Written by gQuigs the 9 Jun 11 at 04:17.

Duck Duck Go is a great search engine that is very powerful. It also respects your privacy (http://donttrack.us/).

From the FAQ - Is DDG open source?
Some of it. It's also largely built with "FOSS". We also give 10% of our income to FOSS. Check out this years donations.
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2009/03/duck-duck-go-architecture.html
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/11/help-me-start-a-foss-tithing-moveme nt.html

Please give it a try at http://duckduckgo.com.

Duck Duck Go is a great search engine that is very powerful. It also respects your privacy (http://donttrack.us/). From the FAQ - Is DDG open source? Some of it. It's also largely built with "FOSS". We also give 10% of our income to FOSS. Check out this years donations. http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2009/03/duck-duck-go-architecture.html http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2010/11/help-me-start-a-foss-tithing-movement.html Please give it a try at http://duckduckgo.com.

Written by benoyanthony the 8 Oct 11 at 12:26.

Instead of promoting anyone , we can give user an option to select from some 10 or more search engine, during his first starup of the browser

Instead of promoting anyone , we can give user an option to select from some 10 or more search engine, during his first starup of the browser

Written by zannabianca the 15 Mar 08 at 19:08.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4744 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4744 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by hemanth.hm the 20 Mar 09 at 13:17.

Totem is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer.
VLC media player - the cross-platform media player and streaming server

So it's always better to make some thing official more better,normally we end up doing this to support most of the formats

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins
sudo apt-get install w32codecs
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2

So , making totem to support most of the formats , without breaking the non-free issues is the challenge , I strongly feel.

Totem is the official movie player of the GNOME desktop environment based on xine-lib or GStreamer. VLC media player - the cross-platform media player and streaming server So it's always better to make some thing official more better,normally we end up doing this to support most of the formats sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins sudo apt-get install w32codecs sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 So , making totem to support most of the formats , without breaking the non-free issues is the challenge , I strongly feel.

Written by guitarMan666 the 29 Aug 09 at 07:21.

VLC is pretty small, it's probably good to ship both. There are some files out there Totem and GStreamer don't support, shipping VLC to fill the gaps is a good mid-way solution. The other option is to allow Totem to be uninstalled easily wihout taking half of GNOME with it!

VLC is pretty small, it's probably good to ship both. There are some files out there Totem and GStreamer don't support, shipping VLC to fill the gaps is a good mid-way solution. The other option is to allow Totem to be uninstalled easily wihout taking half of GNOME with it!

Written by sergio_br the 11 Oct 09 at 19:31.

VLC not only replaces Totem but also replaces Rhytmbox, which playlist and repeat mechanism I think is terrible and limited. VLC Playlist is more friendly and has improved options like "repeat all" or "repeat one". VLC has built in equalizer and sound effects. Totem can play in a very simple way a DVD, but has no options for configurating languages, subtitles, etc. Comparing Totem and VLC is the same as to compare an old typing machine and a modern computer and printer. When you start a DVD in VLC - when the disc has these options - it pops a separeted window for you to configure subtitles, languages and so on. Much more complete and powerful than Totem. VLC is open source, so... please adopt VLC and retire Totem for future Ubuntu releases. Also make available the "Open with VLC" option by default for all mime-types related with multimedia, because VLC has just the best codecs, allowing to view and listen to most common formats (wav, au, mp3, mpeg, avi, wmv, etc) , including others not so common as FLV (flash video *.flv).

VLC not only replaces Totem but also replaces Rhytmbox, which playlist and repeat mechanism I think is terrible and limited. VLC Playlist is more friendly and has improved options like "repeat all" or "repeat one". VLC has built in equalizer and sound effects. Totem can play in a very simple way a DVD, but has no options for configurating languages, subtitles, etc. Comparing Totem and VLC is the same as to compare an old typing machine and a modern computer and printer. When you start a DVD in VLC - when the disc has these options - it pops a separeted window for you to configure subtitles, languages and so on. Much more complete and powerful than Totem. VLC is open source, so... please adopt VLC and retire Totem for future Ubuntu releases. Also make available the "Open with VLC" option by default for all mime-types related with multimedia, because VLC has just the best codecs, allowing to view and listen to most common formats (wav, au, mp3, mpeg, avi, wmv, etc) , including others not so common as FLV (flash video *.flv).

Written by Lasereyes the 21 Jun 10 at 07:51.

The first time the user opens a video file, they should be asked if they want to use the official video player or be offered a choice of other players such as vlc. Vlc is at least twice as fast in loading videos, supports more codecs, and has a neat streaming feature.

The first time the user opens a video file, they should be asked if they want to use the official video player or be offered a choice of other players such as vlc. Vlc is at least twice as fast in loading videos, supports more codecs, and has a neat streaming feature.

Written by gQuigs the 25 Mar 08 at 23:33.

I have described the options available to you in my blog post.
http://gquigs.blogspot.com/2009/01/bad-memory-howto.html

You should be able to use your computer now.

I have described the options available to you in my blog post. http://gquigs.blogspot.com/2009/01/bad-memory-howto.html You should be able to use your computer now.

Written by hurricanefloyd the 20 Apr 08 at 19:00.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #7306 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #7306 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by roaksoax the 17 Sep 08 at 00:11.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13320 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #13320 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by gQuigs the 20 Mar 08 at 19:11.

No Keyboard, but mouse: ask if user wants to start on-screen keyboard

No Mouse, but keyboard: ask if user wants to enable mousekeys (numlock keys as mouse), alert user of how to turn on and off

No Keyboard, but mouse: ask if user wants to start on-screen keyboard No Mouse, but keyboard: ask if user wants to enable mousekeys (numlock keys as mouse), alert user of how to turn on and off

Written by gQuigs the 12 Mar 08 at 04:42.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4333 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4333 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by Eldmannen the 20 May 08 at 20:42.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #8867 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #8867 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by moomex the 25 Mar 08 at 08:34.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #5671 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #5671 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.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by centx the 1 Mar 08 at 03:10.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #2029 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!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #2029 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.</i><br /> Thanks!