Contributor motin

canonical must delete ideas that are under -20 or less, becouse that means that ubuntu comunity dont like that idea so people are wasting time reading them!!

Wouldnt it be cool to have an application that can play music ,movies,and work as filemanager and open pictures all in one single application and work as a browser of possible

Patches for new hardware come out all the time and the Linux kernel is regularly updated.

I don't think the current kernel procedure for Ubuntu is working. Maybe creating a default stable kernel, then a testing kernel then a bleeding edge kernel would be more beneficial to all users and developers?

As an example, I own a Hauppuage TV tuner card, ubuntu kernel just misses out on the driver for this card. Installing the test kernel will hold the driver I wont until the kernel becomes 'Stable'?

This idea is related to intrepid

This particular dialog is a great example of what is troubling me most about ubuntu: the new tendency to treat the user as completely un-knowledgeable in terms of computing. I understand that ubuntu has set mac as the gold standard of usability and are now trying to approach or surpass them in this regards, however this is really ridiculous. When I was prompted for 'secrets' I was annoyed and dismayed. Although we are trying to improve accessibility, this is just ridiculous. We are a linux distro after all, if Windows users can wrap their heads around the words 'encryption' and 'key(s)' then surely our users can. Macs represent to me a separation between the user and the computer, with the OS attempting to take all control away from the user and to simply do everything for them. This is not something that should be upheld as a goal of ubuntu. What I really like about ubuntu is that it is easy and yet powerful, that it is simple to install and trouble shoot, yet completely flexible. Although an OS cannot truly show respect, I felt that this dialog was condescending, a new sensation from an OS I have always felt is very respectful of it's user base. It is important to recognize how far ubuntu has come that this is an issue and I thank canonical for this fantastic OS, I just hope that the goal of mac-like usability does not go too far.

P.S. sorry this is so damn long

One of Ubuntu's best features is the Update Manager. It updates essential software automatically, greatly alleviating a common user frustration. Just imagine how great it would be if the Updagte Manager also updated programs like Thunderbird, the GIMP, and OpenOffice. Windows and Mac would simply not be able to compete with such a feature due to their software restrictions ($$$).

In order for this to happen, Canonical's software repositories must be updated more often.

Outdated repositories also make it extremely difficult for users to upgrade their software manually. The creators of programs like Firefox and Songbird usually do not provide .deb files for new versions of their software. Thus, users must wait for major repository updates (once every 6 months) before they can upgrade their software.

Please update major software (Firefox, Thunderbird, Songbird, OpenOffice, the GIMP, etc) in the repositories more often. As I said, it would give Ubuntu a huge edge over Windows and Mac and greatly improve the usability of the Operating System overall.

I recently installed Ubuntu again and I came to a scary conclusion after installation! Some folders appeared in my /home folder? I did not ask for them to be there

Is this an attempt to imitate Windows? There, too, I see strange folders in the 'My Documents' folder. Is this an attempt to make windows users 'feel at home' in Ubuntu?

Personally, I know very few people who actually use these folders.

What I'm trying to say is, maybe we should stick to our own standards and ideas rather than trying to lure Windows users over by imitating them?

GFTP is ugly and "Connect to server" is not enough.

I'd like to see added to the frontpage that people should vote ideas based on whether they should or should not be implemented.

At the moment, I have noticed there is a trend of people voting against ideas, not because its a bad idea, but because they think there are other priorities. In fact, thats why almost every idea except a select few are +1. Even posts to fix grammer issues on brainstorm are getting voted down.

It should be emphasised:
+1 for ideas you would like to see implemented
-1 for ideas you don't want to see at all.

Because at the moment the reason so many things are -1 is because people think other ideas are more important at this time. I think our only purpose is meant to be sorting the crappy ideas from the good ones, and let the ubuntu team prioritise them.