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This *would* speed up updates considerably, especially for people with slower connections. And although this is separate from delta patches, both could be used in conjunction. The idea could be used with add/remove, synaptic and apt-get.

This will help slow computers, especially when you are installing ubuntu a few months after the release. If you have an old computer or a poor downloadrate, this will take you more than an hour, why not speed it up a little:)
As thipv suggests this will allow a half finished installation to continue, if you for some reason had to terminate it.

thanks to rouge568 for rephrasing my idea:)

This idea do not substitute for delta-patches. Both Ideas could be used together...

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This may not be a problem for you people using a large screen, but for those of us using laptops with 15" screens or smaller this is a -big- deal.

The looks of the default widgets is alright. They just all needs to be much smaller. I'm talking about dialog buttons, application control icons, status bars, the works. It can all stay where it is, all it needs to do is shrink!

I want the screen space to be used for displaying what I care about - my content - not a graphically bloated UI.

Lowering the font size of the system does not help at all, since the widget sizes remains the same size.

So in short, shrink them widgets, make Ubuntu much more useful on the laptops!

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I see for the sounds they made the packaging more freedesktop-friendly, but it still doesn't mean I like it.

Hardy
wall: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/hardy.png
login: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/hardy-login.wav
logout: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/hardy-logout.wav

Intrepid
wall: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/intrepid.png
login: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/intrepid-login.ogg
logout: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/intrepid-logout.ogg

(Feel free to use the links (temporarily) for your blogs. For the wallpapers, see ubuntu-wallpapers or /usr/share/wallapapers. For the sounds, see ubuntu-sounds /usr/share/sounds)

I personally - as a computer nerd - don't care much about the default wallpaper in an operating system as I know it can be changed, but first impressions mean a lot to others. It does mean a lot to me, however, as someone who is in marketing and who has been trained in design for a number of years.

When I speak with my sisters, my father, my mother, my neighbours, my (non-nerdy) co-workers, designers and other general populace, they all thoroughly enjoy the Hardy background but are not impressed with the wallpapers I show from Warty to Gutsy (previous version of Ubuntu).

I feel that Hardy set a new standard for Ubuntu but that the new theme for Intrepid (wallpaper and sounds) are a regression to previous versions of Ubuntu (even though they at least had the better sound sample).

A better default - as a quick and temporary fix - would be the orange marigold photo with a soft focus roll, included in gnome-backgrounds: http://staging.altonlabs.com/ubuntu/FreshFlower.jpg

I like brown and know it can be used quite tastefully and eloquently, but the vibrant orange and reds in the Hardy wallpaper were a step above any default wallpaper used previously.

A supporting article: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njc1NA

Testing PPA for sounds: https://launchpad.net/~kwwii/+archive [Kenneth Wimer]

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What is to prevent a third-party repository from pushing updates for *any* package on my system?

Example: Say I add the repo for Banshee media player. I expect (and trust) it will only push updates that involve Banshee, but what is to stop them from pushing a non-banshee related update? Maybe it's a bit paranoid of me, but I'd like to know which updates are coming from which repo. Then, at least if I see a third-party repo pushing an update for something like sudo, then I'll know something is fishy - but right now I have no way of knowing where the updates are coming from, and that bothers me.

Also, the update-mananger, could possibly group the update list by repository.

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I would also suggest that a certain amount of engineering time is moved to this away from adding new features to upcoming versions.

The reason for these suggestions is that the number one complaint I hear from new Linux users who start with Ubuntu is that features which they need are broken and can not be make to work with a reasonable amount of effort. The result is usually that they give up and switch back to Windows. This includes new users that I consider highly intelligent, but simply not proficient with Linux systems.

This is intended merely as a suggestion to Canonical, to be taken up or ignored as they see fit. However, I would be interested to know how many readers support this idea.

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The file is 15.9kb and only appear a big ink splash. I searched on internet to see if someone could make it work on any linux distro and looks like they haven't.

I suggest to create a special package for read and write .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files since the OO3 fails on that.

And don't start with "IS YOUR FAULT" dance since I download and install the packages and they didn't worked.

If you don't believe me then here is http://rapidshare.com/files/153511617/diagramas_4.docx.html the file, just 15.9kb of epic fail.

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For example, to switch virtual desktops I use Ctrl + Alt + Arrow (up, down, left, right). In this case, the graphics card could be told to ramp up on detecting Ctrl + Alt. The principle can be applied to any key combination longer than one, though I can't honestly say what gains in visual performance there would be.

This would ideally be a user controllable setting, with the option to let it be controlled by current power state (battery or AC).

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When the update notification icon is clicked, an admin password entry dialog (using PolicyKit) with 3 buttons should appear: "Install all updates" (selected by default), "Select updates", "Cancel".

"Install all updates" silently (minimized to tray) installs all updates. (and silently notifies via tray when finished)

"Select updates" shows the current updater dialog. There should be an option to ignore this and all further updates for a package.

I know that there is an "Install all updates" entry in the context menu, but it is well hidden and not the default.



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The website software could help many infant open source projects have a good platform for their things, also, remember that open source is a good development strategy, opening up these projects will speed new features and bug fixes...



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I suggest the up/down buttons start throbbing after opening ajax connection to server, and report a problem if timeout occurs.

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Let me say this, every hardy review was complimenting ubuntu for the beautiful wallpaper. I personally loved it, and it was the first time the default ubuntu wallpaper actually made people interested in what OS I was running, I even kept variations of it for four months until just recently. Instead the beta ibex wallpaper is just ... well, I think plenty of criticism was told about it already, but I'll focus on my wish to see more wallpapers like hardy's one.

It would be very nice to let ubuntu always have an abstract wallpaper with a surrealistic painting of the version number's animal.

Ubuntu needs a personality, the idea to keep a brown-orange theme is a good one for this reason (as long as the theme looks good) cause we are not copying the competition. I really think that hardy's wallpaper was a step in a good direction and changing the direction now would be a bad idea.

Besides of the animal, I think the color choice for hardy's wallpaper was nice, with more live colors.

Some examples:
http://ubuntuarte.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/interpid_ibex_wallpaper_1_by_willwill100.png
http://ubuntuarte.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/la_cabra1600_06.png
http://gabuntu.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/wallpaper-para-intrepid-ibex/
also many examples here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/Desktop_Background_Submissions#Ibex%20-%20a_lecture_and_an_ibex
(not suggesting these wallpapers specifically but the main idea behind them)



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http://go-oo.org/discover/

Why another free office suite? http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/03/1212234

It's better, faster, and freer. 'nuff said.


Why wouldn't we want this? If you disagree, why?

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rate * remaining amount to do = time remaining

...somehow somebody doesn't seem to get this.
"I wonder how much time is left on these updates.. 5 hours? 20 minutes? 3 hours? 30 minutes? 1 day 7 hours and 10 minutes?"
Fail.

(..Please forgive me for sounding rude.)

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Maybe even include it alongside with wubi, on the CD?
I bet it would be a kick ass program!

Download link:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/all/usb-creator/download

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"This Robots game really sucks!"
"Yeah.. it does. Here, try Frozen-Bubble."
"This is like crack!"

In short, Robots isn't fun and looks like it was made by a high schooler and Frozen-Bubble is addicting and looks professional.

It's amazing how much time people spend on the default games that come with a computer, so please replace the lame no-fun stinker with the best F/OSS puzzle game out there.

Thoughts?

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