details (one example among others: the little thing on ubuntu warning the user about the existence of proprietary drivers for display which does not exist on kubuntu).
I've been told once, like a year ago, by an ubuntu dev that the situation is such because the project doesn't feel like fragmenting its market share.
Whatever is the official position of the project, I don't think you should do things half way.
The Kde project is itself in full evolution with Kde 4. It does deserve full support from ubuntu.

Thank you for reading.


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For instance, if I want to install an application that came with a .sh installation script, I have to start .sh file from a console. Why not implement a way to start it by double click of a mouse, like novice users would expect?
Or another example, when I want to for instance change ownership of a file by using a right-click menu in graphic interface (instead of console and chown) it gives me an error message that I don’t have sufficient privileges for that. So I have to use sudo Nautilus to start Nautilus in root mode to be able to change ownership over files. Wouldn’t it be so much easier and clearer if Ubuntu would simply ask for my root pass and make changes without having to run the whole Nautilus in sudo?


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/7497/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11543/
I think that providing a link to the Microsoft Ideas site in brainstorm would be a way to get some of those requests forwarded to the right departments.

http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/outreach/ideas/ideaSubmit.mspx

Unfortunately their "Brainstorm"-ish page is currently broken and the support rep I just IMed to wanted me to visit some other website because he wasn't trained in reporting broken links... and couldn't click on the link he sent me to report it himself...

(BTW, If you'd like a similar experience here's their support rep page: http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/cu_sc_more_master?ws=mscom#tab1 )

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11543/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10626/ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2631616390_a1c79cb507_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2630811421_1ccd353665_o.jpg

The Ubutnu is a popular distribution, and the choice of their standard theme should be made by all by voting. And not by a small group. The community can elect the theme through the Ubuntu Brainstorm.


For the choice of a new theme that is the satisfaction of the majority that idea is essential.

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Initially thank you all. This idea may help it to developers in the choice, and can have an extra theme.

Can serve as a basis for changes in the theme chosen by the team of Ubuntu, even if the popular themes are not adopted.

This idea will help.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10626/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5858/ brainstorm,doesnt make sense to keep them,also increases
space for others,after implementation this idea too

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Also, because of labels, it's confusing to manually mount and unmount.

Example of label mismatch:

120.0 GB Media --> Label on Desktop
disk-1 --> Label in /media/
sda1 --> Record in /etc/fstab

Thank you & sorry on bad English

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]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9425/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/7258/ not even worth a look at them.Mark them as Inapplicable or
move them to closed category.
my suggestion is don't allow single word as idea Title.
like Direct x posted twice and don't allow ideas with no description.
idea #1489: Memory
idea #3796: UbuntuTube: Like You tube but with video tutorials for Ubuntu
idea #4736: Boycott Skype
idea #1642: direct x
idea #2704: direct x
idea #1222: eBay off line listing tool
idea #3911: Ubuntu team up with Apple
idea #2659: Do something that is Fun
idea #2676: Mark Shuttle worth
idea #2279: BUG: UBUNTU USERS ARE (often) DUMB by gvy
idea #1102: Vote only when you comment.
Some ideas (don't call them idea) are just Vague,intentionally done to waste time of others.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/7258/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6288/ This could also be promoted on the web and might help to bring some extra exposure to this great distro.

Added bonus: Hours of laughter provided by the no-doubt hilarious ideas for new names!

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6288/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11097/ I have heard about people who got scammed and wasted lots of money, then reformatted their computer and none of the media they had payed for would play, and others who were unable transfer the media to their portable media players, or use the media in their car stereo.

Therefor I recommend to warn users about the dangers of DRM.

I have made a a couple of conceptual mockups. The basic idea is to make the user aware that the media he have is DRM-crippled, and to inform him about the DRM and how it restricts him.

This is just a conceptual mockup. It could be better and more informative. Perhaps less intrusive.
* Browsing files with Nautilus (notice the icon/emblem)
* Checking file properties in Nautilus
* Warning in Rhythmbox (if playback failed)
* File properties in Rhythmbox
* Icon in Totem (non-obtrusive)
* Warning in Totem (if playback failed)
* Error in VLC (if playback failed)

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11097/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6981/ need to support m$ sky drive, gmail(like gmailfs), yahoo briefcase, filebank and more many web storage on nautilus. maybe using fuse or gvfs?

(sorry for my poor English)

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6981/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5377/ in default installation only installed when user agrees
to Restricted drivers copyrights(most of users still
dont know about what are multimedia copyrights from
windows environment),i mean drivers for playing
MP3,most popular audio and video formats.most of users
agree to install codecs if they dont let them install
Ubuntu JEOS.
if this is not achievable,Make a Deb packages for most
popular codecs(as in xp) for playing these files and
make it available on ubuntu website.its frustrating
to find that i need to download every time i install and
one codecs version doesnt work with all Ubuntu versions
like different codecs for different Ubuntu versions
fawn,gutsy etc.


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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5377/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11336/ I think DEB is better and does job well.ubuntu should either build new packaging system or should improve the way packages and dependencies are handles.ubuntu can Make New Packaging system as newer os like Foresight linux has Done.There should be "Zero Dependency" when installing applications and programs like windows,when user wants an application to install in windows he has to just run application installer(exe like deb) nothing else no internet etc although software is downloaded from internet/other source.Its even hard when compiling a software from source,./configure,make install(user gets error).A package should contain all dependencies(necessary files) to install.uninstalling should also be made easier too.
Imagine a no-internet zone in office,no internet at home how a guy can install package with single package?.90% of windows users are not aware of dependencies in linux filesystem or newbie/novice too.i wanted to install gnomedo which is 127kb size and has dependency of 5k(not on system).
Make it experimental installer then evolve it as Full featured package management.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11336/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11519/ there are reasons why people want to use automatix(ultamatix now on)
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ultamatix-The-New-Automatix-90801.shtml
make a survey or simple make those programs installation
very very easy like making a Package like
Multimedia codecs meta package(all audio/video codecs and libdvdcss2)
Games metapackage( check this list
• Return to the Castle of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
• America's Army
• Alien Arena 2007
• Amoebax
• AssaultCube
• ATanks
• Nexuiz
• Glest
• Tremulous
• The Battle for Wesnoth
• Open Arena
• Warsow
• Vdrift
• BzFlag
• Orbital Sniper
• Neverball
• Urban Terror
• Vegastrike
• Scorched 3D
• FooBillard
• Wormux
• World Of Padman
• Frozen Bubble
• Flightgear
• Globulation 2
• UFO: Alien Invasion
• Warzone 2100
make these games available in repository or improve compatiblity if they still exist.making meta game package also should allow selecting individual games to be selected for installation and can be installed any time even after os reinstall.
Audio and video players(ilife alternative call it ilinux? or something else)
similarly others too.simplicity should be there in installation of programs.bringing popular software into linux/ubuntu will improve people's POV(pointofview) for linux.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11519/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/7129/ that behave this way.please disable 100percent usage for
any application.device an application or script or something to handle this bug.

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