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People forget to empty their trash and get problems with space  
Written by sucotronic the 18 Feb 09 at 17:00. Global category: Accessibility. New
I've observed in my job that most of the users forgets to empty their trashes regularly, and suddenly one day they start to have problems due space limitations, or they don't know where is used their hard drive space.
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Solution #1: Add a configurable reminder
Written by sucotronic the 18 Feb 09 at 17:00.
It would be useful to add a kind of reminders that prevents the users about their files in the trash or the occupation in the hard drive. And also it could be configured with an option under the System>Preferences menu.




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Solution #2: Clean trash automatically
Written by snizovtsev the 18 Feb 09 at 17:43.
Add the "Trash size" option (percent or absolute value) and automatically clean oldest files from the trash to fit this limit.
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Solution #3: Compress old files
Written by vlo the 19 Feb 09 at 20:05.
The operating system should silently compress some of the files. Perhaps this could be done when the system is not being used, or before shutdown.

The files that would be compressed would be the files that have been in the trash for a certain amount of time (configurable).
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Solution #4: Trash with maximum size
Written by blaxter the 19 Feb 09 at 23:41.
Like in solution #2, add a "Trash size" option but instead of automatically clean oldest files form the trash, just say "the trash is full, please clean it up" when the user try to send more files to it
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Solution #5: Notification with "Delete now"-Button
Written by rakudave the 21 Feb 09 at 20:39.
Same as #1, but with a button to empty the trash directly from the notification-bubble
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Solution #6: Don't put unnessecary distractions in the system!
Written by kapipi the 21 Feb 09 at 21:17.
This solution is a response to solution #1. Solution #1 is great, except that as a default the user should not be notified about the size of trash, unless space on the partition is getting critically low.

The rationale:

- We don't want to distract the user's attention unnecessarily
- We don't want to force or lure the user to empty his trash unnecessarily.
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Solution #7: Low disk space notification instead of trash notification
Written by argon the 22 Feb 09 at 00:35.
The rationale of this problem is that sometimes people run out of disk space. So the notification should directly address this issue, and not just target the trash at an arbitary point, which will just lead to more annoying notifications.

Windows also does this when disk space is low...
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Solution #8: Create a System Cleanup widget
Written by 311005901 the 22 Feb 09 at 15:59.
A notification alerts users when the system is running low on free space.


When clicked on, users can use a widget to remove unwanted files.


(Click to see full sized image)
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Solution #9: auto-remove when disk-space is low
Written by koenfloris the 25 Feb 09 at 14:00.
ubuntu begins to fragment when you've got not enough disk-space. lets say that the limit is about 20%.

when disk space is to full...
ubuntu should auto-remove unnecessary things to free it up. of course, it should ask the user the empty the trash, to prevent data-loss. but other cash-like things should get cleaned up.
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Solution #10: Extend computer-janitor to support low disk space and trash notifications
Written by ziroday the 27 Feb 09 at 12:07.
computer-janitor (only in jaunty) is a small utility to clear up left over packages and left over files that have no use. It could easily be extended to support emptying the trash and notifying the user when disk space is low.
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Solution #11: Use the desktop icon to provide information
Written by Menti the 7 Mar 09 at 12:23.
As proposed in idea #14699. Desktop icons in general are static and do not provide any useful information. Trashcan icon is slightly dinamic: it has an empty state and a full state. Let the icon change to show how much trash there is. There could be a (configurable, with a sane default) max limit to the trash size, and the desktop icon could show what percentage of that limit is already in use.

This way, we could have more information without actually adding anything to the current setup, no more clutter; only better use of an already existing and underused graphic element of the desktop.
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Solution #12: Put the trash icon on the desktop
Written by dubrict the 10 Mar 09 at 06:19.
The reason people forget is because by default, the trash icon is as tiny as can be and hiding in the corner. Placing it on the desktop instead puts it more directly in the user's conscious, reminding them to empty it while not being obtrusive or complex.

The "running low on free space" reminder is reasonable, because it would solve this problem while taking on another. There's no reason to add any complexity to the system beyond this.
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Solution #13: Empty Trash On system Shut down
Written by MOSAM the 10 Mar 09 at 20:06.
Have the system ask you if you want to empty the trash when shutting down the as it does when unmounting disk drives.
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Solution #14: make gui to let the user decide
Written by linuxrules the 12 Mar 09 at 23:28.
settings dialog _ +/- X
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put trash icon on desktop "on/off"

Empty Trash On system Shut down "on/off/ask/auto"

Use the desktop icon to provide information "on/off"

auto-remove when disk-space is low "on/off/ask/auto"

Notification with "Delete now"-Button "on/off"

Trash with maximum size & if to delete when size limit is exceeded "on -size-/off"

Compress old files "on/off/ask/auto"

Add a configurable reminder "on/off"
|advance..|
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Solution #15: Beyond Icons
Written by trustno1uk the 16 Mar 09 at 20:02.
Icons that represent valuable information at first glance can really save you some time.

Some users don’t care about emptying their thrash and also use it as another folder at times, this will remind them to empty it.

trash

REF: http://www.kumailht.com/blog/linux/10-features-ubuntu-should-implement/
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Solution #16: Automatically delete after 30 days
Written by OrelEagle the 5 Dec 09 at 20:38.
I'm using a script to delete files permanently after 30 days spent in the trash:

find ~/.local/share/Trash/files -maxdepth 1 -ctime +30 -exec rm -r \;
find ~/.local/share/Trash/info -maxdepth 1 -ctime +30 -exec rm -r \;

This way the user doesn't have to worry about emptying the trash but still has a "second chance" in case a file was deleted by mistake.
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Solution #17: Provide a suite of tools for the user to save/recover disk space
Written by yoda2031 the 28 Mar 11 at 17:26.
Computer Janitor already fulfils the requirement to recover disk space from files which are temporary/cached/etc.

Squashfs more-or-less fulfils the requirement to conserve space, but should be provided as an option on installation ("compress home directory" and "compress system directory" options)

A utility to automatically compress/remove components which have not been used for more than 30 days.

A utility which lists your installed applications in order of size and last used date. Allows the user to remove the bigger, unused packages.

A utility which allows you to "reorganise" your partitioning scheme.

Where applicable, these solutions should be accessible under an umbrella utility, possibly as an extension to the existing Disk Utility, or as a stand-alone utility.

See the 17 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 7 May 13 at 15:00) >>

Improve file/folder sharing experience (Samba)  
Written by bartong the 29 Feb 08 at 01:35. Global category: Internet & Networking. Implemented
Currently it is very difficult to setup and control access to shared folders without editing conf files and reading detailed instructions on all the variables. I propose that sharing (specifically Samba) be given a well worked GUI and some real TLC to bring it up to standard with the experience on Windows or OS X.
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Selected solution (#1): Defaults and GUI Options adjusted appropriately
Written by bartong the 29 Feb 08 at 01:35.
By default a share should be accessible as Read Only by anyone on the network without a username or password (guest access). While guest access should be turned on by default, it should also be easy to turn it off, and if desired to give guests read/write access to the folder.

You should also be able to specify local users who will have read/write access, and these local users should sync with smb users invisibly (ie: the user doesn't need to know that there are two password databases being used).

The Properties window for a folder should contain a Sharing tab with all the options available to choose. I also propose a Shared Folders option in the Preferences menu should list the currently shared folders along with their settings, and provide a button to take you into the dialogue where you can set the options.
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Selected solution (#2): Samba Server Configuration Tool
Written by dfme the 26 Jan 09 at 12:36.
There is already an application which allows this.
If the samba package is installed on ubuntu also install this application: Samba Server Configuration Tool - A graphical interface for configuring SMB shares
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Selected solution (#3): Accueil - Samba Share w/ Nautilus Integration
Written by fermulator the 2 Sep 09 at 12:44.
How about: Accueil?

http://gentoo.ovibes.net/nautilus-share/mediawiki-1.4.4/index.php/Accueil

Actually ... this may have been replaced with "nautilus-share"?
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Selected solution (#4): Samba Server Configuration Wizard
Written by Agafonov the 18 Nov 09 at 21:29.
We need a simple to use step-by-step wizard which will ask some really simple questions and generate an smb.conf file based on the user's choices.
How about https://launchpad.net/sscw ? It is a working example, although right now it's using zenity. If re-written using python it would become a very handy companion to nautilus-share.
We even should not include smb.conf in the samba package: once installed, samba server will not work until the user has defined how it should behave.
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Selected solution (#5): Share Sub-Folders by Default
Written by Klau3 the 11 Mar 10 at 01:51.


Right now, when right clicking on a folder and selecting “Sharing Options” – for example you want to share your Music folder and create a guest access to it – Samba will only share the files within the music folder but NOT THE SUB-FOLDERS where all the music is.

When sharing a folder, most people want to give access to sub-folders. For that reason, I suggest to reverse the handling of Samba sharing, so that you would have to click on an extra box to show that you don't want Samba to share sub-folders.
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Selected solution (#6): Create A Ubuntu NetWorkOne App
Written by geekgaurav the 30 Jul 10 at 17:17.
Able to handle connectivity Issues as Well As Sharing in Wizard Like Simple Interface for A New User

PS : More Ideas Can be Implemented In it
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Selected solution (#7): Allow Ubuntu to change the mounting options of FAT partitions
Written by qwerty800 the 6 Feb 11 at 21:05.
I personally have a file depot on my network where users can drop the files they want everyone to access.
It used to be on a NTFS partition, but is now hosted on the samba network. Doing such was a fairly hard task, since NTFS doesn't save permissions for each file, and is mounted with the 700 permission, while Samba requires XX4 or superior. I had to modify my fstab config file for that, and that's definitively not what I'd call user-friendly.
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Selected solution (#9): Centralized file-sharing administration
Written by komputes the 17 Aug 11 at 22:42.
The question on many user's mind is "What am I sharing (and to whom)?"

“System > Administration > Shared folders” is a feature that has been removed since 8.04. There has been no replacement for this tool since its disappearance.

Solution is to create a utility that should provide a graphical front-end to configure both samba system shares (managed in /etc/samba/smb.conf) and samba usershares (/var/lib/samba/usershares/).

Stepping a bit outside the scope of the issue (samba), this application should have a pluggable infrastructure which can also be used to show and configure other types of shares (nfs, ftp, ubuntuone).

Central administration, what a concept!

See the 49 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 29 Apr 13 at 23:07) >>

File Sorting & Grouping in Nautilus   forum
Written by XP1 the 17 May 09 at 19:26. Related project: Nautilus. Implemented
I always look for specific type of files based on the file type. For example, when I know I want to find a picture, I scroll down to the JPG group. I do not have to bother looking at all files when all unrelated files are sorted alphabetically. When sorted alphabetically, there may be a text file with the similar name to the JPG file; thus, I avoid the problem of time wasting and screen clutter when I do not want to look at text files.
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Selected solution (#1): Add file sort and group sort together as options in Nautilus
Written by XP1 the 17 May 09 at 19:26.
Add file sort and group sort together as options in Nautilus

The Windows Explorer file manager has this feature since Windows XP. It has been greatly improved in Windows Vista. In Vista, an entire group of files can be selected simultaneously once a file group is clicked on.

SortByName_GroupByType

URI: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawpa2000/3478448103/sizes/o/
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Selected solution (#2): But don't change the current type detection method
Written by Ssdg the 18 May 09 at 14:45.
One of the big advantages I found in "Linux" was the "relative" absence of extensions on most files. We should sort by mime types instead of extensions.

Of course, we will "forget" parts of the mime type to get it user friendly. For example, you shouldn't care about your music encodings, so MP3(music/mp3) and flac (music/flac) files will be merged in a single category (music). For more "generic" primari types, we'll use the second part (application/*)

Example:
image/png => Image
application/xml => XML

To rely on extension is as far as I'm concerned the biggest Window's mistake and we should not follow them on that path.
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Selected solution (#3): No need to copy Vista! Click on type column to select all by type plugin.
Written by r0g the 19 May 09 at 21:46.
Clicking the header row of the type column ALREADY sorts folders into alphabetical groups based on mime-type so the only NEW feature that is being suggested above is the ability to select all files of the same type in a single click.

This is hardly a slog to accomplish in the first place (click, move mouse, shift-click) BUT... If the community thinks this is a useful and highly desirable feature we should definitely avoid the screen wasting approach Vista takes.

I suggest such functionality could be better implemented as a plugin that makes clicking on an item in its Type column select all items of that type in that folder.

This gives the people who want it the single click functionality with no loss of screen space. This also spares those who don't feel the need the extra clutter.
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Selected solution (#4): Borrow from the spreadsheet auto-filter paradigm
Written by gazilla the 20 May 09 at 12:14.
Add a small extra icon to the column heading of 'Type' in the list view. It should be visible at all times in list view, with an option in Preferences to disable the feature.

When clicked, it would work just like the auto-filter of both Excel (erk!) and OpenOffice Calc. It would present a drop-down of all the file types in the directory. Clicking on a single file type could either limit the view to just those files or select the files depending on whether a modifier key (Shift, Control, etc) is pressed. It should be possible to click on more than one file type. For example, the user should be able to use this mechanism to select JPEG and PNG files together. In this context, folders are just another "file type".

Other "groupable" columns in list view (e.g. Owner) should also have the new mini icon. So if the folder contains files from multiple owners I should be able to limit the view to just the files from a single owner. Etc, etc.

I won't comment on how Nautilus should determine the 'file type'. That is a different argument for a different day.




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Selected solution (#5): Advanced Search Options
Written by MathUHenry the 7 Jun 09 at 16:02.
I think it would be advantageous to develop the search criteria options of Nautilus: by date modified, text within a file, mime type, size, et cetera.

See the 7 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 4 Mar 13 at 06:06) >>

Nautilus window icon is different from the folder icon  
Written by markcl the 12 Jun 10 at 22:28. Related project: Nautilus. Not an idea
I have folders which I gave an icon so that I can easily distinguish them from the rest. I also need to distinguish their windows from others, since sometimes I get up to 5 nautilus windows open at the same time, I am forced to read the title instead of getting to the folder I want. This destroys the purpose of giving a folder a distinct icon.
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Solution #1: Make Nautilus Window Icon the same as the Folder Icon
Written by markcl the 12 Jun 10 at 22:28.
By making the icons of the nautilus window and folder the same, it would be less confusing to find the nautilus window you want when you already specified its icon, and there will be better integration with the rest of the desktop.
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Solution #2: Make the Nautilus icon a folder stack with the Nautilus logo on it
Written by milawynsrealm the 20 Jun 10 at 03:12.
Simply having a folder as the Nautilus Icon could be confusing for some users as proposed with 'Solution #1'. I propose by having a icon of a stack of folders with a picture of the Nautilus Logo on it, it would not only indicate that the program deals with folders/folders ( kind of like the icon Windows 7 has for explorer.exe), but shows the user that it is a program and reduces the chances of a user confusing the icon with a standard folder.
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Solution #3: Use same icon which defined by user
Written by benoyanthony the 7 Jul 10 at 09:52.
While specific folder is opened under nautilus its windows should display same icon which we have defined to the folder. This will make window easily recognized by specific user who him self have defined the icon.

See the 1 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 24 Feb 13 at 14:29) >>

"Live CD Size as an end" is harming ubuntu's image  
Written by vexorian the 27 Jun 09 at 13:48. Global category: Installation. Implemented
Take a look at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2009-06-09#The%20GIMP

It is not the first time that a completely ridiculous, non-sense, anti-usability and "coincidentally" pro-Mono proposal (also coincidentally this time, from a former Microsoft employee) is pushed under the excuse of live cd size.

Apparently live CD size has become such an end instead of a means that ubuntu even considered removing the whole image editing thing to replace it with a sub-par photo management thingy. (No, apparently creation of images is too complicated for ubuntu users, they only want to edit a couple of pictures, let creativity be part of the windows or mac OS/X experience). This time, we dashed the bullet, but the conclussion is way too weak:
"If we still need the room, kick it out altogether"

This is not the first time, before we had another sign, canonical seriously considering replacing Rhythmbox (second most popular Linux music player, correctly working, good features, good amount of ubuntu users that like it) with Banshee (a feature lacking, mono-driven, unstable app only liked by Mono zealots) again under the extremely lame excuse of live CD size.

This situation is getting ridiculous.

Some points:

* The current default app distribution just works. Jaunty had tons of good reviews. In no place were there complains about X esoteric program missing.

* The current default app distribution already fits a CD. In other words, CD size is a problem only if you want to add new packages. What new packages? Is it really wise to replace raw functionality with some incredibly unknown package named "couchdb" that, I as an ubuntu user have never needed ?

[....]
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Selected solution (#2): Remove Mono
Written by Lachu the 27 Jun 09 at 13:55.
Remove Mono from Ubuntu. There is no apps written in Mono I have used. I don't using Tomboy, Banshee, F-Spot(I'm not sure it's in mono), etc.
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Selected solution (#3): Just use a DVD...
Written by vexorian the 27 Jun 09 at 13:59.
Yes, that thing I said about DVD distros working in third world countries better than ubuntu is perfectly true. (I know this first hand). If the third world is not the reason for the insistence on using a CD disk for it then what is it?

Is it to keep the requirements low? That should be bull, really. We are talking about an OS for which most of the latest features (notifier thingie, compiz, ...) require a 3d graphics accelerator! Yet a DVD player is too high end!

Bandwidth? I do not think the live CD ISO would automatically jump to 2GB, it would likely start at ~700 for the first releases that use DVD.

Shipping costs? I don't think a DVD weights much more than a CD, I'd say the cost remains the same

ubuntu could just keep having a CD version ISO, that just ships the essential packages (Openoffice, The Gimp, firefox, gedit, brasero, totem, rhythmbox those are really the only apps you absolutely need, and I am sure that fits a live CD just as well)



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Selected solution (#4): Keep CD-Images for Xubuntu only
Written by Richieland the 29 Jun 09 at 23:22.
There are still old computers without DVD-drive (e.g. alot Pentium 3 computers). Ubuntu/Kubuntu might not run well on these but Xubuntu does.

If Ubuntu/Kubuntu uses bigger image sizes (>700MB), keep Xubuntu CD-Images for legacy support.

EDIT: Booting from an USB-Stick is also often problematic/unsupported on these old computers.
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Selected solution (#5): Give greater preference to the network install
Written by k33l0r the 4 Jul 09 at 08:24.
Make it easier to install Ubuntu using a 'network install' or 'FTP install' option. This way the latest packages could be downloaded directly from Ubuntu mirrors in the install phase and the user could select any extra packages that they may wish to install at the same time.

This would also mean that all packages would be up to date right after the installation.

An example of such an install process can be seen when installing Fedora.
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Selected solution (#6): Custom CD
Written by Alberto Ferreira the 12 Jul 09 at 11:33.
I'd like to see the CD size mantained. They could try to keep squeezing things in ( that seems ideal for me! )

OR

We could have a link to a special website that would let you choose the apps you want to come with the live CD. Click Apply and then you would download an .img that suits your needs and saves bandwith to Canonical.
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Selected solution (#7): Target 1gb USB Flash drives
Written by snadrus the 14 Jul 09 at 15:19.
These are down to $8 (Pricewatch) and more accessible to novices than CD burning anyway. They install faster and work on most PCs >512mb ram (an ubuntu requirement).

Rebuild the web page intending that people download an image and Windows/Linux/Mac USB creator.

Users can then use the USB drive for other uses.

For "older" PCs, soon 512mb will be "older" and everything will work except the CD drive (they usually break soon after the laptop battery). For these, Linux on USB is the best option.
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Selected solution (#8): Install from repo on first click in the Application menu.
Written by madhi19 the 17 Sep 09 at 12:10.
The first time you click on an Applications in the Applications menu it will install from the repo just like the Add/Remove menu. You could still keep a few "Must Have" like a web browser but everything else would be server dependent. That would make keeping a cleaner desktop even easier. Why should you even install the things that you never use?

See the 28 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 7 Jan 13 at 17:24) >>

Gedit litters my hard drive with temp files.  
Written by r0g the 30 Jan 09 at 05:32. Global category: Others. New
The ones with ~ at the end of them. This is not good for security and it's annoying.

There _is_ an option to disable this but, as it rightly points out, if it were to crash at any point in the saving process you've lost your edits.
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Solution #1: Use the bloody /tmp folder like everything else.
Written by r0g the 30 Jan 09 at 05:32.
If you need to use a temp file that, surely, is where to put it. Naturally it should not be set to readable and deleted once the save has completed successfully.
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Solution #2: Option to use a backup folder instead
Written by eliseobc the 30 Jan 09 at 20:31.
These files are really the last backup for any file modified by gedit, It is better to move them to a backup folder.
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Solution #3: Disable backup files in GEdit by default
Written by Lex the 31 Jan 09 at 09:48.
Simply disable backup files (~) in GEdit by default. (Most users are not aware of then anyway.)
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Solution #4: Just clean the files up on successful save
Written by mhogerheijde the 15 Feb 09 at 22:11.
Vi also makes temp files (.[filename].tmp) with the same permissions as the original file. But it cleans its files up!

Why can't Gedit just clean its files after a successful save?
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Solution #5: Delete hidden files on closing Gedit
Written by firexq the 22 Apr 09 at 03:12.
Self explanatory. Gedit should delete the hidden files on closing and--in the case of unexpected crash--handle them the next time Gedit is launched.

See the 13 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 29 Dec 12 at 12:43) >>

Gimp needs support for 8, 16, and 32-bit per-channel images  
Written by ubby the 15 Dec 08 at 12:20. Related project: GIMP Image Editor. New
Gimp needs support for 8, 16, and 32-bit per-channel images like Photoshop does and Cinepaint (http://www.cinepaint.org/ ).
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #16510
Written by ubby the 15 Dec 08 at 12:20.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16510 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: Hire full-time dev
Written by kdev the 17 Jan 09 at 01:04.
Canonical could hire dedicated full-time developer (probably someone in gimp team) to speed-up porting GIMP to GEGL. As one of the developers told in recent interview it's mostly just "code needs to be written". Right now it is one of the biggest show-stoppers for must-die to linux migration for thousands of users so it is definitely worth paying for.

See the 6 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 17 Dec 12 at 11:24) >>

F-Spot is a great program but it lacks the option of play a background song  
Written by sroland the 25 Aug 09 at 19:35. Related project: F-Spot Photo Manager. Not an idea
When watching a slide show, it would be great to add the "play background song" option... the fading transition effect is well done and it only lacks this song option.... other thing is that I didn't find how to change time between photos... i found the default too large.
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Solution #1: add the song option to F-Spot
Written by sroland the 25 Aug 09 at 19:35.
developers should add this option to get F-Spot the best Photo manager ever... I thing F-Spot is one of the great apps in Ubuntu and should become a really "slideshow center" for us to show photos to people...
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Solution #2: Add plugins to rhythmbox and F-spot
Written by Ssdg the 27 Aug 09 at 14:07.
By addind two plugins, one in f-Spot to notify of the slideshow's start and one in Rhythmbox to start playing when notified, the problem will be solved and we can use both in compination with other programs.
Maybe we can add a few "configuration options" (exchanged via the dialog protocol) like in f-spot, we'll see the availlable playlists and choose one of them to use with the slideshow.

This could use D-Bus or any other inter application dialog protocol.

PS: for example, but this solution isn't about implementing theses examples:
gnome games could play certain playlists when you win or loose
Power manager could provide a way for f-spot to ask for a certain screen brightness
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Solution #3: replace F-spot with GNOME Photo Collector and add SMILE
Written by xernos the 15 Sep 09 at 16:05.
I don't use F-spot so you can remove from standard installation - I suggest replace F-spot with GNOME Photo Collector (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpc/) and for creating simple sideshow with music i more prefer SMILE (http://smile.tuxfamily.org/) an Avidemux or mmencoder.
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Solution #4: solang with connection to rhythmbox ?
Written by suoko the 21 Sep 09 at 01:13.
solang photo manager is a work in progress and has basic features.
if it connects to rhythmbox someway it could be the solution
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/solang
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Solution #5: Add a geotag plugin
Written by t4ggs the 25 Aug 09 at 22:47.
Maybe it couls work with marble
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Solution #6: Add face recognition plugin
Written by t4ggs the 1 Sep 09 at 10:08.
As in iPhoto
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Solution #7: Add the ability to export pictures to a movie or create a collage
Written by t4ggs the 1 Sep 09 at 10:16.
as in picasa
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Solution #8: Solution #4 Add support for video
Written by DeAtH89 the 2 Sep 09 at 15:05.
as in iPhoto
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Solution #9: Add Effects
Written by t4ggs the 24 Sep 09 at 07:10.
Such as the one of this program http://www.indii.org/software/tintii

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Thank Codeweavers for giving away Crossover for free -- today only!  
Written by Ubun2ideas the 28 Oct 08 at 17:12. Global category: Others. Not an idea
My idea is that we should thank CodeWeavers for their good spirit and generosity by offering fully-functioning versions of their flagship products for free - for today only (Tues. Oct 28, 2008)

CodeWeavers CEO Jeremy White was good to his word, and for today only, Codeweavers is giving away free, fully unlocked builds for both Linux and Mac of Crossover Pro and Crossover Games. Both can be downloaded here:

http://down.codeweavers.com/

In addition, on the same webpage, serial numbers to unlock existing Crossover products can be requested -- also for today only.

I know this is a commercial and proprietary product - the programs are modified, proprietary versions of the public and open-source Wine source tree with additional patches and tools - and that some in the community may object to my mentioning it here. OK. Object.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14928
Written by Ubun2ideas the 28 Oct 08 at 17:12.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14928 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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Simplify default bookmark creation in Firefox  
Written by grofaty the 5 Feb 09 at 19:29. Related project: Firefox. Not an idea
In Firefox 3.0 there are many ways to add bookmarks:
1. ctrl+d
2. menu Bookmark | Bookmark this page
3. single click on Star
4. double click on Star
etc

None of them are extremely simple. I got very unpleasant surprise with Firefox new user. Just to tell him how to save bookmarks... Very simple think to do but so complicated.
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Solution #1: Single click on bookmark star should add new bookmark to Bookmark menu
Written by grofaty the 5 Feb 09 at 19:29.
When star is single clicked default bookmark should appear in Bookmarks menu without asking any additional questions and without saving it into some sub-menu.

Simple click simple task.
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Solution #2: Show tag text on urlbar when site is in bookmarks
Written by Lachu the 7 Feb 09 at 18:17.
People don't know he can click a star twice time.

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