http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Tue, 02-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC Tue, 02-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/15155/ I think Alpha 1 of JJ NEEDS to have most of the big new features implemented right away so that testing and bug fixing can begin from the get go so that we don't have this problem with KK and by the time the next LTS is out we will have an exceptionally STABLE, EVERYTHING Working, FAST version.

Requests for Alpha 1:

EXT4
Grub2
Kernel 2.6.28(Until 2.6.29 comes along)
OOo. 3
LSB 4.0
Firefox 3.1
A new Theme
Plymouth
Packagekit

If you dont agree with everything here then just write what you support instead of clicking the negative arrow please?

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It is also important for different distributions to work together on this issue, since they each suggest different fixes (workarounds?) to the problem.

This bug is a very strong deterrent against Linux for users who would very much like to have it on their laptops but see it as potentially harmful to their hardware.

Many laptops affected by this bug are listed at http://is.gd/4a9d & http://is.gd/3Stu even as some of them are Canonical certified (such as the Dell Inspiron 1525 http://is.gd/5CWr ) !

Finally, please Digg this idea at http://digg.com/linux_unix/Canonical_Dell_Should_Issue_Statement_On_Hard_Drive_Killer

[This idea is not a duplicate of idea #288. Although the subject is the same, it is concerned with a possible official statement on the issue rather than a fix per se.]

EDIT: Ongoing discussions on bug #59695 occur mainly at http://is.gd/5fgw . As of 21 November 2008 1239 UTC, the status of this bug has been changed to "In Progress" on its tracker at Launchpad. Another related brainstorm idea is #15192 http://is.gd/6roB (Throttle Drive sync-rates based on load count rate, to fix cycling issues).


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]]> Tue, 02-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/15153/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/15192/ loading/unloading to "protect harddisks" and help save power. Unfortunately, drives are rated only for a small amount of load cycles before the drive exceeds specifications. There has been many discussions about this problem before, some dating back to 2004. Whilst it is a firmware problem, unfortunately, it appears, hard-disk manufacturers are doing nothing about it! So we have to instead.


I propose that we implement a daemon/service, that:
1) Actively monitors the load cycle rates. Determine the MAXIMUM speed they are increasing (not the average). If there are 3 cycles in 1 min, thats too high, and the drive will probably die in 60 days
2) If load cycle rate is too high, decrease the time between syncs. (When there isn't much load, OS's write to harddisks in short bursts of 30secs or so for optimum efficiency). By decreasing time between syncs, it will decrease the amount of times a harddisk tries to park the heads, until it isn't doing so at a rate that will wear the harddisk out quickly. Cycles should increase every minute or so, not every few seconds
3) Store the time between syncs on shutdown and reload it on computer restart.


We can't expect hard-disk manufacturers to ever fix their firmware to guarantee that the hard-disks wont park too much, but this algorithm means we are back in control and don't need to rely on dodgy hard-disk makers to fix the problem.

Its no good protecting a hard-disk, if protecting it too much destroys the drive anyway. This offers the best of both worlds. Furthermore, this algorithm provides a generic solution that will work on all harddisks and allow maximum safety. The code should already be all there, we just need a basic script to utilise it!


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This problem has already been fixed for graphics drivers and I'm not even asking that kernel releases get held back for everyone here, however what I do think we should have is...

An option to defer any given update for a user specified length of time - something like right click / try again in [x] days.

AND / OR ...

Something akin to a watch list where you can specify a search string and any updates matching that string a) are highlighted in a bright color in the update list and b) _can_ be set to be automatically deferred for a given length of time.

If voting down please take the time to explain ;-)


Roger (off to figure out how to downgrade his kernel!)

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With widgets on your login scree, you could put whatever you want there for other people to see as they go past, turning your computer into something of use for everybody, not just you."

http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/11/28/widgets-on-login-page/

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I have been working from a liveCD for a couple of hours and just got a Black Screen Of Death because I have run out of memory.

In Windows there is a warning when I run low on memory. It helps a lot for when I run low on memory so I'll save my files and exit Firefox or other stuff to get more memory.

It helps on Desktop use too, I was using Cinellera the other day and crashed because I ran out of RAM and Swap. Hours of work gone because I didn't notice I was running out of memory.


Thanks in advance
Agony

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I want to be able to mark applications "Not Compiz compatible" so that Compiz shuts down when I launch a game or some other 3D-heavy application. This is something I want to improve stability and performance for such applications.

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My idea is to have a button under "About Ubuntu" where you navigate to a web page were donation is possible.
Many Ubuntu fans who don't have time or skills to contribute in other ways would like this option.

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e.g.

Installed yesterday:
at 5:21pm (_remove_)
Selected
OpenOffice.org
Selected dependencies
Java (1 package depends on Java, _see list_)

Installed two days ago:
at 12:12pm (_remove_)
Selected
GIMP

at 2:59pm (_remove_)
Selected
Gnucash
Selected dependencies
AQbanking (2 packages depends on AQbanking, _see list_)
libchipcard (1 package depends on libchipcard, _see list_)



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It would be really helpful if a sticker on the outside of the box of a scanner/printer/usb-dvb-tuner/mp3(ogg)-player/digicam/... simply said "works with ubuntu" or "designed for GNU/Linux" to guarantee that the product runs "out of the box" with Ubuntu or other Linux distributions.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkomen/155060941/
http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/88743/next/

Edit (2008-03-04): This project seems to be on the road already: http://www.ubuntu.com/partners/hardwareprogramme


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]]> Tue, 02-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/2718/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/2049/ Some of these techniques have been already incorporated upstream (PIE, SSP). PaX is better, than Execshield, while Grsecurity is more handy compared to SELinux. Ubuntu could outperform Fedora's security measures.
Two most important things are:
1.) guidelines applied on all packages to conform with security features (removing TEXTRELs, making X and multimedia applications PIE & SSP compliant, taking care of C++ code)
2.) developing a structured policy handling and configuration tool for Grsecurity's RBAC.
These two things could make Ubuntu more secure compared to other distros (like Fedora using Execshield and SELinux).
Already established improvements could be taken from HLFS and Gentoo Hardened.

Motto: every single desktop user needs protection even if they are not security experts.

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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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This could be easier if their was an option to view thumbnails, or to at least preview the image.


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