Contributor orionjoda

Actually, we have 5 wallpapers, 9 themes and 80+ SCREENSAVERS!!!

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.

Ubuntu should take full advantage of all available mouse buttons.
Integrate this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/146160

I have a Logitech LX-710 keyboard with a bunch of extra function keys, most of which I cannot program. I had a different keyboard before this one and the same was true. I can program the audio keys (which work by default) and the calculator key, but most others do not work. It would be great if Linux would generate scan codes for those extra keys so I could assign commands to them. The same is true of special mouse buttons.

One program I tried works with non-USB keyboards but claimed that kernel support was required for USB keyboards. Strangely, Enlightment recognizes quite a few more of the extra keys than Gnome does.

i made a poll in a german ubuntu forum with the result, that the most people think, that disk partitioning is a main barrier for pc beginners:

http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/151633/

disk partitioning should be made easier in live cd mode. there are still a lot of things a beginner can be made confused and insecure with: create free space, dualboot, not to delete windows, filesystem names and so on...

I know, that i gave no precice idea, what to do (sorry), but make it easier for beginners!

Make installation of 64-bit on desktop easier. There are many obstructions such a Flash, Opera, Skype etc. And many MANY others...

Many users still use 32-bit Ubuntu just because they scare - complicated setup of 64-bit means less users > Less desktop users means less topics at support phorums > less help > more (unsolved) problems for new 64-bit users.

All new computers are 64-bit (Intel/AMD). Be more oriented to new "standard" desktop computers and take the advantages!

Yes, it's a 64-bit world ;-)

I find it hard to resize windows. The borders are not big enough to grab easily. I think it would be good if there was an extra invisible gap of a few pixels around the borders that you can grab on to so you don't have to visually make the borders thicker.

Everytime that I want to type something up in spanish, theres always some crazy hoops that i have to go through. Be it dead keys, or inserting a symbol every time i want a letter with an accent, it's all around pretty hard.

Windows had the alt + that made it really easy to do so. I think it would be really cool if Ubuntu had a way to type in stuff like that. I'm not sure exactly what the "official" name for this kind of thing is, but hopefully my idea makes sense.

cdroms are slow, don't allow to modify their content easily, they are weak and not as easy to carry as USB keys.

It would be great to provide Ubuntu as a liveUSB just as Mandriva does. We should be able to carry our distribution on any computer, manage our preferred settings (do I want binary drivers enabled ? what is my preferred resolution ?), etc.

The thing is not to make something transportable, but really a nomad system that could be used just the best way as it could on any computer.

I love Ubuntu. I think it's a superior, reliable, efficient operating system.

But the biggest reason I don't run it all that often? Software availability - there are too many packages that I depend upon in winXP that I can't (reasonably easily) run in Ubuntu. Photoshop. Some games. Etc. I know there are analogs of many of these in Linux, but we may need the real thing. I don't see too many photo tutorials for the GIMP vs. Photoshop, for example.

If we want Ubuntu to gain wide acceptance we need better commercial software availability. I see two possible answers; I'm not sure whether either of them are specifically about the *core OS*:

- Work with major SW manufacturers to make Ubuntu/Linux versions. Games, photoshop, etc. Now that Dell sells Ubuntu, we need to get the SW end mobilized to gain OS acceptance.
- A better emulator than WINE. Sorry, it's too hard to use and I should be able to install a Windows SW package in Ubuntu in some virtual layer just like its running XP - but without an XP license.

The OS is pretty damn good as it is. Get the SW availability up and you've got major momentum for its adoption.

I being a sys admin, like to test out the capabilities of different flavours of Linuxes. And I don't have many systems at my disposal. I don't know about Gutsy, but earlier versions of Ubuntu ,all of which I had tried, had a problem with working on existing partitions. It just didn't allow other linux partitions installed before it to co-exist. It used to delete the existing the partitions that are there and it just doesn't want to install on a pre-existing /boot partition. I had to manually do an fdisk and do the needful. I just don't like this thing about Ubuntu. I don't want to say this but FC and Open S... don't have this problem.

Update__
Please add something like this (thanks to kliklik)

kliklik
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Here's a mockup I've done, based on the ideas from this thread and a couple of my own. Tell me what you think.

http://ultimate.co.yu/ubuntu/CopyQueue.png
http://ultimate.co.yu/ubuntu/CopyQueue_Expanded.png

The top progress bar shows the total progress, two buttons beside it pause/cancel the entire queue.

The cancel buttons may have confirmation they pause the queue/item, ask you if you're sure and than either stop or continue the process. For the brave crowd, they immidiately stop the process :)

Folder button opens the destination folder.

Only one process at a time unless forced to start.

Up/Down arrows reorder the items based on priority, the higher ones get processed first.

Clear button clears all the finished jobs.
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On the power management preferences screen it would be nice if the "Blank screen" option actually put the screen to sleep (turn the back-light off).

When I close the lid on my laptop I see no reason for the back-light to stay on. And, for me, having the screen turn off when I close the lid is preferable to putting the laptop into standy or hybernate.

Ubuntu should include a way to add/remove fonts from a repository just like the add/remove program panel. When a user needs a new font, they could open up the window, and the program would download the latest repository fonts. The user could look through the fonts and choose which ones to install by simply checking a box and clicking "apply." A user could search for font keywords to find certain styles of fonts. For example, someone could search for keywords words "serif","sans serif","cursive", and the GUI would display fonts that match the search. This would be a killer tool for designers.

Furthermore, the GUI could be very helpful. When a user browses a font, a sample image of it could be automatically loaded so that the user can quickly find fonts that are appealing to them. A rating system or popularity gauge could be used so that the best fonts can be highlighted.

A tool like this would create inscentive for font designers to make their designs free/public. Credits could be given to designers in the font descriptions.

I guess everybody has experienced the rather long boot up times in Ubuntu (particularly with laptops). I know they are already working on it, but the change from feisty to gutsy was a pain in the ass in terms of boot up speed.
A default WinXP installation beats Ubuntu's boot up time by far!! That shouldn't be allowed fellas!!

I therefore propose to the development team (both Ubuntu and by extension Gnome)to work on the improvement of boot up times in Ubuntu systems.

Some (most?) printer manufacturers still don't make printer drivers for Linux, or just for a few models or low quality drivers. This make people running into trouble when migrating to Linux. There is a program called ddiwrapper (developed by SUSE) that can use the XP drivers in Linux to make printing to unsupported printers possible (at the moment only Canon drivers seem to work). Of course support as much printers as possible!

On Windows pressing either Ctrl+Alt+Del or Ctrl/Shift/Esc brings up the Task Manager. If apps crash in linux many users will try these key combinations with no reward. Mapping these key combinations, by default, to the the Gnome System Monitor will help a large number of new users.

Pidgin is a good program to chat on all protocols, but a webcam plugin is still missing.
The developers aren't decided to code webcam support, but having this in Pidgin is very needed.

Or why not code this plugin for emesene? But you can only use the MSN protocol at the moment!

Enable Nautilus to use tabs.

Nautilus is Ubuntu's default file management software. There is no reason why you should need to open countless Nautilus windows to manage your files. It is time to bring tabs from your web browser to your file browser.

At the moment, if someone wants to backup his documents or prepare a migration from a computer to another there isn't much more than file-roller to create a backup.
Ideally, the user should be able to run a graphic software which would ask what the user wants to backup and where (tape/usb key/remote).
Then the same tool would be able to restore the backup.

It would be useful for both backups and migration from a computer to another.

Update : See duplicates ideas which contain even more great ideas about that idea.

Ubuntu needs to go green. Powertop, Lesswatts and other tools have finally hit the Linux scene to pave the way for better power management. It needs to be said, "if you want your battery to last longest, or have your energy bill be the lowest, you better use Ubuntu Linux."