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That means that there are at least three different ways of changing tabs in the default applications of Ubuntu! In my view that is not acceptable! I don't mind there being different ways to switch tabs, as long as they all work in all apps. This is the case in Firefox, where you can use any of the key combos mentioned above to switch tabs. I would like at least the most known of these key combos (Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab) to work across all apps in Ubuntu. Please! :)

[PS: I'm not sure if this should be in Accessibility or Look and Feel. If it's placed in the wrong category, I hope an admin will move it for me. Thanks!]

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Also, that key should be supported by default:
idea #2490: Support the windows key
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2490/


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Use Case: Enable MP3 playback.
Precondition: MP3s are not currently playable.
1. User logs into the system.
2. User opens the Codec Manager.
3. System displays a list of common audio/video formats.
4. User selects MP3s.
5. System displays some info about MP3s.
6. System displays a list of available codecs.
7. User selects a codec and clicks Apply.
8. System downloads and installs the selected codec.
9. System informs the user when completed.

Other possible features:
- Display a list of audio/video types that are missing codecs.
- An auto-setup function, that grabs the recommended codec for all formats.

Audio and Video formats that should be supported:

Audio:
- MP3
- OGG
- AAC
- FLAC
- Real Audio

Video:
- MP4
- Windows Media
- XVID
- DIVX
- Quicktime
- Real Video

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It would be great if it gets a 32 bit color video display which would render better graphics, better video playback and might also help game lovers to run games better on linux.

I always feel video playback is where window$ takes a upper hand over ubuntu... Please fix this.

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I found this on this webpage http://chabada.sk/better-desktop/ and wasnt sure if it were given attention.
so i have posted it over here.

in my opinion , this feature would be very handy and could also be unchecked from the control panel.

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http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/151633/

disk partitioning should be made easier in live cd mode. there are still a lot of things a beginner can be made confused and insecure with: create free space, dualboot, not to delete windows, filesystem names and so on...

I know, that i gave no precice idea, what to do (sorry), but make it easier for beginners!

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For newbie installing Gstreamer -packeges by step to step is very hard and on other hand there is users like me, who never installs ubuntu-restricted-extras becouse it installs a lot of more than just multimediacodecs. I personally hate msttcorefonts and don't use Sun Java (IcedTea is open, and works better). I also prefer use Gnash becouse Adobe Flash usually means only problems. So for users like me there is no an easy way to install multimediasupport ”by one click”.

All what is needed is some simple metapackage to install audio and videocodecs to play most used multimediaformats. Like ubuntu-restricted-extras without flash, java or windows-fonts. Needed formats are:

- MP3
- OGG
- AAC
- FLAC
- Real Audio
- WMA

- MP4
- WMV
- XVID
- DIVX
- Quicktime
- Real Video
- 3GP

...and so much more as possible. Idea #316 ”Codec Manager” sound good too, but I think metapackage would work better.

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I have an AGP Radeon 9600XT 256MB, and every time I change resolution it doesn't take effect until I restart. And it strangely keeps reverting from 1600x1200 to 1280x1024. My second monitor settings never seem to work correctly either.

I know this issue is specific to at least ATI drivers, but it might just be Radeon-specific or at worst I guess it might just be me.

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Nor is there official brainstorming about possible respins.
We need a group of people responsible for defining market-segments (perhaps doing some research), suggesting alternative default applications and perhaps alternative themes.

You should be able to select these official respins on the ubuntu-download-page. Perhaps together with a ubuntu-live-dvd where you can select the flavour during installation?

When adding a user you should be able to select the respin and have not-current-installed software automatically installed. All software not part of that respin, should be unchecked from the menu by default for that user.

Typical usefull ubuntu respins:

Ubuntu-Kids (edubuntu)
Ubuntu-Senior (optimized for my grandma)
Ubuntu-Developer (optimized for developpers)
Ubuntu-Kiosk (optimized for kiosk usage)
Ubuntu-Office (optimized for office usage)
Ubuntu-Artist (media and art production)
Ubuntu-Science (for universities)
Ubuntu-Media (mythbuntu)
Ubuntu-Server (already exists)

Strict rule should be that they only setup different default packages and different /etc/skel (default user options)

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No attachments. ]]> Sun, 07-Sep-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4071/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/4128/ And a great idea would be, at the same time, to take away the borders of windows since they just take up space for no good reson, cluttering up the desktop experience. Less is more.

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Instaling Bootloader:

(1) Grub (MBR) -> NTLDR
(2) NTLDR (MBR) -> GRUB

(A PACHED grub installed on a windows partition !!!)

This could avoid many problems to users who are in the middle of booting war.
Since windows rewrite mbr without asking, it causes some headaches to some people to get linux working...
Lets just leave him greed and dont push people around...

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