Contributor ubunteando

I miss to have a "basic" collection of nice looking folder icons to use in my Home folder: Downloads, Music, Images, Movies...

Ubuntu has emblems, which are not so bad, but in Hardy the emblems look all alike... Its an orange circle with the image in white... Which makes it impossible to differentiate one from another... Either go back to colorful emblems like gutsy or implement folder icons which I think should be done!

A LOT of work needs to be done in NM...

So far:

- Proper WPA/WPA2 Support

- Wireless Refresh option. (on top of the option list below the detected connections)

- "Repair" Connection (a la Windows) AND Disconnect Option in a MENU when you RIGHT CLICK current connection.

- Autodetection of password: Users don't have to say what kind of password they are entering (passphrase/HEX/ASCII..) and it automatically detects it like in other OSs.

- Possibility to connect without being asked the password.

- Proxy, SSH, VPN...

- Better Wifi configuration/management GUI

And so on...

- Adding "tags" and maybe a search "tag-cloud" function.

- Short description capability, to synthetize the idea. This would appear in the frontpage and contain only 200 words for example. (It would allow to go through more ideas and faster)

- Currently popular/Popular 24H/1Week...

And so on :)

I suggest that the first time you log into Ubuntu a program comes up suggesting you to install non-free packages, codecs...

Something like this:

Ubuntu, the OS for human beigns (i would change the word "linux" which scares people for "OS") comes loaded with programs to make your life easier and let you use it easily from the start.

Due to license issues, we can't provide you with some packages from scratch which are essential for the proper functionality of everything which Ubuntu has to offer you (yadayada)

Here you can choose to install those packages:

Adobe flash Player: Required to watch web content, online videos (youtube, metacafe...)...

Java plugin: Needed to play online games, fill in web forms...

Video drivers: Lets you play commonly used media formats: MPEG, AVI...

Audio Drivers: Lets you listen your favourite music in mp3, real, ... formats.

[...]

PS: Optionally, this could be done during installation as well if the computer is connected to internet through cable (just like windows does) updating the system to the latest version as well as downloading this packages... but I dont know if the license of this packages would allow such thing.

Right now, when the forced check appears it says "esc to skip" then when you click so, it appears just "Skip"

This is kinda confusing, as one might think that it needs a confirmation... then pressing return, which takes you to a Console Screen and you end up like WTF!?!

I suggest to change the word that appears when you pres ESC to "Skipping..." until the skip process loads and ubuntu continues loading... This way you know whats going on exactly!!

Totem's design really sucks... The icon, the image showing when nothing's playing, not being able to minimize to tray...

I think totem (or an alternative) should become a simple resource-cheap do-it-all alternative to WMP in Windows (is not the best for anything, but it can do most of things)

At least when it comes to music, video, streaming... Looking nice, mini-player, integration with brasero and cd-ripping soft included in ubuntu...

Suggest applications in open with... menu. Just like windows.

When I delete default browser and install firefox, I have to re-set firefox as default app otherwise the other programs will give me an error when I launch a site through them. This should be done by default, ubuntu should try to look for alternatives if it doenst find any program to do it.

Right now, if you install optional system tools like "Ubuntu Tweak" it installs it under "System Tools" in the main applications menu.

I think thats not needed as this programs are not so commonly used. I think adding them directly into "Administration" (best option) or creating a new category into "System" would be much better and would look cleaner!

I know paint is very basic, but most of the time we need to do basic things.

I think KolourPaint is a great program for making simple sketches or even resizing images and so on... I think it should be added by default to ubuntu!!

KolourPaint is supposed to be for KDE, but the Gnome alternative, GNU Paint sucks... at least graphically.

Ubuntu fresh install should automatically login and connect to WIFI when you power up the computer without asking you for any passwords.

I know people are worried about security... But they should be able to turn pass request off if they dont care and they dont want to enter the pass every time.

I would suggest to autologin and autopass for only one account. Would make things much more confortable :)

It would be to save all the .Config folders for programs in a subfolder /HomeDirectory/UserConfig instead of directly in the home folder as a hidden file.

When navigating with Nautilus it shows hidden folders and when I want to have fast access to my Music folder for example ITS A PAIN IN THE ASS :D

Hi! I think Ubuntu should include a AWN-like taskbar by default in ubuntu.

Id say Canonical should talk with its original developer and take care of the project (or a fork) to optimize it for ubuntu.

Also increase the number of applets and make them work properly:

- Facebook Applet
- Digg applet doesnt work
- System Monitor
- A Previous/Play/Next buttons that work with our default player and not only banshee...

Ubuntu could optimize the boot time of it, make it look nicer, improve the crappier way it loads which is chunky...

This would make ubuntu look really neat, and differenciate it from the rest of linux distributions which are powerful but look shitty (besides mint, gos which are either based on ubuntu or worst)

This is my Desktop and this is how (somehow) I would like Ubuntu to look like (ALSO with better theme, but thats another story)

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/5425/mysuggestionut3.png

Well,

When I was new to Ubuntu it irritated me A LOT when I accidentally moved to another workspace and didnt really know where all my windows went...

In my opinion this option is not needed BY MOST PEOPLE AT ALL... So I think it should be turned off by default and allow to turn it on as an option.