Contributor tioum

adobe flash has become ridiculously slow. it's perverse that i can play a dvd in full screen mode and that uses about 5% of my processor, while as a small flash window on youtube stutters. as well as this, there is of course no 64-bit version, or a version for sparc/powerpc under linux.

the solution is obvious--gnash must be developed. could canonical/ubuntu invest some development time in getting gnash working well? that would be great :)

Right now, the most likely successful migrations to Ubuntu happen for *nix experts and total novices who have someone install Ubuntu for them, but the most likely people to try Ubuntu are Windows power users--those who like a lot of configuration options but who are also used to using the GUI for tweaking options and not manually editing a text configuration file.

The most popular requests for editing the /boot/grub/menu.lst file involve changing the default boot option (to Windows instead of Ubuntu) and changing the timeout before a boot option is selected. The other less popular ones would be just bonus features, I guess.

In much the same way that Compiz got included as part of the default install (and got a lot of attention) AWN should be included (for those who can run it) as it adds an additional level of polish. Would help woo some Mac users probably too.

Orange Brown theme should not be the only one included
There should be color themes based on all the basic
colors e.g. blue theme, yellow theme, red theme, black theme
green theme.

First of all, sorry about my bad english.

Perhaps, Ubuntu 8.4 will not be ready, but the next Long Time Support release should be available in the malls and specialized computer shops.

I think in a box with a complete manual book written in the language of the country and a pair of disks. A double sided DVD and a double sided CD with the 32 and 64 bit versions of UBUNTU.

This box should have a reasonable price and perhaps a discount in Canonical support to the user.

Edit: People comment that this box should support for restricted/commercial codecs/players/multimedia. I agree with that. The price have to be low and include the royalties about these technologies.

Include Compiz Fusion Manager by default

Apple's OS X operating system is universally acclaimed as the easiest operating system for the average user. This is not due to the attractiveness of the theme or the gel-like interface buttons, but to the universally consistent user interface. In OS X, every program follows a rigid set of interface rules that allow the design concepts of one program to match that of another, allowing new users to simply master one organization of features and use that information across the system. This consistency gives mac its characteristically out-of-the-way design and sense of thorough quality. By giving Ubuntu a similarly universal set of guidelines and enforcing them throughout the system, we can come much much closer to the dream of a universally accessible GNU/Linux system, add polish, and contribute to the greater Free Software movement. I guess what I'm envisioning is a much more strict and detailed version of the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines.

Provide Network wide package management "landscape" free for all user

As Gutsy already has compiz-fusion as standard Window-Manager it is frequently troublesome to disable it (when starting a game, a Java-App or saving battery-life). Including the compiz-fusion-tray-icon would provide a simple ui to allow the user to disable it temporarily and additionally a quick way to change settings.

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/08/26/compiz-fusion-tray-icon/

E.g. synaptic could provide a history of what has been installed when along with the possiblity to remove it again.
Fore the people who sometimes evaluate software and afterwards want to remove it again (alon with all installed dependencies)

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_)

Ubuntu ships with GIMP as preinstalled graphics program. GIMP is a really impressive tool, once you figured out how it works. But there are a lot of people out there, who only need a fraction of the things GIMP can do. There are a lot of simple image editing tasks which can be done with simple programs:

John needs some help to do certain things on Ubuntu. He takes a screenshot of a program and tries to mark his problem with a hand painted error and some text.

Mark has been on a conference trip. He want's to remember the people he met, so he pulls a group picture from his digicam and marks everyone with a name tag.

Under MS Windows MS Paint fills this gap. Don't lough, I know a lot of people who use this program quite often. It does exactly what those people want to do. Nothing more, nothing less. For linux there are some mspaint alternatives [1][2]. But they could need some makeover (in the case of gpaint) or a targeted at a different users (tuxpaint is a program for kids).

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/gpaint/
[2] http://www.tuxpaint.org/

Compiz is getting more and more users because it is often the selling point that wins them over. The new compiz settings in the appearance dialog is nice, but emerald themes belong in there too.

Would really help people learn ubuntu faster.
It could sit on the desktop in pdf form.

btw I mean this cheat sheet from the forums.

According to the debian user manual, aptitude is the preferred method of adding and removing programs. Ubuntu official docs also mention that aptitude is a better way of adding and removing programs. Aside from these few official positions however, no clear explanation of the two exists, nor does Ubuntu appear to advocate the use of one or the other. On the other hand, experienced users will often recommend against using aptitude and to not mix the two, that is use one or the other.

It would be nice if the ubuntu developers would weigh in on the issue and explain which they use, which we should use, and how to switch between them if we choose. A wiki page or even just an expansion of information already available on the offical docs pages is all that would be required.

I have more than 4000 photos in f-spot. If my camera have the wrong date configured, then the photos will be in the bottom of f-spot (camera uses the default year 2003)

Allowing user to change the date of the photo would be great to organize their f-spot collection

To improve user experience, it woul be nice to select and include some nautilus scripts by defautl when installing ubuntu.

for example i install app A and dependencies B,C and D are installed. it would be nice if synaptic could somehow provide an uninstall script for these packages if i decide not to keep A.
for example when the 'apply' screen pops up there could be a button called 'save uninstall information' or something like that which simply lets you save a file called 'uninstall_app_A.sh' and save it to wherever i want it to be saved. doubleclicking this .sh file then uninstalls A,B,C and D


alternatively in synaptic > file >history > entry
add uninstall checkboxes, something like this http://img382.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1xv4.png

or perhaps even better add a 'history' entry in the left pane of synaptic (where it says section,status,origin etc)
with isntall history sorted by date/time with uninstall checkboxes as in the screenshot above

Linux and opensource has a long history of giving names to applications that make no sense to new users and are difficult to remember. Examples range from Synaptic whose name bares little to no connection to how is functions as an application downloader". Grub, compiz fusion, K"whatever", Gimp, etc. are all examples of poorly named and branded programs that do more to confuse humans than inform them.

Similarly Linux uses terms such as "Root" (compared to "Admin") represent a new vocabulary that users must learn in order to feel comfortable with the system. Similarly the folder structure uses abbreviated forms of words that while make it faster to type when in the command prompt confuse users who can't understand their meaning. Examples are plentiful here: /bin, /sbin, /etc, /root, /dev, /mnt, /lib, /boot, /tmp

Obviously this is a "hard" problem with the structure of the OS, Renaming folders isn't an easy thing to do. But the fact that these folders and many programs don't use "natural language" makes the OS and experience inhumane and provides another learning curve.

My proposal would be to give natural language names to all parts of the OS and to also support abbreviated forms when in the command line.

I would also propose changing application names that are ambiguous and confusing in favor of sexier natural language versions (preferably single words). Applications that have their names changed could have a footnote stating the original name in an About/Info dialogue box.

When you try to save an image with the gimp it looks like to propose all the file formats of the universe and I have to scroll down for JPEG. This is quite obscure and unnecessary.

I think most user need only the basic formats and the rest should be an option or a separate package.

Stop Mr. Faulfinder, Remmy with his joy-killer anti brainstorming posts like this one:

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http://www.gnome.org/

This is and Gnome Project issue. Not a Canonical or Ubuntu one.
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It sucks! This is brainstorming!