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Enhance Transmission  
Written by ilembitov the 4 Jul 08 at 09:57. Related project: Transmission. Not an idea
Transmission at the moment isn't advanced enough as the other BT clients.
First, it lacks the function of moving the torrent data after it's complete. What if I want to move the data I've downloaded and keep on seeding it?
Second, it doesn't manage queues properly. It doesn't work with multiple trackers either. If the tracker allows you to download only one torrent at a time, Transmission is likely to stay idle after you downloaded the first torrent in your queue instead of proceeding to the next one.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #10700
Written by ilembitov the 4 Jul 08 at 09:57.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10700 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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Totem should have a "go fullscreen" button near the "sidebar" button  
Written by boteeka the 7 Sep 08 at 19:30. Related project: Totem Movie Player. Implemented
Totem should have a "Go fullscreen" button near the current "Sidebar" button. I don't know how most people watch movies, but I guess is in fullscreen mode. At least I do that way.
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #12906
Written by boteeka the 7 Sep 08 at 19:30.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #12906 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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Make OpenOffice less ugly  
Written by tlybeert the 10 Mar 08 at 11:29. Global category: Office. Not an idea
Working with OpenOffice is like going back 10 years in time to microsoft office 97. OpenOffice's theme is terrible.
2 solutions:
*office 2007 support in wine
*a theme for openoffice, now it seams like there is no theme for openoffice
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4064
Written by tlybeert the 10 Mar 08 at 11:29.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4064 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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make F-Spot photo manager a Picasa/iPhoto contender  
Written by gabtrat the 5 Aug 08 at 21:25. Related project: F-Spot Photo Manager. Not an idea
I don't think I'm alone in that one of the first things I do on a fresh install of Ubuntu is remove F-spot & install Picasa. I don't what too, but I find that there is so much more that I can do with Picasa. I would love for F-spot to become the photo collection application of choice.

Here's a few things I would like to see:

*configure folders to watch for new pictures
*Organize pics in folders & tags
*easy UI integration to send to photo sharing websites, order prints, or email pictures
*automatic cleanup & sorting of photo collection
*tons of easy to use picture tweaks & photo effects
*easy editing of pics in the Gimp
*support for video
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #11881
Written by gabtrat the 5 Aug 08 at 21:25.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #11881 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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If a dark theme: one that doesn't suck!  
Written by DPic the 4 Aug 08 at 01:54. Related project: Gnome. Won't implement
Originally, i was really against the idea of a dark theme, and maybe i'd still prefer it if Ubuntu would lighten up a little. I understand the organic theme completely, but please...this is an operating system. Anyways, all the dark themes i had seen really turned me off and even the best ones seemed to be loved by some and hated by others. If we're going to have a dark theme, lets have one that we can all agree on. When i saw the Intrepid alpha screenshot, like many others, i gagged a little.

How people interact with their computer is really essential to their satisfaction. This is why aside from features, the software's stability (minimizing annoying bugs), speed (clean code and making everything as efficient and responsive as possible), and interface (look and feel) are the three most important things that should be our focus and be kept at a high priority.
We should really work to increase usability: http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2008/08/01/free-software-usability

I have looked through all the artwork submissions for Intrepid, and of all of them, this is the one dark theme that i would actually like to use: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Wall-light

I first saw it on this Digg submission: http://digg.com/linux_unix/Intrepid_Ibex_Mockup_Designs

Of course, i'm sure everyone will have input to make it even better. This isn't a final design, but vote for the concept so far!

P.S. Please Digg :) Thanks http://digg.com/linux_unix/Vote_for_a_beautiful_usable_Ubuntu
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #11805
Written by DPic the 4 Aug 08 at 01:54.
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Network Manager must have Wireless Refresh (Or Search button)  
Written by Kosimo the 10 May 08 at 13:16. Related project: Network Manager. Not an idea
When a new wireless network is activated, the only way to see it in network manager is waiting 'till the system find it... Why not adding a simple (refresh) button to make a new search and find all Wireless Networks?

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #8326
Written by Kosimo the 10 May 08 at 13:16.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #8326 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: Right Click->"Scan Wireless Networks"
Written by nick.colgan the 29 Jan 09 at 03:51.
Add a "scan wireless networks" option to right click context menu of nm-applet.
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Solution #3: Scan on left-click
Written by anabelle the 29 Jan 09 at 15:01.
Since you click to see if you are connected or to connect to a new network it could work similar to OSX.

Once you click it scans for networks and include new results in the lists... no right clicking or anything.
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Solution #4: Use wicd instead of network manager
Written by elbel86 the 1 Feb 09 at 04:19.
wicd is a great alternative to network manager and offers many more options in its gui, including a refresh button. Of course, wicd isn't even in the repos yet, so it could take some time to get it in.
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Solution #5: Automatically show new wireless networks without any user interaction
Written by Endolith the 2 Feb 09 at 07:47.
If there is a problem with Network Manager not showing new networks when they have changed, then fix that problem.

We should not be adding "Refresh" buttons to things that should always be up-to-date. When would you *not* want the list refreshed? Never. If Network Manager were functioning optimally, the button would serve no purpose, so there is no reason to add it.

Let's make things function correctly instead of adding poor workarounds.
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Solution #6: Solution in place in 0.7.3 or so: Rescan on startup and if the applet is used.
Written by tchalvakspam the 18 Feb 09 at 20:04.
I'm paraphrasing the solution that one of the developers has implemented (I believe in a version slightly after 0.7) for the purpose of clarifying the brainstorm understanding of what the developers have done to solve the problem.

One of the developers has said that more recent patches to NetworkManager will result in the following behavior:

- When a user interacts with the applet, a rescan will occur immediately if one hasn't within the last 20 seconds. For two minutes thereafter, it will do 20 second interval rescans, then drop to 120 second scans.

- When the applet starts up or the wireless card is re-enabled after being disabled, NetworkManager will do 20 second interval scans for two minutes, and drop back down to 120 second interval scans after that.

So by NetworkManager version 0.7.1 or 0.7.3 or so, any other behavior that doesn't get a rescan as fast as that should be some kind of bug.
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Solution #7: Integrating WifiRadar into network manager
Written by hemanth.hm the 8 Mar 09 at 18:27.
WiFi Radar is a Python/PyGTK2 utility for managing WiFi profiles.It enables you to scan for available networks and create profiles for your preferred networks. At boot time, running WiFi Radar will automatically scan for an available preferred network and connect to it. You can drag and drop your preferred networks to arrange the profile priority.

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Solution #8: Make it clear that a scan is in progress
Written by korin43 the 28 Oct 09 at 19:43.
#6 is nice, but it leaves users feeling like NetworkManager isn't rescanning at all. It would be better if it had some sort of feedback like "Scanning for Networks".
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Solution #9: Configurable Intervals and scan optons
Written by tz the 4 Dec 09 at 17:27.
20 seconds is longer than it takes to load most complex web pages, yet that is what everyone is stuck with, but it might actually be 2 minutes.

I would like the option to scan every X seconds when the applet is active, and Y seconds when it is in background. If you constantly change APs, the current settings are too long, but if you are always using the same one they are too short.

Some hardware does bad things (e.g. can't receive or transmit) when you initiate a scan, so you might not want it more frequently, but if I have a good adapter I should be able to unlimit it.
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Solution #10: Show received AP Beacons immediately without a scan
Written by tz the 4 Dec 09 at 17:48.
Most wireless cards can receive beacons without a scan and most APs ("visible") send them a few times per second. The list returned by the scan includes these - but I think there is a call which returns the result WITHOUT DOING AN ACTUAL SCAN (sending query packets, etc.).

For wireless cards which support this feature, the display list should be updated every second from the list of visible beacons without doing any explicit scan.
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Solution #11: wireless network connections "enableness check"
Written by kuluizemp.openconscience the 1 Dec 10 at 13:05.
we should have a simple and easy way of enable just one wireless network to prevent unwanted mistaken wireless connections and also perhabes a cheak list where you check and uncheck on the wireless connections menu what connections a user want to allow

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Add Equalizer to Banshee  
Written by terra the 5 Mar 08 at 08:40. Global category: Multimedia. Implemented
It really needs one. :)

Developer comments
Banshee 1.x will have this in 8.10
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #3285
Written by terra the 5 Mar 08 at 08:40.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3285 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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Make a tipjar available for each software entry in Add/Remove  
Written by climatewarrior the 23 May 08 at 22:00. Global category: Others. New
It would be cool if besides every entry on Add/Remove there were a "tipjar" button that would lead you to its corresponding project donations page. This would help raise funds for FOSS projects and its a good way for people to be able to say thanks to the projects developers if they like their software. It would also be cool if on the About Ubuntu/KDE/GNOME there were also tipjars available for each of this projects.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #9016
Written by climatewarrior the 23 May 08 at 22:00.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #9016 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: Add a Donate Button to packages in the Software Centre
Written by Ell the 4 Mar 10 at 12:58.
A nice and simple way would be to install a button in the Ubuntu Software Centre:-

Like Follow:-



Then directing you to how much to donate:-



Before using the checkout service, such as the Ubuntu Single Sign On - which some of the donation will also go to supporting Ubuntu :) minus general credit card fees etc otherwise something like PayPal :(



Obviously the maintainer/owner of the package will have to sign up with the Ubuntu Single checkout system in order for them to receive the money then, something similar to the way PayPal works but nicer and easier :)

This checkout system could be then used in the future for anything that does come to the Ubuntu Software Center that needs purchasing or custom made apps like the app-store way.
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Solution #3: Integrate Flattr buttons into the software description pages
Written by david4dev the 24 Oct 10 at 22:58.
Flattr (http://flattr.com/) is a microdonation service. It has a documented API (http://flattr.com/support/api) so it should be relatively easy to integrate. Adding Flattr buttons to the software description page would make it easy for users to donate to their favourite software.
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Solution #4: Pledgie
Written by michaelforrest the 27 Jul 10 at 12:48.
Like on Github!
They must have a decent API - the github integration is tight.
http://pledgie.com
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Solution #5: Ubuntu One Store integrated in Software Center and Synaptics
Written by djbelieny the 6 Oct 10 at 22:44.
Since Canonical and the Ubuntu team are heavy on the integration of the Ubuntu One, why not just create an integrated publishing and payment/donation system through the U1 store ? Devs can have their site and also have a nice app store like page for their products in the Ubuntu One environment.
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Solution #6: Allow developers and users to chose a donation method
Written by elecnix the 20 Apr 13 at 01:56.
Developers should have the choice of donation system. There is Paypal, Flattr, Pledgie, and even Bitcoins. Users should chose his preferred way among those the developer accepts.

The Ubuntu Software Center should display the options before or after the user clicks on a Donate button. It should then be able to determine what package needs to be installed and launched to handle the donation. The plugin could ask the user to perform an OAuth authentication, for example.

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Add Pause function in File Operations (nautilus)  
Written by madneon the 8 Apr 08 at 15:17. Global category: System. New
Pause could be handy while moving bigger files.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #6635
Written by madneon the 8 Apr 08 at 15:17.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #6635 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: Smart Queuing
Written by JohnLM the 19 Jan 09 at 11:17.
How about not making only Pause button, but a smart queuing system.
Nautilus could scan for involved devices and queue by (configurable) default, if that device is in use (i.e. having copy or move operation already). And have a "Do now!" kind of button on file operation window for override.

Naturally it should never en-queue same partition's move operations, cause they are super fast by nature!

It is just pause alone wouldn't be exactly most useful...

btw As far as I know the Nautilus' File Operations thingie is not really finished and is under development now! So they could easily integrate this feature into it!

p.s. My solution has also related idea (#16615) page... but that can be as well merged in here if this solution catches on.
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Solution #3: Coping BIG parts of file
Written by Costantino the 23 Feb 09 at 18:27.
Like solution1 but whit an "auto pause and restart".
This will improve performance.
For Example if you copy a file of 3 Gb from A to B, then you want to copy 60 Mb from A to B this will slow the coping.
Nautilus should copy for example 20 Mb (or Y seconds) of first file then coping 20 Mb of the second file and so on and not counting going to one file to an other.
If the second file is smaller than 20 Mb will be copy on the fly...
This will not stress disks heads going up and down without writing...
So Nautilus should copy a Big part of each file before going copy the next and not going continuously from a file to another like it do now...
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Solution #4: Feature rich / Customizable File Operations (Copy/Move)
Written by augustosamame the 24 Nov 09 at 23:32.
I use Ubuntu mainly for data recovery. There is a particular Windows utility which I dearly miss called Teracopy. It will queue file operations, will do CRC checking, offers Pause/Resume/Skip/Retry functionality and will offer error logging for in use/damaged files.
I understand many people want to keep things simple, but a single button called Advanced which would bring up these options is not that complicated. I have always thought Linux should offer this functionality out of the box since it's an invaluable tech tool.
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Solution #5: Add only 2 buttons : Pause and Cancel
Written by YannUbuntu the 27 Nov 09 at 16:48.
in Karmic there is one button, but its behaviour is strange:
it Cancels the copy, closes the copy window, but leaves the partially-copied files on the disk. So currently it is not convenient at all : if you wanted to cancel you have to manually find&delete the partial files; if you wanted to pause/restart you have to find&select the files again and to copy them again in the same folder.
If you were copying many files it becomes a headhache in all cases !

So I propose:
- one button to Cancel : the partial files are deleted and the window closes.
- one button to Pause/restart : when pausing, the button changes into "restart", but as the window does not close you still have the choice between Restart and Cancel.



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Solution #6: Add "pause"/"resume"; allow "retry" instead of "skip"
Written by EUGiNE the 17 Nov 10 at 01:23.
Pause and resume individual transfer operations.

Have a choice to "retry" individual file transfers that time out with the effect of --resuming-- the file transfer (or to "skip" the file as per current behaviour).

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Sound "Themes"  
Written by JYC the 7 Mar 08 at 04:24. Global category: Multimedia. New
To set your system sounds, you need to go to "System" -> "Preferences" -> "Sounds" and set all of them manually. How about a universal sound "theme"?
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #3665
Written by JYC the 7 Mar 08 at 04:24.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3665 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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