Contributor fwolfste

One of the most annoying stuff in Rhythmbox: when you close the window, it quits the application. I just wanted to get rid of the window on the desktop, that's all.

I know some person like this behavior. So a solution would be to add a checkbox to enable/disable the "hide on close" in the preferences.

Edit (24/03/08):
IMO, once an application is in the systray, "close" differs from "quit" (i.e. you "close" the window, but you don't "quit" the program).

Edit (25/09/08):
A recent version of the package in the repository includes a plugin that fake this behaviour.
I think the feature is still important because it should be directly into the Rhythmbox preferences.

Edit (25/09/08):
Apparently the plugin is officially maintained by the devs:
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/rhythmbox/trunk/plugins/dontreallyclose/

Arrange awards for the most best idea with most number of
votes maybe: set a mark like
5,000+ or 10,000+ or 15k or 25k utmost 50k votes
Reward the contributor,idea maker,with some goodies(ubuntu
mugs,t shirt or a whopping prize of laptop preloaded with
Ubuntu)
discuss this topic in Ubuntu conference.also an invitation
to conference.

There are two pieces of hardware that many many ubuntu users use: the external harddrive an the iPod.

If ubuntu had an easy to use GUI for updating an ipod - from music to video to artwork to whatever, it would make a lot of people happy.

This functionality is all available for the most part, someone just needs to make a clean and reliable GUI for it. In my experience gtkpod and rhythmbox just doesn't cut it. I have had permissions issues, and all sorts of other issues.

Ubuntu having great iPod support would be one more step to show the masses that windows is unnecessary to utilize peripherals.

A screensaver that has airplane pictures on it.

Make a new application or improve Beagle, Tracker or Deskbar.

It do acronym lookups, math calculation, fact lookup, data generation, unit conversion, etc.

So that when I ask it something, it answers me.
RAM? = Random access memory
91*74-26 = 6708
Capital of Sweden? = Stockholm
22 inch in centimeter = 55.88 centimeter
chemical formula for water? = H2O
#0000ff = shows the color blue
01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 = hello
68 65 6C 6C 6F = hello
Hello in Italian? = ciao
Time in Tokyo? = 19:46
Weather in Paris? = 7°C, sunny.
rot13 hello = uryyb

So right from the Deskbar (or something) on the desktop, I can ask something, and it will answer me.

Sometimes it's unconfortable when you're searching some files (for example when compiling and installing a program) and when you are "inside" the folder in the file manager, you want to compile. You need the terminal.

So, you need to reach the folder and reach that folder typing all the way to do it, and it's very tedious when the program name is too long.

I suggest that in the menu (File menu) it would appear an item called "Open Terminal in this folder" or simply "Open terminal".

A good software is usable and useful for beginners and experts. Please merge "add/remove programms" and synaptic. There should be no "dummy mode". I'm not a "dummy", but I want an easy user interface.

google and ubuntu can collaborate to sync all the ubuntu desktop data with the google services.this way the user can access the data from anywhere and use it to keep it safe[back up]

below are a few examples of what could sync .
thunderbird = gmail [imap]
calendar = google calendar
rss feeds in firefox = google reader
address book = google contacts in gmail
pictures folder = google photos
documents folder = google docs

what else can you think of ? do add your comments

this can be done in collaboration with google which already has these services available.
i dont think they would mind and its a pretty neat idea for people on the move or users who love google as well as ubuntu. :)

Synaptic needs some improvements, like adding repositories, etc.

It would be great to have Ubuntu working out of the box on Apple's current line of laptops and desktops (MacBook, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro). Currently, installing Ubuntu on a Mac is an involved process and things like the wireless networking, touchpad, cpu fans, etc. never seem to work quite right.

synaptic has very frustrating interface next it doesn't
mark dependencies by its own,
More silent installation of packages.
Packages ordering should be refined like themes,system applications and utilities,network related,fun/games etc
old libraries and external/third party libraries
too many dialogs makes things worst.
much better dialogs.i mean i don't want to see library files
all library needed should be installed minimal fuss with
libraries.
i don't want to understand jargon what library does what function,in turn its useless even if i understand.
better versioning and info.
better add/remove dialogs.by size,usage etc