Contributor rorymccann

Frozen bubble was sponsored by Mandriva/Mandrake linux.
We could do the same.

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Offer choice during installation: system + programs or clean system only.
I have to install OpenOffice even if I never use this.

As a seasoned user of the terminal, the issue of an application having an icon embedded into it is something that I didn't even notice until I started converting others to Ubuntu. I propose adding a non-obtrusive section to ELF applications that provides this functionality and can be accessed through GNOME's thumbnail capability. This idea is meant to compliment the icons provided through the package manager and take advantage of the extensibility of the ELF specification.

Many users expect applications that they've downloaded to have recognizable icons, this icon is usually something familiar from visiting the website for the program. A good example of an application that's not already included in the Ubuntu repo is "songbird", which has a large egg right next to the download link and for its Windows icon.

In addition, provided that this technology is adopted by different segments of the development community (GNOME, automake, and developers) then icon handling will no-longer require any action for packagers. GNOME could easily check the ELF binary for an icon, so no configuration file would be necessary for the appropriate icon to appear. By storing a GUID in the binary it would also be possible to theme icons for all system applications (over-riding the icon stored in the binary) by using the GUID as a unique id for matching the application with an icon stored in a theme.

For a technology demo and screenshots visit
http://www.compholio.com/elficon/

(NOTE: Modified 03/27/08 to clarify and better explain impact)

Please stop all those programs, folders, etc.
1. Bookmark folders
2. folders in Home
3. programs like sserpentine, evolution, rythmbox, etc.
4. In "Places the CD/DVD-Creator and "Connect to Server"
5. In "Application" the "Add/Remove", Bluetooth-Analyzer, Games, all these viewers, etc.

Gimp is a great software but some very useful features will come in next releases (2.6, 3.0). The next version will not come before at least 2 years at that rate...

When you're represented with a yes / no / cancel buttons in KDE, it's presented as:

Yes, no, cancel.

In windows these buttons are displayed in the same order as KDE.

In gnome, the placement is no, cancel, yes.

Now this is *quite* confusing for those who're used to diffrent placement, not to mention the times they'll press the wrong buttons by old habit. I suggest to offer a choice to the users of which placement they'd rather have.

Having Tomcat 6 packaged for a distribution targeted at the enterprise would make it a whole lot more appealing.

Currently the Eclipse packages in Ubuntu lack heavily behind other distributions like lets say Fedora.
The packages in ubuntu are outdated and so are the eclipse language plugins like CDT or Pydev.

Properly supporting this top notch IDE should give new linux developers an easier start.

How about starting ubuntu professional which can capture good market in corporate world.

If the community could vote, I don't think the next next release would be dubbed Intrepid Ibex. (Although you have to admit finding a good name for I would be somewhat difficult).

I have installed gnome (ubuntu) and kde (kubuntu) in kde the menu are very unorganised becose some gnome apps aren't in (the right) submenus.

And could system and preferences in the kde menu be placed onder a other 'section' than All Applications. For example System?

Could this be fixed??

(sorry for my bad english)

make wubi available for ubuntu live/instal cd.
it would really help people to install ubuntu, especially those whom do not know how to change boot priority in bios

like: %Pidgin% i much better and more result

Try:
1. Only one word Pidgin
2. Use %Pidgin%

Whats better?

When working in several different environments you may like to plug different external monitors and projectors into your laptop.
I would like to have the Fn+F? keys (whatever key combination is appropriate for the laptop) to open a pop-up menu, allowing me to choose from several preconfigured settings or offering some proposed settings for the second monitor configuration.
The same should happen once a new monitor is plugged into your laptop and detected via xrandr.

Such a tool is preinstalled on ThinkPad systems and I would love to see something similar in the next Ubuntu.

There are many ideas on second monitor configuration around and I read a lot about auto-configuration ideas. This one however will give me full control on when and how to enable the second screen/projector.

For some users it's annoying reading suggestions for exact applications, as they want to focus on the system.
Adding extra category-like box with two options: system, applications would be enough.

Allow Tomboy to synchronize with Google Notebook.

http://www.gnome.org/projects/tomboy/plugins.html
http://live.gnome.org/Tomboy/PluginList
http://www.google.com/notebook

There is not a good download manager available under ubuntu.
So many people came from windows prefer download managers always.Some of download mangers available but not stable enough.

Multiget --- always crashed

D4l --- too oldy and buggier

wget --- command line only

wxdfast --- tooo buggy and unusable

Aria ---- too oldy gtk1 app

DownThemAll ---- too slow and not work without firefox

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some one make a ubuntu version of opensource "freedownloadmanager" (freedownloadmanager.org) appreciated.

quote howlingmadhowie:

>"adobe flash has become ridiculously slow"


The linux version is a sad attempt compared that of windows and macOS.

a few things were fixed, but performance has decreased dramatically.

vote for this bug at adobe website so we get it fixed!
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=756239

it has become terribly and painfully slow, even on modern dual-core processors, 2gb ram and the latest Nvidia Card. Older single core computers becomes virtually unusable in any website with flash elements.

does Adobe plans this on purpose so we stay with Windows?

Sadly this's a mayor blow on Linux once again.

if you already have v9,0,0,115 installed you can fix it by reverting to the last fully working version: v9,0,0,48 (i call this a "fix" not a downgrade)


by re-installing flash 9,0,0,48 we can solve this

go to
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_14266

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i think that it would be great to have a .deb packadge with a script which checks which webcam/tv tuner do you have and installs driver for it.