http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Sat, 11-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC Sat, 11-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/7700/
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it'll draw attention to the site, and to the idea in general.

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No attachments. ]]> Sat, 11-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4746/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/3883/ 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


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---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!

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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

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I tried Brainstorm on Opera 9.23 and Windows XP

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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

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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.


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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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Thanks

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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.

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