http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/103/
Or... leave it as it is, but create a website displaying all the great software available for ubuntu including all the features mentioned above with apturl links to install.

From #4613 (merged):

It should be indicated how much I'll have to download to install something.

We have download limits here and well... quite often I exceed them. It would be useful to indicate how big the download is going to be.

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Then Ubuntu/X must do WHATEVER it takes to stick to that resolution and refresh rate.

In case of multi-monitor setups, must be able to specify the configuration at time of installation.

Also, the login GUI must use same resolution as X. Why different resolutions?

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I have nVidia NVS440 card with Viewsonic VP2290b monitor. Video card must be set to 1920x1200 @13Hz or @41Hz refresh rate for each of it's four outputs. Desktop must be arranged in 2x2 matrix. Then monitor displays 3840x2400 @13Hz or @41Hz.

This worked very well in Ubuntu 6.06. Installed Ubuntu 7.04 and ended up with something like 800x480, even with nVidia binary drivers. Tweaked xorg.conf for weeks to get this to work. BulletProofX kept messing with my hand crafted xorg.conf file; which did work with 6.06. Eventually gave up and started using Windaz again :-( Will try again when frustration level has come down.

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All the installation needs to do is permit multiple virtual domains and permit mail among multiple workstations in the same subnet. As for relay to another SMTP host or from another POP host, that can be done through a control panel, but isn't necessary to be set up by default in most of my cases.

Note also I'm not seeking something with Ubuntu Server -- I want to get it going on a dev laptop so that while in flight I can write software and test against a local mail server.

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It seems quite obvious to me, the project is very much focused on one and only distro, its first baby : ubuntu.
And it shows. Kubuntu web site looks quite poor and unprofessional compared to ubuntu. Most graphic choices like the kdm default theme (even if it's supposed to be a matter of taste) look, again, unprofessional. And finally the whole distro doesn't seem to have the same amount of attention when it comes to details (one example among others: the little thing on ubuntu warning the user about the existence of proprietary drivers for display which does not exist on kubuntu).
I've been told once, like a year ago, by an ubuntu dev that the situation is such because the project doesn't feel like fragmenting its market share.
Whatever is the official position of the project, I don't think you should do things half way.
The Kde project is itself in full evolution with Kde 4. It does deserve full support from ubuntu.

Thank you for reading.


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]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/478/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1262/ 10 G-drive? Well I could have 3 partitions with a capacity of 10 GB.
If you mount such a drive, its mountpoint is /media/disk. This name doesn't represent the type of the drive: is it a USB-drive, an MP3-player or an internal hard-drive.

I propose that we should use the Knoppix-style drive names/mountpoints.
ALL the unmounted drives are on the desktop, with names like "/dev/hda1" and "/dev/hda2".
Mount them with one click from the desktop, and their mountpoints will get "/media/hda1" and "/media/hda2".

That way it's very clear which drive you are actually mounting, and the name of the mountpoint corresponds with the name of the drive.

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No attachments. ]]> Fri, 21-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1262/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/162/ This is feasible : closed-source Linux implementations already exist, ant it would be an innovative asset over Windows and MacOSX.

-https://lg3d-core.dev.java.net/files/documents/1834/31064/Sun_GoMonkey_demo_by _Oliver_Jones.avi
-http://events.ccc.de/congress/2006/Fahrplan/events/1604.en.html

And here you can find stuff to realize that:
http://www.intel.com/technology/computing/opencv/index.htm

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In my opinion it is senseless, that there is so much competition inside of open source. There are many projects which are very similar and I think that cronical and the ubuntu foundation as the developer of one of the most popular Linux distributions should plead for the support of communication between the open source projects to give open source a more efficient structure.
Inside of open source there should be no competition, microsoft is enough, and I think if the open source developers would work more efficient together they can produce a very beautiful Linux desktop in the future.
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First of all I really love the idea of Open Source. It is much simpler to communicate with the developers, submit own ideas(e.g. Brainstorm), or to help active, to form his own desktop. Because of this close relationship to the user, I feel much more involved to this project and feels in duty bound to give something back. So I produced an icon theme and submitted some ideas.
It is great to have the freedom to start something new and that there are possibilitys to find people who helps you, but I also think it would be very helpful for open source to make a new structure for more productivity.

I do not understand why there are done so many things twice or more?
When I would look at Open Source like at a company there are so much things which could be done more efficient.

1.Why so many applications of the same categorie. For example the IDEs. There are many IDEs for different programming languages, but either they are complicated (anjuta), have no standard gui builder (eclipse), or are very unstable (mono on my ubuntu desktop). I think it would be more productive if all this IDE developers would work together to build one simple IDE which includes many programming languages and an easy to use gui builder. I know Kdevelop tries that, but I hate the unclear interface structure of many KDE Applications like Kdevelop. I would prefer something more like mono.
A category which also must be mentioned are media players. I do not try to count all the open source media players because there are to much. On a wikipedia side I found a list with ca. 30 audio and video players, but I think there are much more. I know a small assortment should be there, but company's like microsoft or apple has just one media player, Linux not countable. When the developers of some similar media players would work together it would be much more efficient, and would open up so much new possibilitys for the Linux desktop.
This thoughts are also true for many other apps like office, messengers, browser.

2.Why so many Window Manager?
I do not really know how much, but I think there are maybe 10 or more window manager for the x system.
Some have a very individual philosophy, but others are also very similar. I think if the developers of the three big ones Metacity, Compiz and Kwin would work together, to produce a window manager which is in its default settings very similar to Metacity, but can gets with PlugIns more effects like Compiz the linux desktop would get much more possibilitys for the future.

Why GTK and Qt or even why Gnome and KDE?
The Gnome and GTK project was launched, because the members of the GNU project did not want to produce a desktop which based on a non free widget toolkit (Qt). Nowadays Qt has also a GPL licence and I could not understand why they do not work together. I know it is possible to run an qt application under gnome and the other way round, but just one toolkit for the linux desktop would it make much more simpler for programmers and the integration of the app in the desktop.
The question why Gnome and KDE maybe sounds a bit extreme, but think about it.
I use ubuntu gnome 2.2 and I really like gnome! It is easy to use and very stable. When I heard the first time of ubuntu, kubuntu etc., I also tried KDE and it was terrible! It was childish and I did not like the interface structure. So I came back to gnome. Now I know gnome very well and even if it is very stable and easy to use there are maaaaany things which I miss, and are now include in KDE 4. But even if KDE has many cool new features it is very unstable and most of the Qt programs has an unclear user interface structure. I would wish that the KDE and Gnome developers would work together to produce a desktop interface which is stable and easy like gnome and has the functionality of KDE. Then I think in some years microsoft would gets some more drop of sweat on his forehead.

Maybe this thoughts are a bit extreme, but the central point of this post is, that I think cronical and the ubuntu foundation as the developer of one of the most popular Linux distributions should plead for the support of communication between the open source project

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At the moment, I have noticed there is a trend of people voting against ideas, not because its a bad idea, but because they think there are other priorities. In fact, thats why almost every idea except a select few are +1. Even posts to fix grammer issues on brainstorm are getting voted down.

It should be emphasised:
+1 for ideas you would like to see implemented
-1 for ideas you don't want to see at all.

Because at the moment the reason so many things are -1 is because people think other ideas are more important at this time. I think our only purpose is meant to be sorting the crappy ideas from the good ones, and let the ubuntu team prioritise them.

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If we only have one, which should we keep? --Synaptic, clearly, since it's more featureful.

Can we make Synaptic more user-friendly to novices? --Yes, easily. Give it "novice" and "expert" modes; maybe tart up the graphics a bit.

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- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- Pidgin
- OpenOffice Suite
- "File Explorer"
- Home folder

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Ubuntu could solve this easily by disable the function of this Key. Make it to a normal shift key, please!!

(Or even let me change this in "CapsLock key behavior" in gnome-keyboard-properties.)

Here some Weblinks:
* http://capsoff.org/
* http://anticapslock.com/

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e.g.

Installed yesterday:
at 5:21pm (_remove_)
Selected
OpenOffice.org
Selected dependencies
Java (1 package depends on Java, _see list_)

Installed two days ago:
at 12:12pm (_remove_)
Selected
GIMP

at 2:59pm (_remove_)
Selected
Gnucash
Selected dependencies
AQbanking (2 packages depends on AQbanking, _see list_)
libchipcard (1 package depends on libchipcard, _see list_)



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It would be great to modify uswsusp (using kexec for example) to be able to use swap file on any regular partition to perform suspend2disk: 2.6 kernal already allow usage of dynamically allocated file on any partition as a swap file.

This improvement would also help to fix other suspend related issues and will make easier ubuntu-on-usb version.

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The kids get a new toy. The grown-ups get a new operating system.

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

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Yes, I know that all I have to do is:
1) Register an account on launchpad
2) Check to see if it's already been raised
3) Raise the bug if not

But: step (2) assumes some technical knowledge, I think, and the whole process assumes that you will willingly join in the process of testing, debugging, and fixing.

I would be the first to laud the whole "all of us in it together" thing, because I'm a Linux nut. But if we really want Ubuntu to be an OS for the people, don't we also have to consider the people for whom this is not practical or desirable, because they lack the expertise, the time, the confidence, or just don't play well in groups? I think we do.



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The number one cited reason for your average non-techie or only slightly-techie user not coming across to Ubuntu, or any non-Windows distro, is that the backlog of games that they have invested in over the years won't play on it.

(well actually, the main reason is that most have never heard of it, but amongst those who have, this is the reason)

But it's not about the latest and greatest, mention Elite, Dungeon Master or even some old spectrum game to a grown man and you might just glimpse a tear of nostalgia in his eye.

Would it not be in everyone's interests for the companies who have a vested interest in linux (Canonical, Novell, etc) to get together and buy a few licences for some retro games that everyone else has forgotten about and then open source them?

This can then maybe lure in folks who can't play these games on windows...



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