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No Mono by default in Ubuntu  
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Written by Ubuwu the 28 Feb 08 at 17:50. Global category: System. Implemented
Remove Mono and dependent applications from default Ubuntu Desktop CD. Mono occupies a significant amount of the valuable space on the live cd that could be used for translations and other things. Applications using mono use much more memory than their non-mono counterparts. Functionality can be provided by other applications that are just as good.

This will NOT remove Mono or any of the applications from the Ubuntu repositories, just the default Desktop CD. (Although removing them from the CD may mean they don't need to be in Main anymore)

This affects two applications included by default: tomboy and f-spot. Tomboy can be replaced by either sticky notes or zim and f-spot by gthumb.
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #110
Written by Ubuwu the 28 Feb 08 at 17:50.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #110 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!
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Selected solution (#2): No Mono by default
Written by rmh the 2 Jun 09 at 21:57.
Remove Mono from the default package selection
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Selected solution (#3): Replace Tomboy with Gnote and remove Mono package
Written by diegoj the 8 Jun 09 at 18:34.
That's all. Save space from liveCD as Fedora Core Team is doing: replace Tomboy with Gnote and avoid patent problems.
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Selected solution (#4): Promote Vala as a Gnome enviroment programming language
Written by diegoj the 25 Jun 09 at 21:27.
Vala is a modern language for programming in the Gnome desktop enviroment.

Its code is compiled to C and this is compiled to machine code.

Vala has got all the features that C# has, thus Vala doesn't rely on a virtual machine and isn't patented by anybody like many parts of the Mono machine (Winforms library, for example).

Promote its development and the development of applications based in Vala compiler (like Lucruri) and stop wasting resources in Mono-based projects.
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Selected solution (#5): Replace Mono-based applications with Mono-free ones
Written by diegoj the 25 Jun 09 at 21:47.
Replace every Mono applications with its direct C++ port (or similar). That is:

- Tomboy must be replaced with Gnote.
- F-spot must be replaced with Solang.
- Banshee must NOT replace Rythmbox.

Why should Canonical do that? It will...
- Avoid patent demands. Winforms library is patented by Microsoft.
- Make Ubuntu applications faster. Mono is slower than machine code.
- Save live CD space.
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Selected solution (#6): Shotwell instead of F-spot
Written by jeypeyy the 25 Dec 09 at 00:15.
Same as Solution #5, but instead of using solang as a replacement for F-spot we should use Shotwell. Shotwell is an application written in Vala, the language Solution #4 wants to promote.

It's better than Solang because you can remove red eyes. Since it's written in Vala it's easy developing for GNOME, which means the development probably will be faster than for other applications.
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Selected solution (#7): Remove the package "mono-runtime" in the live-cd.
Written by ubuntosaure the 11 Feb 10 at 19:46.
Remove the package "mono-runtime" in the live-cd and replace Tomboy by Gnote and Fspot by gThumb or similar.

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Switched off computers in Network  
Written by natureflow the 20 May 08 at 17:38. Global category: System. New
Show known switched off computers in "Network" and make it possible to switch them on (WakeOnLan).
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #8865
Written by natureflow the 20 May 08 at 17:38.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #8865 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!

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