Contributor jmmL

There should be a caps-lock warning everywhere, where any manual typing of passwords is required. This way you wont mistype it accidentally leaving the caps-lock on.

make a quick link to digg an idea

it'll draw attention to the site, and to the idea in general.

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Linux is 17 years old...and there's no online backup solution in the open-source world. A very well featured program is Acronis True Image, but the linux version is very buggy and unstable. Actually, the best solution to backup the partiton when the system is up is the LVM snapshot. But for a newbie it is too complex. Yes, it exists MondoRescue for this, but it works rarely and it is not so flexible...

I tried several versions of linux software and they all screamed that it did the same as windows.
I stopped using them for one very important reason: they all worked in there conservative non-tolerant linux way.
The day it works like windows I will use it.
-I want to install programs like windows
-I want tot use the filemanager like windows
-I want program names with normal names and not cryptic linuxnames only meant for linux insiders.
-I want the windows-like interface and all the things I usually do with windows.

Every windows user wants to work like he or she did with windows.
If Ubuntu does this, all these people will go and work with Ubuntu
Until then : nada
I just don't understand why nobody in the Linux world does see this what every windows user knows.
To me it feels that nobody in linux world wants to see this fact.
Very very strange.
Make it like windows and everyone will adopt Ubuntu

I think it would be really useful an application like this to manage the whole system don't you think? An all-in-one application to install software and configure your system. Things would be a little more simple for new users. For those who doesn't know this app, its the default configuration tool for OpenSuSE.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!! It not just flash problem. Web sites with a lot of graphics are problem too. Firefox on UBUNTU use so much ram and CPU all time. ( I have 2.4 celeron D and 1 GB ram). Fix that please!!!

There seems to be a growing trend of incorrect statements about Linux security being made that should be addressed. Otherwise, we will leave ourselves open to heavy attack in the future. We should also highlight ways to improve your own security.

---Some reasons why we need one?---
*I have seen linux "experts" in ideas (demeaningly) that we don't need Antivirus at all on linux because we fix the vulverabilities, which is totally false. We need it because vulverabilities dont get patched within an hour, and we can still forward viruses on. The point of AV is not to act as a barrier, but to identify when you have been compromised and fix it. People don't seem to realise, images for instance can carry payloads. I don't see any reason why a virus couldn't take over the linux world overnight.

* Highlight some of the security mechanisms in linux and explain them
* Explain risks of dodgy permissions
* Explain in detail while running in root is risky.
* Too many linux oldies see anything Microsoft is doing and say we "shouldn't follow MS", even though its done right (like a security centre). If we don't get over that, we are shooting ourselves in the food. An example is a centralised security centre to analyse everything. Without it, its very easy to overlook some security checks.
* Explain future security features being added to ubuntu (roadmap).

Without proper education, we run the risk of following oldskool Microsoft (who have fixed their ways), and we will look like idiots (thanks to the people who say linux doesn't need AV). We are only secure now because we all mostly know what we are doing, but we should make it easier to educate others, so that we are prepared.


Lets highlight how to be more secure now, to keep us all safer in the future!

if compiz is enabled at boot have the desktop zoomed by default and maybe rotating, this will give the impression that the desktop comes to you when ready - otherwise watching gnome start then waiting for compiz (screen flashing and blinking) can be a little tedious

Please create and Ubuntu Service Pack (SP1, SP2, etc) like MS Windows.

If the user have to install Ubuntu, and there are a lot of updates, it will be easier to download an Ubuntu Service Pack (SP) with all the new updates, fixed bugs, etc.

Also it is very helpful for an IT team when they have to install or reinstall Ubuntu into several machines.

Regards

Felix

I can easily vote many times on any idea, if I click many times fast enough. This is clearly wrong and very undemocratic!

I tried Brainstorm on Opera 9.23 and Windows XP

Unlike Epiphnay, Firefox is not a real GNOME application, even with the enhanced native look which has been introduced by Firefox 3.0.

Epiphany is a very simple browser, more conforming to the spirit of GNOME, which lacks a lot of the features of Firefox. However, I think most people will probably not need Firefox' extra features and plugins. Those who do need Firefox could easily download it when Epiphany becomes the default webbrowser included out-of-the-box in Ubuntu. Ubuntu should aim for consistency, and Epiphany certainly is a better candidate than Firefox if consistency is the goal.

Epiphany currently uses the Gecko-engine for rendering, but will probably feature WebKit - http://live.gnome.org/Epiphany/WebKit - soon. WebKit would probably do a better job than Gecko.

Because somehow Ubuntu brainstorm says the Blueprint URL I gave isn't valid, I give it here in the text: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/epiphany-default-browser

Today most of the computers are providing 2Go of RAM or more. When I'm looking at the memory consumption of ubuntu it is about 400Mo.

I think that Ubuntu should look at the RAM capacity of the computer and take the full advantage of the hudge amount of memory that we have today.

I'm sure it will be possible to preload most usefull apps and to bring a more efficient, smooth and fast system.

average person needs wizards across the board...

get rid of this package manager crap and make it easy with a installer wizard.
i had a look at a few pages and didnt see this on the list and its so important to linux being successfull.... why is it so hard to make linux user friendly?

help wizards for all is my call...

if it was easier to use more people would use it...its improved but not enough...

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make it look like IE

It would be nice to see who is voting for or against an idea here, so that we can ask why.

It would be nice to be able to see who is online on brainstorm. I don't know if it's possible or even important, but could be interesting.

Thanks

The voting feature is being abused at the moment, as its a feature that everyone sees the first thing, and are click-happy. It would be better if we were allowed to vote only when we also comment.

Give users the ability "hate" other users. When you "hate" another user, you automatically vote against anything posted by that user.

I think that allowing users to "love" other users would mean encouraging the creation of fictitious accounts that automatically support each other, so I am not suggesting it.