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clear cache/temp directories:
-- Trash ('~/.Trash' moved to ~/.local/share/Trash)
-- Firefox cache ('~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/Cache')
-- Nautilus thumbnails cache (~/.thumbnails).
-- Metacity ('~/.metacity/sessions')
-- Java cache ('~/.java/deployment/cache').
-- Flash cache ('~/macromedia/Flash_Player' or '~/adobe/Flash_Player').
-- Evolution cache ('~/.evolution/cache')
-- OpenOffice ('~/.openoffice.org2/user/temp')
-- Recent Documents List ('~/.recently-used')
-- GQview thumbnails ('~/.gqview/thumbnails')
-- Bash History ('~/.bash_history')
-- Pidgin IM Logs ('~/.purple/logs/*/*')
-- OpenOffice ('~/.openoffice.org2/user/backup', '~/.openoffice.org2/user/temp')
-- VLC cache ('.vlc/cache')
-- Any left over temp files. those created by VIM ( file~ )
-- Xsession Errors('~/.xsession-errors')
-- Gimp ('~/.gimp-2.4/tmp')
-- Liferea ('~/.liferea_1.4/cache'; '~/.liferea_1.4/mozilla/liferea/Cache')
-- Prism ('~/*.default/Cache')
-- Xsessions Error Log ('~/.xsession-errors')


- Option to move documents from /home/username to /home/username/Documents

- Option to move images from /home/user to /home/username/Image.

For the last two maybe have a GUI that displays thumbnail of file with a bin to the right all they have to do is drag an thumbnail of document to the folder icon to the left. Or you could have a button named 'move', and another button to 'execute' action on all selected to perform a batch move.



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SYSTEM>ADMINISTRATION>PRINTING
SYSTEM>PREFERENCES>DEFAULT PRINTER
MAIN>ACESSORIES>PRINT JOBS

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WHAT THE HELL!

Who need that amount of screensavers?

I think we should vote five to the default installation, and the other ones comes with a optional package?

Isn't gnome "keep it simple"?

For me just a "dim screen" is enough for default.

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when you purchase a Mac you know everything is compatible and everything you purchase at a APPLE STORE also is tested and works 100% with Mac OS.

but when you try Ubuntu on your own, there is always a risk that many of your hardware/peripherals may not work. The worst problem is YOU DON'T KNOW where to Purchase compatible hardware to FIX your problem.

If you can't fix your problem, then you are back once more in Windows... (be it a dialup modem, Usb modem, wireless card, bluetooth, printer, scanner, videocard, webcam, etc)

you always have the community to help + the guys at http://www.phoronix.com/ have always pitched in this area, but is not enough.

We need 100% Ubuntu compatible and tested hardware by canonical themselves to be sold online. Only sell what works (there is no need to test all the hardware in the world)

this would create a real market demand for "Linux compatible" hardware from manufacturers.

we can't support every piece of hardware like we have been doing, we need to support what WORKS NOW!

If this is implemented a few other good things will happen:

1- Less forums posts like these: "i can't get XXXX hardware to work, why doesn't it work! i got working hardware in windows or mac, ubuntu sucks blah blah"

2- Easier migration to ubuntu and better first experience. Just like the feeling i had when i purchased my Dell inspiron 1420 with ubuntu pre-installed... everything worked "out of the box" amazing !

3- A mindset to Think about Ubuntu compatibility first before making a purchase (thus even less frustration and repeated forums posts once again).

4- Interest in HW manufacturers to develop easy to install drivers for Ubuntu. 1 click install packages.

5- Will speed up Ubuntu development and adoption

6- to many other things to list :)


The potential market for Linux is HUGE.

Promote compatible hardware for the masses. Similar to what consoles try to do or the success of Apple with its "Mac experience"

The user friendly "Hardware + software combo" experience is simply not there.


ps.
people keep mentioning a wiki, well we already have had one of those in place for years (hasn't really helped much as it's incomplete, hard to follow, outdated and forgotten.)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/

in fact canonical already has a certification system, but only for complete systems not peripherals...
http://webapps.ubuntu.com/certification/

so where to get working peripherals? since we don't count with a HW store, you will have to research this yourself and resolve it on your own (if you are lucky).

While Windows and Mac users have it easy, we don't...

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1. Install 7zip with other copression methodes like zip, tar, gzip

2. It automatically integrated with file-roller. So no need any other gui program or user don't want to know complex comand lines for compressing their data in 7zip.


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It would also be nice to have an option in the rightclick menu to "unshare"

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Dell is offering new models based on Ubuntu (recently the XPS M1330 in a few countries), proof that the business model makes sense.

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]]> Tue, 02-Dec-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/3118/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/206/ I would like to move windows from a screen to another, but when I maximize I need it to be in a single screen.

Update: Xrandr GUI blog post by Bryce Harrington

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I am aware of the bookmarks to the Cannonical support pages which lead to the forums, but this level of indirection does not give enough credit to the value of the forums.

There should be a link next to the BBC News feed on the default Firefox bookmarks toolbar.

PCLinuxOS has several links on their toolbar including the forum and a site similar to gnome-look.org. I was impressed by this - it felt integrated and helps to draw beginners into the community.

There is a similar precedent; when you start xchat it defaults to opening the #ubuntu channel.

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web
ssh
mail
database
vpn
dhcp
ldap
dns

Some of these are easier than others but I have seen very little work on this front and I think it will help win over windows admins.

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LOOK AT THIS: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LittleDetails

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