Contributor rtrtrt

every time i login i can't see the ntfs drives mounted.I must go to computer the click on each one to mount it( i have ubuntu 8.04) and i did not have this problem in ubuntu 7.10. Maybe for the new (unlock) icon.
I hope to make ubuntu mount them automatically after the logon.
-going to try login with root to see if there any changes-
thank you

Personal configuration in the first session.

Example 1:
Do you have Wi-Fi or Blutooth?
If don't use it, the system or script will be remove configuration to Grub or in the session initial make boot more fast.

Example 2:
Do you have HP printing?

Others configuration:
Splash Screen; PC or Lap Top; Questions about boot; initial programs that will be running in start; update System, configure ubuntu drives and codecs restrict, and many other configuration.

It wold be access in the Sistem/Administration when is will be necessary.

It would be very nice to see all gnome core apps support transparency.
I am of course not talking about completely transparent windows, that can be done with compiz already, but something like this:
http://cimi.netsons.org/blog/index.php?s=aiming
At least the existing patches should be included in ubuntu by default: http://www.cimitan.com/murrine/rgba-support/list
This would be very easy, but offer a lot of new theming options.

Many new users are confused by device names such as /dev/sda1, /dev/sdb5, /dev/hda2, /dev/hdc4, etc.

So I propose to show volume labels (partition names) in the installer, to make it easier for users who install Ubuntu to know which partition they are installing on.

Screenshots:
* Before
* After

This will make it clearer and easier to install Ubuntu without any mistakes being done which might result in that a new user accidentally looses valuable data.

Hard Disk (partitions) should have better names (labels). For example, I have three 120GB Hard Disks, and Labels are "120.0 GB Media" for all 3 disk. It would be better "sda1", "sdb1", "sdc1"...

Also, because of labels, it's confusing to manually mount and unmount.

Example of label mismatch:

120.0 GB Media --> Label on Desktop
disk-1 --> Label in /media/
sda1 --> Record in /etc/fstab

Thank you & sorry on bad English

After all, it takes up a lot of space, creates clutter and it's absolutely of no use for people that got just one user on the computer.

When one starts Synaptics manager it takes a long time to be available for use (I am using 1.7GHz Dualcore/1GB RAM!!!).

After that we have to click on "Search" and then type what we want. But most of the time when starting Synaptic the first thing you want is to search for something.

So I suggest that "Search" should not depend on a click to show it's input text bar but rather it could show a large bar at the top with focus as it fires up, so we may start typing as soon as we see the program running.

After one search is complete it should focus the search box back so we search again without our tired mouse.

I find it very annoying when I update my Ubuntu box, only to find that after the update I need to reboot. I suggest a solution similar to Apple's software update*, where the update has the reboot icon located next to it to signify that a reboot will be needed or a reboot icon on the panel, similar to the way the new red down arrow in hardy signifies an important update.

*Image for reference: http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l25/CATSCEO/update.png

Now when you use the Human theme, you're stuck with brown.

You should be able to pick a color of your own likening so that you can choose blue, green, yellow, white, orange, black, gray, purple, teal, pink or whatever you like.

Check this awesome artwork that I made!
* http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/317/coloredthemeyz9.png
* http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7682/colortheme2ls1.png
* Steel
* Rainbow


From idea #9139 (merged):

Currently the theming is all over the place and changing one place does not affect any other. Although that kind of tweakability is great, most users just want different default colors. (pink, blue, brown, black)

What we should be having:
A: wallpaper - changes every release
B: color-theme - human (easily configurable by user!)
C: splash-canvas - human (we need to create this)
D: gtk-engine - clearlooks with B as default colors
E: kde-engine - oxygen with B as default colors
F: icon-theme - tango with color-filter using B

From these we could generate:

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The Ubuntu startup and shutdown splashscreens with the Ubuntu logo and a progress bar underneath it really looks like something from the 90ies (Windows 95 anyone?)

I don't know if there are any hindrances to using images or animations of higher resolutions than what is currently used (for machines that supports it), but I really think Ubuntu can do better here.

This may be an unimportant improvement compared to many other ideas here, but it should be a very quick and easy fix, and it will really help when you try to convince regular folks to make the switch (a graphically stunning desktop is _so_ important when you show it to occasional users!).

There are a lot of themes available for download from http://www.gnome-look.org/, but it would be nice if some of the best ones that are not currently included with Ubuntu WERE included by default. What would it hurt to include a few more?

The 'Open With...' option in the right-click context menu in Nautilus merely spits out a seemingly arbitrary list of program options to choose from. While there are no doubt ways of registering file extensions with a given program, it is not always the case that you wish to open with the same program. Sometimes Nautilus remembers which programs you have used and adds them to the context menu, but this is sporadic, and appears to depend on the chmod setting of a file amongst other things.

This dialogue would be greatly improved with intelligent ordering of the options - if I have previously used "Text Editor" to open a .pl file, then move that to the top of the list. Likewise, if I have used a custom command, give that as an option at the top of the list.

Furthermore, as Nautilus appears to do a small sniff of files anyway for its awesome 'mini preview' icons, it must be aware that a file is primarily text / binary etc. This could then be used as a factor in the Open With options as well (so I do not get Mplayer as the 5th option for my .pl files for example)

1) The list of searches (in "Search Results") is cleared after changes are applied. It should not be cleared until the program exits. You may want to include erasing the list after applying changes as an option, but the default action should be to not clear the list.

2) The search button should be replaced with a text input field with the same function. It makes the UI a bit easier to work with. The search box should remember the last searched term until changes are applied (or the program exits). The search box idea itself is from other ideas, but the point of this one is that it should remember the last searched term until changes are applied. In other words, this part is not a complete duplicate.

3) Sections should NOT be grouped into stuff like:
Something
Something (multiverse)
Something (universe)
Something (restricted)

All of the Somethings should be in a single group. Put in an option to see subgroups if the user wants to see where the package is coming from (official, multiverse, universe, or restricted).

4) Sections should be follow the packages placement in the "Applications" pull-down menu. This will make it easier on the user to see where the program goes instead of hunting for it (for instance, where would something like Limewire or Songbird go - music or internet?).

5) Create a restore point before each change or upgrade. This should help the few unlucky admins that let their boxes get away from them. Yes, we all know they should be smarter than that, and that they should learn their OS before attempting to roll it out, and its their own fault, and they are stupid morons, and they shouldn't be admins if they don't understand things. We all know that. But sometimes life isn't really that simple, and people are forced to admin boxes whether or not they are ready for it (my boss had me image and admin a few winblows boxes - yes, I know I should be using Linux in the office, and no, that decision is not up to me, and yes, if it was I would be using a completely Linux office - even though there was a CS major with plenty of time already on staff). Let me be the first person to say that no, I am not completely read up on how to admin things, but I'm not going to tell me boss to give it to somebody else and look like I'm passing the buck. And he didn't want this done when I was ready, he wanted it done fast, and I need the money for school. Anyway, the point is that by creating restore points prior to any program changes (you could even have it ask or put in an option to not make restore points), it makes it really easy for me as a reluctant admin, to roll back any changes I end up not wanting to do. I personally think that Synaptic should copy any config files for a package and the version of the package. Then if after an update, I need to restore the previous package version, Synaptic will re-download the old package, uninstall the new version, and install the old package with my customized config file.

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Imagine I work in a corporate environment, I install some updates, and suddenly things stop working.

People cant access their e-mail, or shared files on the network, or perhaps have no internet connectivity.

I am about to crap my pants.

The business workflow stops, people are getting impatient and the boss is hugely disappointed. Now everyone wants to hang me by the balls.

I cant tell them "Just wait a couple of hours, I'll google a solution".

Now, wouldn't it be great with a rollback feature?
$ sudo apt-get rollback samba
Or something, and a second later, everything is back to normal, everyone is happy and my balls are safe.

Pulse Audio is now in Hardy! The work is never over though and there are several remaining issues to be solved and enhancements to be made for 8.10. A new GUI is needed to replace the old one for audio control if the features of Pulse Audio are to be taken advantage of. It would be nice to see them accessible by default to raise the "coolness" factor as well as enhancing the usability of the current system. Currently, for example, there is no way to change Pulse Audio's default sound card through the existing GUI without installing extra packages, nor can you change ALSA's default sound card (you can only change the default for the sounds made in Gnome, but not for any other programs which use ALSA). These extra Pulse Audio controls should be merged with or replace the current system, or new ones should be made and merged with or replace the current system, or the current ones changed/enhanced. When other sound servers are selected, certain features could be grayed out if unavailable to keep everything sound system agnostic. This will also allow configuration of ALSA as well for those programs which still rely on it (and fix the above problem with ALSA as well).

Idea #2: There are still many programs that use ALSA, which is a remaining issue mentioned in the linked blueprint. If more programs were only made to be agnostic so that users can use whichever sound system they desire, that would be an ideal and much more permanent fix so that patching these programs later wouldn't be required. If some kind of standard is needed to help with this issue, the Ubuntu community could help take part in pushing for that standard "interface", and that would really help. It's sad when programs themselves have to be updated if a different sound server is desired, so it's a problem that should be fixed once and for all with a good, easy, standardized sound interface/language available for all programs to use if there isn't one in existence already. It's those kind of changes that will really make Ubuntu/Linux as a whole much more powerful and flexible and allow greater program adoption, competition, and use down the road. This, IMO, makes this idea more important than idea #1, or installing PA by default, or anything else on this subject, even though those are important too. :)

P.S., Brainstorm won't let me continue because it recognizes the Blueprint URL and won't allow an override, since this idea is a lot different. Overriding should be allowed, but for now I'm altering the URL.

While updating, actually one can not use internet because update manager uses all of bandwidth. So my idea is to provide an option (in GUI) to reduce bandwidth witch is currently using by Update Manager.

It is a wonderful CD/DVD image manipulator for Linux similar to DAEMON Tools, Power Iso, Magic Iso etc.Maybe more...

the homepage and screenshot:
http://www.acetoneiso.netsons.org/index.php

The .deb file is available for hardy from here
http://www.acetoneiso.netsons.org/viewpage.php?page_id=2

These are AcetoneISO's Features:

- Mount automatically ISO, MDF, NRG, BIN, NRG without the need to insert admin password!
- A nice display which shows current images mounted and possibility to click on it to quickly reopen mounted image
- Convert 2 ISO all image types:
*.bin *.mdf *.nrg *.img *.daa *.dmg *.cdi *.b5i *.bwi *.pdi and much more
- Extract images content to a folder:
*.bin *.mdf *.nrg *.img *.daa *.dmg *.cdi *.b5i *.bwi *.pdi and much more
- Play a DVD Movie Image with Kaffeine / VLC / SMplayer with auto-cover download from Amazon
- Generate an ISO from a Folder or CD/DVD
- Check MD5 file of an image and/or generate it to a text file
- Encrypt / Decrypt an image
- Split / Merge image in X megabyte
- Compress with High Ratio an image in 7z format
- Rip a PSX cd to *.bin to make it work with epsxe/psx emulators
- Restore a lost CUE file of *.bin *.img
- Convert Mac OS *.dmg to a mountable image
- El-Torito support to create ISO bootable Cd

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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.

At the moment Ubuntu uses DejaVu Sans Book as the default UI font. Although DejaVu really looks great, it wasn't built to be a an interface font which is very apparent when comparing the letter widths with those of real UI fonts.

http://img514.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fontcomparisonzu7.png

Verdana: Isn't used anywhere as the default UI font afaik.
DejaVu Sans Book: Almost identical to Verdana, used in Ubuntu.
Lucida Sans: UI font on Macs.
DejaVu Sans Condensed: An interesting alternative for Ubuntu?
Trebuchet MS: Used in the title bars of Windows.
Droid: Used in mobile phones with the Android SDK. An interesting alternative for Ubuntu?
Arial (and it's copies Liberation Sans and Free Sans) are quite popular, but not used as UI fonts.
Tahoma: Used as the default UI font on Win 2000, XP and 2003. What's remarkable is that it is the font with absolutely smallest width of the whole list.

In my opinion it is absolutely striking that no vendor uses such a "wide" font for UIs. Even if we choose the condensed variant we are still on the top half of the list.

Droid looks much better than both Tahoma and Lucida when rendered on Linux which might fix the problem of people trying to "emulate" their Windows/MacOSX rendering on Linux.
Therefore I propose to evaluate alternatives for "application font" which can give ubuntu a more polished look:

- Droid Sans
- DejaVu Sans Condensed

Thanks for your time!


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Every time I install Ubuntu, the first thing I have to modify is the font rendering. I use the "sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config" command for that.

The Ubuntu system would be more enhanced if it had more sofisticated fonts with a nice contrast.

Every operational system has an unique "look and feel" thing... Ubuntu must acquire its.