Contributor fredtorrey

a simple (non-technical, no line command, etc.) GUI way to prevent others from changing the desktop background/wallpaper, icons, etc.

for more details, here's a thread in the Ubuntu Forums:
how do I prevent users from changing the desktop background/wallpaper?
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=437578

I have the feeling many people give ideas a negative vote just because it's not related to any issue they have or it simply just doesn't interest them.

Wouldn't it be better to only allow positive votes? Would "smaller" ideas have a better chance to be heard if so and not be buried way down? Or is the negative vote essential to express the needs, opinions and hopes of the Ubuntu community?
I saw many digg like websites removing the negative vote again, and digg and reddit, the probably most known and biggest voting sites don't have the negative vote.

PLEASE comment! I would like to know how you think about it.

Make it easy to join a Ubuntu Workstation to a Active Directory Domain. Like Windows does for instance.

There is a wide community of online artists capable of creating brilliant, unique artwork.

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!

Enable Nautilus to use tabs.

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.

More support for more wireless chipsets out of the box and "Windows style" ease of set up.

I have spent may a day trying to configure wireless cards on Ubuntu, often without much luck!

Please also deliver more support for what they are both wireless PCI cards and USB, as it is currently very low base of drivers for such devices

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.