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Ubuntu shouldn't be like Windows or OSX!  
Written by k.y the 1 Mar 08 at 20:39. Global category: System. New
Many ideas posted here suggest that Ubuntu should look and|or feel like WindowsXP|Vista|OSX arguing that if so more Windows|OSX users would switch to Ubuntu. Often the suggested methods to achieve this are simplifying and|or even modifying Ubuntu in such a way that functionality, customization or adaptation get removed or limited. I don't think that this is the direction the Ubuntu development should follow. Because:

1. Creating a fool-proof system too often results in creating a systems for fools only. I personally think that Vista is the best example for this. By trying to make Vista more secure they made Vista more annoying. Starting to protect the system and the user's files from the user himself brought the system one step closer to foolproofness but also tends to be most irritating to the rest of us. Also by making everything as easy as possible alternatives, customization possibilities and adaptation are often eradicated.
2. By imitating Windows you most likely will attract Windows users. They will work with Ubuntu for a while then change back to Windows because you can't work on Ubuntu like on Windows and it also doesn't behave like Windows.

Windows and OSX might have some nice|useful features. And most of them are implemented into Gnome|KDE by now. So I think that we should stop with copying but start creating. Of course useful features should still be made available to Linux but the creation of new features should be more important. And by implementing new features, copied or created, functionality, customization and adaptation should never be limited. Also if it means that that particular feature might not be that "easy" to handle. e.g. providing a simpler GUI for apt is okay but replacing the package manager with a setup.exe like system would limit functionality.

Ubuntu should attract users with innovation, stability and possibility and not by providing "just an alternative". Constantly coping from Windows|OSX also demonstrates a certain inferiority. And Linux|Ubuntu are no more inferior. We slowly but surely caught up by now, so now we should start to overtake.

I don't want Ubuntu to be like Windows or OSX!
I want Windows and OSX to be like Ubuntu!

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2300
Written by k.y the 1 Mar 08 at 20:39.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #2300 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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Fix Suspend and Hibernate   forum
Written by tighem the 28 Feb 08 at 17:22. Global category: System. Not an idea
Suspend and hibernate still seems to be a big issue based on forum posts.

Developer comments
“Fix suspend and hibernate” is not an idea; it is not something that a developer could ever mark as “Implemented”. Suspend and hibernate work for many machines, and making them work for more machines is a matter of fixing individual bugs, not of implementing an idea.

This page has (as shown by the “Mix of improvements” suggestion, and the highly varied “duplicate” ideas) become a vortex for many unrelated ideas. Some of these ideas are good, and some are not so good. They should be separated out and voted on individually.

—mpt
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Solution #1: With proprietary drivers
Written by tighem the 28 Feb 08 at 17:22.
Really focus on fixing it, even with proprietary drivers.
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Solution #3: Mix of improvements + Solution #1 (letting the user choose)
Written by franco.valoppi the 26 Aug 09 at 03:47.
I think that even using proprietary driver may make it more compatible, always let the user to choose.

On the other hand I have some other ideas to improve performance (probably already implemented):
- Memory trim and garbage collection, before hitbernating.
- Memory Defrag.
- Exclude System Prefetched data from hibernate files. I mean memory used with programs already closed but still in memory in the case you want to open them again.
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Solution #4: Add an idle option
Written by qwerty800 the 19 Sep 09 at 14:54.
As a temporary solution, we should add an "idle" option to ubuntu.

Since suspend and hibernate both invole creating a system image and storing it in the ram/in the swap, until we fix this, we need to find another alternative to this.

The only alternative remaining is to leave your computer open during all the night!

Well, my idea is to add an "Idle" option, that would:
-Suspend most of the programs
-Lower the CPU clocking (If possible)
-Lower the fan speed (If possible, trying to emit the less noise possible)
-Lower the HDD speed (If possible)
-Lock the screen

That way, we could still avoid energy wasting, while waiting for a working sleep mode.
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Solution #5: we should have a progress hibernating bar in lucid lynx
Written by slsolaris the 5 Nov 09 at 22:45.
a progress bar is more intuitive than a black screen, nothing else to add
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Solution #6: don't ask for password after wake up (optionally)
Written by yzarc the 9 Nov 09 at 20:33.
don't ask for password after wake up (optionally).
I'd like to open the lit and have my system ready to use.
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Solution #7: Create solid aternative for laptops where suspend/hibernate doens't work.
Written by FeraTech the 21 Mar 10 at 04:47.
For those laptops where suspend and hibernate do not work Ubuntu should automatically default to an alternative.

A good solution would be to simply have the previous state stored onto the hard drive including all running applications. The laptop would boot normally and all of the previous state would just be stored and controlled by the operating system.
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Solution #8: Don't allow suspend/sleep on Laptops where it doesn't work!
Written by DrWig the 23 Apr 10 at 08:48.
If hibernate/suspend doesn't work, have Ubuntu disable the option, so it doesn't try until a new version/potential fix is released.
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Solution #9: Disable suspend/hibernate by default
Written by decumanus the 3 Aug 10 at 19:02.
This is a solution of despair. Function that fails on half of all computers should not be enabled by default. Do not pretend we are able to do what we cannot.
I lost many minutes of work just by accidental pressing sleep button. Sorry.
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Solution #10: investigate why suspend works in other distros and not ubuntu
Written by DonnyDonNothin the 22 Nov 10 at 15:36.
investigate why suspend works in other distros and not ubuntu. 's2ram -f' in another distro works flawlessly, but what ever ubuntu uses causes my touchpad to freeze. ask the community to contribute to a list of what hardware and applications work in suspend. much like the voting system here. for example:
XXX touchpads freezing after suspend +6 votes
window contents lost on ati drivers +X votes
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Solution #12: Hibernate light
Written by xer0 the 23 Mar 11 at 17:56.
Boot as normal and just restore the state of the X desktop.
Saving the state is already supported in X but not present as an option in the Ubuntu menus (at least i cant find it).

This would provide an alternative for people who has hardware related problems with hibernate.

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Close nautilus window when resource is no longer available  
Written by amrhassan the 23 Oct 08 at 22:26. Related project: Nautilus. Implemented
Whenever i eject a dvd, a thumbdrive or disconnect a bluetooth phone or delete a directory that was opened in nautiuls, that nautilus window reverts to the $HOME directory.

Why?

That window should be destroyed instead. nothing is so special about my home directory to make me wanna go there whenever i finish using a removable device or delete a folder.
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Selected solution (#2): Ejecting or umounting disks should trigger a corresponding close window event
Written by Living-FOSS-iL the 19 May 09 at 07:45.
Nautilus is already aware of disks that are unmounted or ejected. Why not extended its range of actions to closing the window of the unavailable disk.
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Selected solution (#3): Close "tab" instead.
Written by Ssdg the 19 May 09 at 15:46.
If you use tabs to browse your media, if the window closes, you loose all tabs. so juste close one tab and if it's the last one close the window.

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Selected solution (#4): Solution #3: Visually or sonically signify disk removal
Written by mitkaese the 22 May 09 at 00:58.
I'm not sure auto-closing windows on the user is the best idea. I can imagine times when when the user needs to know what was just removed, e.g. to compare with those on another drive.

It seems a much more robust solution to visually/sonically signify that the drive is no longer mounted, perhaps by graying out the window or adding an "[Ejected]" to the title bar.

Additionally, the Ubuntu's system notification could let the user know the drive has been removed and *ask* if the correspondent windows should be closed.
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Selected solution (#5): Corollary to #4
Written by Clorox the 23 May 09 at 01:25.
#4 is a great idea, but if the user is asked whether the window should be closed, then there should be a "do not ask again" option.
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Selected solution (#6): Use the new notification system to report
Written by LiraNuna the 23 May 09 at 06:56.
Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) have a new marvelous notification system. Use it to report that the media is now safe to remove.
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Selected solution (#7): Change the location of the window/tab
Written by Kver the 25 May 09 at 00:40.
Instead of closing the tab, move the current location to either the /media folder, or the parent folder of the mount point.

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.Trash folders having the trashcan icon  
Written by nitrofurano the 6 Oct 08 at 14:51. Related project: Nautilus. New
would be interesting if the .Trash folders could use the Trash icon instead of the Folder icon.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14131
Written by nitrofurano the 6 Oct 08 at 14:51.
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Allow the use of simple passwords   forum
Written by anabelle the 24 Mar 08 at 02:54. Global category: Accessibility. New
I'm currently installing Ubuntu in as many PCs as I can, almost on 4 PCs a week, most of them are household Family PCs used by children. And i find the password too simple warning at login root enforced password change a hard obstruction into the usability of the machine. All kids want their passwords to be real simple like candy, or dog, or secret... but they cant because of this _dumb_ message, this is one thing that really annoys me in newer releases of ubuntu. i found in another thread (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=275457) a way to disable it but, still its an annoying procedure.

I think its fine that the ubuntu team cares about the user security but Blocking the use of simple passwords its abusive. I think if a warning showed up, kind of:


////

Your password is too simple and may be insecure
[Change Password] [Use Anyway]

/////


It would be insecure but you still be able to set your password too 0 if you want to.

Am I being clear? i really hope this will be a reality
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #5553
Written by anabelle the 24 Mar 08 at 02:54.
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Solution #2: Check port 22 or forbid root logins via SSH
Written by Lyfang the 15 Jun 11 at 23:30.
Check port 22 or forbid root logins via SSH before allowing the use of simple passwords.
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Solution #3: Choose strength on install
Written by hammerhead the 24 Mar 12 at 03:24.
Shouldn't this be an option at install time? It's nice that everybody is concerned, but are you concerned ENOUGH? Ubuntu's mothering doesn't just reject weak passwords by default -- it also accepts non-strong passwords by default! Worried now?

That's the problem; the distro shouldn't make security decisions for an admin. It should be up to the admin, and the best place for setting the password strength requirement is at install time.

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OpenOffice 3.0 takes really too much time to start-up.  
Written by grofaty the 19 Feb 09 at 13:12. Related project: OpenOffice.org Word Processor. Not an idea
Opening OpenOffice program takes way too much for normal use. I have been using Microsoft Office, but it starts way faster then OpenOffice. Can't OpenOffice be made to quickly start-up. It probably starts up too many features that no-one needs.
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Solution #1: Speed start-up of OpenOffice
Written by grofaty the 19 Feb 09 at 13:12.
Speed up OpenOffice when starting. Probably not all features should be loaded when starting program. When some one needs some feature it could be loaded on demand.
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Solution #2: Help the development of a c/c++ alternatives with gtk+
Written by jeypeyy the 19 Feb 09 at 20:04.
OpenOffice is written with "Native Widget Framework" (http://people.redhat.com/dcbw/ooo-nwf.html ) and that might be a reason why it is so slow*. Also it integrates badly with gnome. If we helped an alternative written in c/c++ and with gtk+ it could be faster.

The developers could help developing alternatives like AbiWord and Gnumeric. There should also be an integration between those applications before Ubuntu decides to change.

*Note that I'm not sure if this really is the reason. If it's not, please leave a comment and vote this down.
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Solution #5: Use a (Optional) preloading system to quick-start Openoffice
Written by OpenNingia the 5 Mar 09 at 11:20.
For those people who needs faster openoffice, Ubuntu should provide a task that preloads some OOO's libraries or modules on system start, that will increase booting time but decrease OOO start time.

This behaviour should be optional.
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Solution #6: Transition bottlenecked portions of OpenOffice to C/C++
Written by Mishtal the 17 Mar 09 at 20:14.
There are ways to use C and C++ functions from interpreted languages like Java. The parts of OpenOffice that are the major bottlenecks could be transitioned to C/C++, or other compiled languages.
This gives us the benefit of keeping all the current features of OpenOffice, in addition to allowing new features to be added without significant changes in the implementation of these new features compared with the implementation of them on a non-transitioning OpenOffice
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Solution #7: Solution 1 but with support from Ubuntu
Written by Basem the 23 Mar 09 at 08:14.
Open Office is great, but i cant stop feeling its starting to lag behind in terms of features...ubuntu should start giving Sun some support.
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Solution #8: Use Abiword instead
Written by broomfighter the 27 Jul 09 at 22:34.
Abiword, while less featureful than OO, is light and fast. Plus, it's written natively in gtk, so it supports theming.
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Solution #9: Improve Open Office to load less files
Written by mikko.rantalainen the 7 Oct 10 at 08:15.
Starting the Open Office Writer 3.2 needs OS to load 1575 files. You can try this yourself:

strace -f -e trace=open oowriter 2>&1 | perl -npe 's/^[[]pid \d+[]] *//' | grep ^open | sort -u | wc -l

(Some of the files on that list are "file not found" but it still asks OS to try to load all those files.) A reasonable way to improve start up time would be to get it to load less files during startup. Whether this is implemented as Solution #1 (load files ondemand) or as some another solution (e.g. reimplement some functionality to have simpler implementation and not tons of code in a thousand separate files).

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A good download manager  
Written by vinutux the 8 Mar 08 at 04:16. Global category: Internet & Networking. New
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

.......................................

some one make a ubuntu version of opensource "freedownloadmanager" (freedownloadmanager.org) appreciated.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #3828
Written by vinutux the 8 Mar 08 at 04:16.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3828 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!
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Solution #2: System-wide download manager with GUI
Written by dragoninsane the 4 Jul 08 at 12:55.
*-install download manager natively to ubuntu-small,light weight but bundled with advance preferences.
*-Most importantly it should have ability to handle firefox,browsers for gnome integration so we can click the download links and download will get added to downloadmanager
*-ability to hide into system tray when there is no activity.
*-right click in system tray choose>>download speed,
*-download basket that will make a small box appear through which we can drag the url of download and download starts in download manager.
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Solution #3: Develop a professional GUI for Aria2c and/or Axel
Written by mbz99 the 7 Jul 09 at 11:23.
The Linux user must has a professional GUI Download Manager and also fast as IDM for windows and others. There are two Linux download managers *fastest in Linux and faster than IDM* but there are not good GUI for them, I made benchmark for the famous download managers for Linux in the thread
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1205013
, the result is aria2 and Axel are the fastest in Linux and there is a big time difference from the other because they support multi-connections (parallel connection) and multi-mirrors .

We need a Good and Advanced GUI for download manager in Ubuntu, and can be used with linux browsers firefox , Konqueror, Chromeum...etc.
There is project for making GUI for Axel
http://code.google.com/p/axel-gui/
and looking for similar project.
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Solution #4: Port FDM to Linux
Written by macros the 11 Jul 08 at 22:03.
So we would have the nice gui,
and all the nice features
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Solution #6: Port using winelib
Written by Andrius the 3 Feb 09 at 16:02.
As it compiles under mingw, it could be compiled using winelib in ubuntu, it's a good testcase for both FDM and wine and after that the functions could be gradually be changed to be independant of winelib.
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Solution #7: Implimenting the Features
Written by catcatmu the 1 Mar 09 at 16:58.
Implement the extra features on an existing Download Manager. This way instead of rewriting code we can use part of the code of FDM. I suggest using Kget as a base. Kget already integrates nicely into the browsers and supports many features. All the extra features can be implimented without too much of a rewrite: Using KIO, the 'file preview function can be implemented and partial downloading, Using the plugins Utube(...) functions can be added. For scheduling (I'm not sure) but there is a Kde program already present maybe just embed it and add some signals/slots?

Multi Part downloading -- already present
Downloading from video sites -- Through a plugin

Detecting Mirrors -- Already present (Not sure)
Upload Manager -- Using KIO?
Resuming of broken Downloads and Checksums -- Plugin for chacksum
Scheduling -- (Not sure...)
Torrents -- Already Present
Partial downloading of zip archives - Through KIO
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Solution #8: Solution #6: Use fatrat and enhance its features
Written by sradhakrishna the 12 Jul 09 at 11:05.
Fatrat - a very good download manager that i've come across in recent times. Amazing features, especially the remote control types.

I'd suggest using Fatrat as a base, evaluating what features are required and implement those.

IMHO, porting FDM is going to be an absolute pain, and enhancing Fatrat, an easy one.

Kudos to the creator of this nice piece of work!
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Solution #10: Use Uget
Written by creative the 21 Aug 09 at 08:36.
Uget is a new and promising download manger it's very fast using curl and nice look Gui with GTK
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Solution #11: Use Retriever
Written by ceefour the 16 Mar 10 at 22:41.
Retriever (http://www.halogenware.com/software/retriever.html) is a Java-based GUI Download Manager that supports multi-segment downloads, torrents, among a host of other features. It's also free and actively developed.

Supported by FlashGot as well.
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Solution #12: Port Fatrat to gtk+
Written by pazuzuthewise the 19 Apr 10 at 22:38.
Fatrat ([url]http://fatrat.dolezel.info/[/url]) can handle all download-involving tasks:
- file-sharing sites (rapidshare, etc.)
- torrents, including torrent creation, DHT, UPnP, encryption etc.
- http(s)/ftp download acceleration
- youtube downloads
- support for proxies
But it's QT4 dependencies are immense, it requires almost a full KDE4 desktop.
It seems better than the above-mentioned Retriever (and it doesn't use the yahoo search-engine!)
It would be great if a Gtk+ port were available.

Until something like this appears for Gnome, I'll stick with DownThemAll and transmission and Jdownloader.
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Solution #13: JDownloader
Written by bircoe the 22 Apr 10 at 05:20.
I've just installed JDownloader which seems to be pretty nice, supporting websites like rapidshare, megaupload and hotfile (there's a huge list), it supports scheduling out of the box (once you turn on the addon) and seems to be pretty good so far, just need to wait till next billing period so I can properly test the scheduling features...

http://jdownloader.org/home/index
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Solution #14: Let people use a Firefox addon if they want this
Written by hawthornso23 the 19 Jan 11 at 00:00.
Not everyone wants or needs one. Those who do can install a firefox addon.
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Solution #15: Solution #1 with Youtube downloader GUI
Written by Lyfang the 7 Aug 11 at 07:28.
Handle all downloads with one application.

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Nautilus "open with" needs some revisiting  
Written by enbuyukfener the 26 Apr 08 at 06:09. Global category: Others. Not an idea
In Nautilus (Gnome default file manager), right clicking a file and selecting "Open with... other application" brings up a dialog with the following issues:

1. The application list is not consistent with other application menus, e.g. the one on the panel

2. Some applications are not listed (these apps are added to the other menus though)

3. The non-modifiable behaviour is to set the "other application" as the default for that file type so an option to "use this as the default application for this file type" should be added

Example for #3:
- I have a PDF file
- I want to open it with PDFedit
- It is not in the open with menu
- Select it through open with other application
- It now becomes the default however I still want evince to be the default PDF viewer
- I have to repeat the above to open with evince to make that the default again
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #7638
Written by enbuyukfener the 26 Apr 08 at 06:09.
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fix firefox eating so much CPU and ram on ubuntu  
Written by nerva the 15 Mar 08 at 15:54. Global category: Internet & Networking. Not an idea
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!! It not just flash problem. Web sites with a lot of graphics are problem too. Firefox on UBUNTU use so much ram and CPU all time. ( I have 2.4 celeron D and 1 GB ram). Fix that please!!!
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4733
Written by nerva the 15 Mar 08 at 15:54.
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Universal installer standard  
Written by dennistm the 3 Mar 08 at 11:49. Global category: Installation. Won't implement
Please create a universal installer that will work on all distro's of Linux and that has a creation package.

I am thinking of the MSI files and software like Install Shield for creating the MSI's.

Currently using make of shell scripts just to be sure that an installer will work on all distro's is a little troublesome.

My opinion of this is that it will take Linux from hobby OS to a usable OS for all users.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #2706
Written by dennistm the 3 Mar 08 at 11:49.
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