http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Tue, 14-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC Tue, 14-Oct-2008 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14377/
This would also be great if it was integrated or part of a global keyboard/mouse binding utility as suggested in (many) other ideas on Brainstorm.

Edit: Whenever a dev gets a chance, would you mind removing the trailing dash on the title? Apparently I didn't catch that before submitting....

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Compare with the attached screenshot.

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3305/denis-cheremisov.8/0_1ed3f_ff2d4b42_orig

To make so, you only need to change macros MAX_ITEMS_OR_SUBMENU in file /gnome-panel/panel-menu-items.c into the value more than 5 (it equals 5 by default) - I have 50.

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---Original idea URL---
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DiffDebScript

---Modification---

Install: p7zip-full

Replace...

gzip control.tar
gzip data.tar

With...

7z a -tgzip -mx=9 control.tar.gz control.tar
7z a -tgzip -mx=9 data.tar.gz data.tar

---Script for multiple files in a single directory---
#Modified from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DiffDebScript
#!/bin/sh
echo "Usage: recompress-deb-multi"

function recompress
mkdir ./working
cd ./working
ar xo ../$1
gunzip -fN control.tar.gz
gunzip -fN data.tar.gz
7z a -tgzip -mx=9 control.tar.gz control.tar
7z a -tgzip -mx=9 data.tar.gz data.tar
ar r new.deb debian-binary control.tar.gz data.tar.gz
sed 's/data.tar.gz\//data.tar.gz /' new.deb > new1.deb
sed 's/control.tar.gz\//control.tar.gz /' new1.deb > new2.deb
sed 's/binary\//binary /' new2.deb > new3.deb
cd ../
mv ./working/new3.deb $1
rm -fr working/


for i in $(ls *.deb); do
echo "--------------------------------"
echo "Recompressing" $i
echo "--------------------------------"
recompress $i
done

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You can turn the network off, turn wireless off, change wireless network to anything else, and do a lot of things without using sudo rights. But if you want to change the 'location' in the network manager. (And 'locations' are a bunch of settings already set up by the administrator so you know they are safe) You need to open the network manager, unlock it, type password and select the new location.
This makes the 'locations' feature totally useless, it doesn't help users at all , you still need admin rights to change the location, and in the case of a lappie this basically means everytime, At home I have static IPs, elsewhere I have DHCP when connecting an ethernet cable to my netbook, somewhere else it is better to use wireless, but I better use specific DNS servers. These locations should be changeable by the user as easily as you can change wireless networks, really.

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This is a problem if I want to add a new shortcut to my panel and I want to put it in the middle of a set of other shortcuts which are all locked. I have to unlock half of them to be able drag the new icon to into place and then lock them all again.

It seems like it would be easy to provide a lock/unlock all option, perhaps it could be activated along with the new (in Intrepid) "Allow panel to be moved" option.

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better .Gif animation support when you open a .gif animation file it will then play the animation file




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1. I don't want to store .Trash on my phone.
2. I want to restore deleted files after some time.

Remove files from phone then user delete it.

What about trash?

Use special place in hard drive. Put the deleted files from phone to .Trash in hard drive. This is much better: you can restore removed files and you can put new files to phone without cleaning Trash.

Maybe more complicated way. But default trash is not good.

This can be also applied to flash drives.

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Maybe even include it alongside with wubi, on the CD?
I bet it would be a kick ass program!

Download link:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/all/usb-creator/download

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After all, Windoze recognises a new drive, so Ubuntu should do no less.

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What is to prevent a third-party repository from pushing updates for *any* package on my system?

Example: Say I add the repo for Banshee media player. I expect (and trust) it will only push updates that involve Banshee, but what is to stop them from pushing a non-banshee related update? Maybe it's a bit paranoid of me, but I'd like to know which updates are coming from which repo. Then, at least if I see a third-party repo pushing an update for something like sudo, then I'll know something is fishy - but right now I have no way of knowing where the updates are coming from, and that bothers me.

Also, the update-mananger, could possibly group the update list by repository.

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ABC and Fox switched last year from formats that were compatible with Linux to those that are not. I've been searching for work-arounds and have been mostly unsuccessful (many have tried Wine, ie4linux, etc). I've tried commenting to the media sites about supporting Linux (and have found many others that have done so too). I poked around a bit and uncovered some startling dangers.

The new system, by Move Networks, inc. Offers a better viewing experience over Flash due to some technology they have (see http://www.movenetworks.com/). The keys for the content providers using them is that the software identifies users quite deeply with the goal to distribute focused advertising. What information do they capture? They list some at their site and are probably expanding that with recent funding...

The interesting danger to Linux is that major "agreements" were by Microsoft last March and again this August. Some statements about using Silverlight and whatnot to more tightly bind the content distribution (to Windows).

Looks like some other big names are involved with the Move Networks venture besides Microsoft now: Cisco, AT&T, Comcast, and others.

A few articles.
http://pulse2.com/2008/08/25/microsoft-corporation-invests-in-move-networks-inc/
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/082608-microsoft-invests-in-move.html?hpg1=bn
http://www.att.com/gen/press-room?pid=4800&cdvn=news&newsarticleid=26112

So what is Adobe working on with Flash? What is Ubuntu working on?

Common users will be likely to do as I am at first (relying on dual boot as you need some speed that VM and other solutions don't provide) and many will get to "what's the point of Linux if I can't watch regular TV?".

Media distribution and entertainment are key to long term adoption for the masses.



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In general, the apps should gather as much user-contributed content as possible where relevant.

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Currently Ubuntu reads and writes NTFS compressed files just fine, but there is no way to compress/uncompress them. Compression files can prevent partition resizing, and alone for that being able to set it in Ubuntu would be helpful.

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Or maybe you select the files, then drag them to the tab, and a prompt appears 'do you wish to move these files, or copy them" etc etc


I mean, one of the main purposes of having multiple tabs aside from cluttering the task bar is to move files around, right?

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Everything is smooth, wobbly, fancy. In contrast, browsing files in Nautilus File Browser feels awkward. It is rough, almost brutal if you compare it to a soft pop up of a menu.

Expanding a file tree should look similar to the effect on this website: http://moofx.mad4milk.net/ (Click on the headings to see what I mean.)

Expanding should be smooooth (as shown). The root element (=the element you want to expend) should also be scrolled to the top to have as much space as possible to show the children elements.

If you do not like the particular effect but would like to have smooth expanding of file trees, please still vote up this idea.

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What about having a sponsored competition for each Ubuntu version artwork, like wallpapers, system sounds, gnomecc/kcsrc colour schemes, themes, etc.?

The prizes would be sponsored, symbolically (like Ubuntu merchandise, more shipit install CDs, etc.) or not (like computers with Ubuntu OEM), and i think this not only will not hurt artwork licences like cc-nc-sa or gpl, as well this can provide Ubuntu plenty of much better artwork (specially from the artwork .deb packages each version, having hundreds of excellent artwork instead of some few mediocre (poor) ones), and help increasing the Ubuntu popularity.


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