http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already!
Maintenance: Ubuntu Brainstorm will be down for maintenance Friday morning GMT for a few hours. Thanks for your understanding.]]> en-us Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4994/
There should be an easy way to mount the volume anyway, by giving the choice to the user to mount it anyway, or not to mount it. A clear dialog box should do the trick.

Attachments:
Bug #175503 : [Information on this bug will be retrieved soon]
]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4994/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/185/
Attachments:
Bug #22007 : [Information on this bug will be retrieved soon]
]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/185/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9609/
The proof of concept has already started.

http://people.debian.org/~seanius/dpkg-sqlite/

sean finney wrote:

I have checked it out, very nice, besides missing a -ldl flag, everything went
according to plan. The speed is simply amazing, here is a small benchmark I did
on my machine:

omega3:/home/joe/build/dpkg-sqlite# echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
omega3:/home/joe/build/dpkg-sqlite# time dpkg -S /usr/bin/gcc
gcc: /usr/bin/gcc

real 0m4.778s
user 0m0.252s
sys 0m0.152s
omega3:/home/joe/build/dpkg-sqlite# echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
omega3:/home/joe/build/dpkg-sqlite# time ./poc /usr/bin/gcc
querying as if listing package /usr/bin/gcc:
querying as if for owner of file /usr/bin/gcc:
gcc: /usr/bin/gcc

real 0m1.306s
user 0m0.240s
sys 0m0.096s
omega3:/home/joe/build/dpkg-sqlite#

The difference is drastic. One of the main concerns now is reliability. Does
anyone here know of any SQLite horror stories they might like to share ?



Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9609/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6948/
EXT3 is a good file system so I see no need to check the file system so often.

Users (for example Windows users) may think that Ubuntu has a bad file system you can't trust.

An option would be that the first time the file systems need checking tell the user WHY the system is checed and ask how important she think it is (like Never, Seldom, Often)

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6948/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12250/ people can always hack your system by using the Live CD, and they can access files and re-install ubuntu.
When Live CD is inserted and a user wants to upgrade/re-install ubuntu should ask for a password (simillar to the sudo box that appears when you want to install software)
so what you think?

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12250/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12591/
If a version of Ubuntu was made for libraries, maybe a modified Edubuntu with book cataloging software, I bet a lot of libraries would be willing to make the switch. If there was a program to catalogue books, it might be more widely adopted in schools and libraries, since they need those capabilities.

Bookbuntu maybe?

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12591/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5793/
It do acronym lookups, math calculation, fact lookup, data generation, unit conversion, etc.

So that when I ask it something, it answers me.
RAM? = Random access memory
91*74-26 = 6708
Capital of Sweden? = Stockholm
22 inch in centimeter = 55.88 centimeter
chemical formula for water? = H2O
#0000ff = shows the color blue
01101000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 = hello
68 65 6C 6C 6F = hello
Hello in Italian? = ciao
Time in Tokyo? = 19:46
Weather in Paris? = 7°C, sunny.
rot13 hello = uryyb

So right from the Deskbar (or something) on the desktop, I can ask something, and it will answer me.

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5793/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11874/
Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11874/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10477/
As braaivleis points out, it doesn't have to actually pop up the balloon; it can be like the updates icon that appears, but only shows a balloon when you click on it.

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/10477/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12762/ Opera for Win- 5to6 Mb; for Ubuntu- 7.5 Mb
Plz use better compression algorithms so that Linux users don't have to download more than there Windows brethen


Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12762/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4376/
Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4376/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12313/ This function merges photo's together so you can get beautiful panorama's from several pictures. I love it! This should be an option in the GIMP as well.

I know there is something called "hugin" for the GIMP which claims to do the same. It is however in no way comparable.

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12313/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6365/ VMware is very "Linux friendly", they develop software for Linux, offer freeware versions of products with the basic functions, they support Linux as a "guest" operating system... they even have pre-configured settings for ubuntu!

Also, at the moment I think it is the only software for linux capable of virtualizing a copy of Windows (XP) with easy 3D support (version 6.5, still in beta, but open to the public)

I don't see the problem in having it in a different repository (if VMware agrees, of course), disabled by default... it would be good for everyone: the users, the developers, and even for the adoption of Linux itself...
Doing that would be giving more freedom of choice to users, freedom to use more programs, freedom to do more things, without taking the freedom of the ones that don't want it or don't need it, not even a bit...

I think Linux shouldn't be like:
"Proprietary Software: against it at all costs!"

instead sould be more like:
"Free Software: the more, the better..."

(just my opinion...)
Cheers

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/6365/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12478/ I see questions like which version is right for me?, how do I get it?, how does it install?. In fact the real problem is getting a copy of Linux on a computer. Some just are used to having a disk and throwing it into the CD/DVD drive.
Sometimes, I do think the thing that holds Linux back is the same thing that pushes it forward and that's open source.
We have seen commercially available versions of Linux such as Red Hat and Susie make headway into corporate environments.But they have not pushed too far towards a consumer desktop OS. What needs to happen is things like Dell implementing a line of Linux desktops and laptops. That makes Linux a viable alternative to Windows when average user's see that a company like Dell supports it.
I would like to see Ubuntu continue on its road but with more of a emphasis on making a visual and marketable product with Ubuntu. Rather then a Windows replacement.

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12478/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5730/ I should be able to use my computer.

Currently I am forced to limit the amount of ram it is able access by a simple cut off. There is a better way:
http://rick.vanrein.org/linux/badram/

I am not even requesting this be on by default. Just the patch/source included in the repos.

Currently we let people test that they have badram, let's give them the best solution we have.

Attachments:
Bug #185804 : [Information on this bug will be retrieved soon]
]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/5730/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12393/
https://addons.mozilla.org/es-ES/firefox/addon/1419

Reason? IE is a bad web explorer, but our politicians do not know it. Why? because in my case, in Spain, the Public Administration ONLY work in Internet Explorer, when I want to watch my personal information in the University, I need IE, when I have to send information (form) by the website of the ministry of X (jod, culture, education, industry...), I need IE!!! oh my good!! WHY??? WTF!!! Firefox doesn't work well, o directly, doesn't work.

If we want that everybody (at less in Spain) install Ubuntu in their PC, and they can work well, we need this (a lot of people don't know that this plugin exist!!).

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12393/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11875/
Its about giving information, making easier things.
Example:

- When user tries to reproduce mp3 file:
offer 2 options, 1) convert to Ogg format and talk about advantages of this format, 2) download proprietary codecs

- Every media player should ask this to the user on first run and convert it too if needed.

This could be a solution with all the trouble with proprietary media files.

FEEL FREE TO SUGGEST ANY OTHER WAY TO GET TO THE SAME OBJECTIVE, USE FREE FORMATS.


Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/11875/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12357/

For quite long time I was fighting with ssh server. Finally I figured out the eth0 hadn't been set via /etc/network/interfaces (I wonder how my network was set if not in that file - for more see bug 241796 ;/). I'm not sure if was wrong from a very beginning or something happened after installation.

Keeping the /etc/ files in some 'CVS' probably would not help me resolve the issue but for sure help me trace what cause such strange network setting. As a person working in Support I would be really glad to have tool saying that some screw up file that time.

Many of support situation can be describe by following conversation:

Support - Have you changed anything in your system?
Customer - No
Support - Are you sure?
Customer - Yes of course.
Support - by file X looks strange
Customer - Oh yes, I changed my network card. Is it important?

Seeing log with etc changes will be great in such situation.

Interesting links:
inotify - 'cron' like tool working based on changes in filesystem
http://inotify.aiken.cz/?section=incron&page=about&lang=en

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12357/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12308/
The permission tab in Nautilus was of no help and I was disappointed to find out that the only way to resolve this is by recursively changing the drive mode to 777 (enable user writing). Why isn't there any GUI that explains this or at least, prompt the user to format under their ownership? [Otherwise people will just use FAT32 and ignore permissions altogether?].

This idea may be related to the Disk Manager suggestion.

Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12308/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12287/
Attachments:
No attachments. ]]> Wed, 07-Jan-2009 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12287/