Contributor tromboneman

I know the Idea sound stupid . first time it hit me I said to my self what stupid idea too, but let me explain please
The first thing windows users said when you tell them about Linux/Ubuntu is "it is hard, u need to learn commands to use it" and they don't understand that 95% of the time we use CLI because we love it.
imagine this title in Ubuntu website "Ubuntu 8.10 is so easy you don't need terminal any more" thats will encourage windows people to try it, and for all of old Ubuntu users I'm sure if you know how to use CLI you will know how to install it

title basically. We need to add this support. Apple already has it (but they sued or something) but we should still get it because lots of people are switching to Office Open XML (darn ms for using a name like ours for their cruddy formats) and we need to be able to use that or some people will not consider ubuntu as ahead in technology- they will consider it behind because of some silly office format.

Add a Wikipedia extension to Deskbar so that you can search Wikipedia from the Deskbar.

This would be useful for all, but especially Edubuntu.

Make so that you can perform simple math straight from Deskbar.

Such as 917-437, or 652+313 or 94/7, or 124*71.

Deskbar comes with a Yahoo search extension.

I propose to add a Google search extension to Deskbar. It would be easy to create one since one for Yahoo already exists.

Many people prefer Google over Yahoo.

Make a extension for Deskbar so that you can do a package search and search the repositories for packages.

This is an attempt at a unification of:

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7081/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7390/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7649/
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7725/

I can't think, nor have I heard, of any showstopper reason for why BitTorrent shouldn't be used as the primary download method of Ubuntu respository packages. Although the specifics of the implementation of this idea will be different for ISOs and repositories, I feel they should be unified in the brainstorm because the goal is to allow the rapid, efficient, reliable, and available download of Ubuntu software.

Implementation Benefits

1) Speed. All Ubuntu downloads (ISO downloads, dist upgrades, regular system updates, and new application installs) will as a whole be faster. Generally torrent download speeds benefit from higher numbers of downloaders that seed, which Ubuntu users have demonstrated they are prone to do. BitTorrent is better able to absorb (and eventually use as an asset) large numbers of users attempting to download data at the same time, such as with the recent mad rush of Hardy downloaders/upgraders.

2) Efficiency. The BitTorrent protocol has proven to be one of the most efficient methods of distributing data amongst a large number of clients. It will harness the collective upstream of tens of thousands of Ubuntu users, from DSL and cable connections to the fastest of corporate connections.

3) Reliability. Checksums guarantee the integrity of BitTorrent downloads, so data corruption is much less likely to occur. Only the pieces that fail checksum are redownloaded, contributing to points 1 and 2.


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The title is an example of idea i think Brainstorm have to hide : Some ideas are too logical.

Examples :
- Add software 2.0 and not software 1.9
- Support acpi
- Speed Up boot time
- Better wi-fi support
- ...

In fact, these ideas are good ideas and everyone will vote for. But little ideas but good ideas are hidden because can't obtain same scores.

We can vote "for" or "against" an idea. We could clic on a "too logical" button and if "too logical" have a important score we hide this ideas. A visitor could watch all ideas, but by defaut done and "too logical" should be hides.

The term "importing" is slightly confusing and does not say what it means. It could be putting them into a data bank, converting them so a particular app can read them, copying them to a place chosen by the system...

It turns out, it means copying them to a place of your choice on the harddisk.

But it should also say that.

The term "album" is equally ambiguous and should be replaced with a description of what actually happens.

This idea was proposed on among others on idea #78, but was closed becouse it must be posted separatley.
I'll Post the link https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LittleDetails and is refered just to the second image.

Screenshots from duplicate idea #7177
Img1 -
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/9742/pantallazoam3.png
Img2-
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6522/reproductormp3do3.png

Installing a software by double clicking on a .deb is now really simple thanks to gdebi. But a a software installed by this method will not be able to auto update. So I propose that a .deb will be able to propose to the user to add a repository in order to stay up to date.

The meaning of "Kubuntu" and "Xubuntu" are clear, but when someone says "Ubuntu" they could mean the desktop distro, the server version, or the base system encompassing them all. I propose we name the desktop version "Ubuntu Desktop," the server version "Ubuntu Server," and the basic command-line version "Ubuntu Core."

I saw an idea with a negative grade / rating / vote count today, and I didn't find the negative sign very clear. It was very small, almost stuck to the beginning of the number -- as trivial as this may sound, I suggest making vote counts green if positive, red if negative... and gray if zero. Simply for the sake of clarity / aesthetics.

http://stanford.edu/~atorch/UglyNegative.png

Would be really useful to create applications like theese to manage your system:

- Ubuntu Configuration Tool: A control Center that allows you to configure every aspect of your system with GUI linked to gconf-editor.
- Ubuntu Package Manager: How about a SINGLE app to installl your software? This app should merge Synaptic, Add/Remove and Update Notifier.

Theese concepts worked for many distros including the cute daughter of Ubuntu: LinuxMint (This distro has its own ''MintSoftware'' like MintMenu, MintInstall, MintDesktop... etc...

A web forum where issues about Brainstorm are discussed. Stuff like policy, duplicates that in reality are not similar, what kind of stuff should be on brainstorm (ideas about third party apps yes or no) etc, which should be also a place, that is (at least sometimes) visited by the mods.
The "Contact us" link is great, but it leads to the site development team while most users would probably want to contact the mods instead. In a forum this is possible without overwhelming them with lots of messages about the same thing.

Swap the rows come controlled and managed from one variable of the kernel called swappiness. This variable is valued from 0 to 100. IF the value is high there are greater probabilities of writing on the rows of swap.
A way in order to obtain of the better performances, consists in diminishing the value of this variable one. The "increase of performances" famous above all in the computers not of last generation.
Now it's automatically at 60. I think it would be better to put it at 10
There are some comments asking if it really works. OK. I did it in my ubuntu and it goes faster than with swappiness to 60 (when I open many programs). This doesn't mean that this work... but it's somenthing to think about! (try it at your systems and post the results)
I found this at Ubuntu's guide in spanish so it should work ;)

Nautilus does its job as a light file manager. However, as Gnome's default file manager, I think it could use a lot more love than what it is given. This could include:

- Tabbed browsing! Most browsers today support tabbed browsing, but still few file managers. This doesn't really make sense now does it?
- Better remote connection/sftp handling. The current one is AWFUL. Slow, sluggish, buggy. Take example on Konqueror!
- SVN integration has been waved at. I find it a cool idea, even if only as a plugin.
- Speaking of plugins... those also need some love. How many plugins are there for Nautilus? Most users don't even know Nautilus can be enhanced.
- File tooltips - once again, take example on Konqueror / Windows explorer.

Edit: A few more ideas around Brainstorm:
- Separation of files and folders
- Slider bar for zoom
- A better icon management
- The ability to explode folders

Those are just a handful of ideas. My main concern is Nautilus is being underdeveloped, and the solid alternative is only non-Gnome (Konqueror).


If you liked this idea, check out my other ideas.

I know, this idea is really hard to implement, but ...

Google uses Linux a lot, Google (unlike many other big players in the business) supports Linux, Google distributes Linux applications and there's the (Google sponsored/influenced) gOS deriviate of Ubuntu. Google is built into Firefox (search, anti phishing, ...) and Linux users are less likely to use Microsoft/Yahoo services. Come on, Google: Put Wubi on your homepage!

This applies for all other companies, too.

Why is the current default desktop background of Hardy the png version of an image whose svg version is smaller? We should be trying to use vector graphics instead of raster as much as possible.

The restricted driver manager is a quite good utility, especially for new users. But often the automatic driver installation process gets useless if the used video card is not supported by the old driver in the ubuntu repository. The User has to download the new driver from the vendor's website and install it manually. This causes several problems, most irritating might be the required reinstall on kernel updates, not to speak of the lack of comfort for the average user.
And it's not only the support of new hardware, also new features are introduced with newer driver versions (e.g. AIGLX in the fglrx one).
So I think, these drivers should be updated by the update manager, too.