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Better bluetooth support
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Written by tighem the 28 Feb 08 at 17:24. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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Bluetooth support is still a mixed bag in ubuntu. Ubuntu needs to do a better job of making sure bluetooth devices work with the operating system. Headsets are still an arcane science and Nautilus still can't browse a BT device.
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LiveUSB
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Written by Taku the 28 Feb 08 at 14:35. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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cdroms are slow, don't allow to modify their content easily, they are weak and not as easy to carry as USB keys.
It would be great to provide Ubuntu as a liveUSB just as Mandriva does. We should be able to carry our distribution on any computer, manage our preferred settings (do I want binary drivers enabled ? what is my preferred resolution ?), etc.
The thing is not to make something transportable, but really a nomad system that could be used just the best way as it could on any computer.
Developer comments
I've changed the title from "LiveUSB instead of LiveCD" to just "LiveUSB". Simplifying the creation of USB versions is a good idea, but it doesn't need to replace CDs just yet.
A tool to turn a USB disk into a bootable Ubuntu live image is planned for Ubuntu 8.10.
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Create a better hardware database
attach HW profiles to launchpad accounts and reference
HW profiles in bug reports (#3382)
| In : | malone |
| Status : | Confirmed |
| Importance : | Medium |
| Assignee : | |
19 comments, 11 subscribers and 1 duplicates
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| Priority : | Low |
| Definition : | New (Needs guidance) |
| Implementation : | Unknown |
| Assignee : | Tomas Gustavsson |
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Written by Ubuwu the 28 Feb 08 at 15:22. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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People around the globe that are using/concidering using Ubuntu are afraid that some of their hardware won't work for them. And some are frustrated to buy additional add-on cards to work around unsupportad onboard chips. All this could be avoided with a lookup in an ubuntu Hardware Database Website.
Some problematic hardware can be used with more or less work if helping information is available together with the hardware compatabillity data.
The hardware database can be found at http://hwdb.ubuntu.com/
From idea #47: The data should then be available in a format that is simple for users to browse on-line when considering new hardware.
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Enhance mobile devices sync
please merge 0.22 from debian unstable (#81831)
| In : | opensync (ubuntu) |
| Status : | Fix Released |
| Importance : | Wishlist |
| Assignee : | Debian Opensync Team |
43 comments, 28 subscribers and 0 duplicates
Ubuntu
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| Priority : | Undefined |
| Definition : | New (Needs guidance) |
| Implementation : | Unknown |
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Written by jherran the 28 Feb 08 at 15:01. Category: Hardware support.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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There are lot of people having troubles syncing their devices (pda, smartphones, etc.) with ubuntu. At this poing there is only one solution available, multisync, and works for only a few devices, and it's very limited on their functions.
And I think, this is a very important point for lots of people.
**Suggestions from duplicate idea 397 work on that idea :
1) Clean up the Opensync and SyncML plugin packages to work properly with Evolution by default.
2) Set up an official Ubuntu SyncML server for Ubuntu users.
3) Possibly clean up open source SyncML clients for the different mobile platforms.
Developer comments
The current status of mobile devices synchronization in Linux is generally is quite shaky. It *can* work but it's a lot of work usually. There are a few efforts around but there's no single project that works in the majority of the situations.
This is also caused by manufacturers not using a single synchronization protocol. The most promising project now is OpenSync[1] which supports basically SyncML 1.1 and the Nokia variation and it works with several degrees of success between phones and desktops but the project itself is in a constant alpha state with a lot of issues, the GUI is simplistic and there are no integrated resources to sync with online contacts/calendars
like Google's. This can be overcome by preparing Evolution and/or Thunderbird to do it.
In short, despite the infrastructure is mostly there, we need work to make it a seamless experience for the user.
Bear in mind that this is a huge effort. Synchronization looks simple but there's a lot of factors and situations that need to be addressed like how to synchronize devices with different capabilities and how to keep 3 way synchronizations (desktop, online and mobile).
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Better wi-fi support
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Written by neilneil2000 the 29 Feb 08 at 00:20. Category: Internet & Networking.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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More support for more wireless chipsets out of the box and "Windows style" ease of set up.
I have spent may a day trying to configure wireless cards on Ubuntu, often without much luck!
Please also deliver more support for what they are both wireless PCI cards and USB, as it is currently very low base of drivers for such devices
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Already done!
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Codec Manager
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Written by intarwub the 29 Feb 08 at 00:32. Category: Multimedia.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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As a user I want to be able to listen to audio or watch videos with the least amount of setup. I would like to have a single interface (Codec Manager) that lists all of the most common audio and video formats and shows me if I am missing the necessary codec for playback.
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
[....]
Developer comments
Attacks the problem from the wrong angle. I don't think many users would care about a "codec manager", that sounds very much like a geek tool. Heck, *I* wouldn't care about a codec manager. I care about watching my videos. :-)
To me this already seems solved very elegantly with the existing easy-codec-installation.
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4052
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Unmount resolution
Cannot unmount volume: show which application(s)
still use the drive (#81239)
| In : | gnome-mount (ubuntu) |
| Status : | Triaged |
| Importance : | Wishlist |
| Assignee : | Martin Pitt |
22 comments, 10 subscribers and 0 duplicates
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Written by Vivien the 28 Feb 08 at 16:35. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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When someone wants to unmount a volume and the mount point is used, he gets a message telling him that the volume can't be unmounted because an application uses it. The user has no idea which application is actually using it and can't remove the device.
I propose that the popup tells him which application(s) is(are) using the device and propose to terminate them (that list should be kept up to date when the app. dies).
Developer comments
Upstream bug (GNOME #528559) has a patch in discussion. Volunteering to work on it.
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Power Management
Ubuntu
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| Priority : | Low |
| Definition : | Pending Approval (Needs guidance) |
| Implementation : | Slow progress |
| Assignee : | Amit Kucheria |
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Written by jsmidt the 28 Feb 08 at 16:49. Category: Others.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
In development
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Ubuntu needs to go green. Powertop, Lesswatts and other tools have finally hit the Linux scene to pave the way for better power management. It needs to be said, "if you want your battery to last longest, or have your energy bill be the lowest, you better use Ubuntu Linux."
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Delete downloaded deb updates after they were installed by default
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Written by tenchi39 the 1 Mar 08 at 02:37. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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I have a seperate root and home partition. The root partition was 5GB big. Once it got full because of all the updates sitting in /var/somewhere...
The system started to act funny and it took a while to realize what's wrong.
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Dock with main softwares by default.
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Written by blackmaxi the 1 Mar 08 at 04:32. Category: Look and Feel.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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A dock with this icons:
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- Pidgin
- OpenOffice Suite
- "File Explorer"
- Home folder
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Allow Super (Windows) Key combinations from Keyboard Shortcuts
Cannot use Windows key in keyboard shortcuts (#12153)
| In : | gnome-control-center (ubuntu) |
| Status : | Fix Committed |
| Importance : | Medium |
| Assignee : | Sebastien Bacher |
91 comments, 29 subscribers and 12 duplicates
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Written by dsargeant the 1 Mar 08 at 05:08. Category: Accessibility.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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Currently you can only set Super by itself from the System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts dialog. It is possible to set, but you have to start gconf-editor from the command line. In gconf-editor -> / -> apps -> metacity -> window_keybindings you have to manually type the combination, instead of pressing the desired key combination.
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Start taking advantage of Upstart
Ubuntu
| In : | |
| Priority : | Medium |
| Definition : | Approved (Needs guidance) |
| Implementation : | Deferred |
| Assignee : | Scott James Remnant |
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Written by Ubuwu the 28 Feb 08 at 15:12. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
In development
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Replace initscripts with upstart events. Our boot sequence is currently slow, full of race conditions and poor interactions, especially with competition between the series of tasks run by sysv-rc, udev and sometimes just with the kernel. We developed upstart so that we could have a truly event driven boot sequence that would be fast, reliable and flexible; we should take advantage of it.
Developer comments
The primary reason that we're not taking full advantage of Upstart yet is that it still requires some development to have sufficient features to actually be better than sysvinit. You can follow Upstart development at its homepage.
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Easy mounting of Images like ISO and CUE
Please support mounting iso images via the context
menu (#197317)
| In : | nautilus (ubuntu) |
| Status : | Triaged |
| Importance : | Wishlist |
| Assignee : | Ubuntu Desktop Bugs |
8 comments, 3 subscribers and 1 duplicates
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Written by Nanotron the 28 Feb 08 at 20:17. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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Hi!
I'm a big fan of Images like .iso.
But it is not very easy to mount this Images.
I think there must be a Tool in Nautilus and Dolphin wich alows mounting Images with a double Click. (This feature exists int MacOS). Or with a right click on the file and then there must be a poit "Mount Image". I thick that would be a very use full Tool for every one.
A good example for this is CDemu.
I know there are some ohter good programs, but I think that would be the easyest way and very confortible.
Nanotron
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Fax virtual printer
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Written by LucaTNT the 29 Feb 08 at 13:56. Category: Office.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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It's quite difficult to send a fax for unexperienced users (like my mother, that always asks me to send the fax for her...), I think that it could be a good idea to set up a virtual printer to sent fax.
When prining on that, a wizard appears and guides the user through the fax sending, like Windows does.
This requires a better support for analog modems, though.
P.S.: Sorry for bad English
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Use packagekit to improve standardization
Ubuntu
| In : | |
| Priority : | Low |
| Definition : | Approved |
| Implementation : | Not started |
| Assignee : | Sebastian Heinlein |
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Written by rainforest12 the 28 Feb 08 at 16:16. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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Hi guys!
packagekit gets more and more attraction, i don't think that i have to explain it here, someone who knows this page knows also packagekit and its possibilities i.e. share package discribtions & news, openoffice.org can use it for the installation from additional packages/art; automatic printer driver download from lsb-site and so on...
more here:
http://packagekit.org/
and a really hot presentation from fosdem08:
http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/public/introduction-to-packagekit.pdf
Developer comments
The use of PackageKit for Ubuntu is targeted for the Intrepid Ibex! See the attached blueprint for more informations.
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Printing that just works
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Written by dmk the 29 Feb 08 at 10:40. Category: Hardware support.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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Printing has come a long way in linux recently (automatic printer recognition, better support for full printer options, etc.), but there is still a long way to go. I wish I had a penny for every time I asked to print a PDF document with evince in A4 and it comes out US Letter or chopped or not at all. How about asking to print something double sided or two pages per sheet? These things fail as often as they work. And why does every application seem to have its own printing architecture? And how about trying to print photos? Don't get me started on that issue. Inevitably, I end up using proprietary applications like acroread or even switching to Windows for printing because they just work. I know historically why Unix has printing issues, but the time has come to fix the problem.
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work on printer drivers
Ubuntu
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| Priority : | Medium |
| Definition : | Approved |
| Implementation : | Good progress |
| Assignee : | Till Kamppeter |
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Written by grashdur the 28 Feb 08 at 20:15. Category: Hardware support.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
In development
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My printer, a Laserjet 1200, is pretty common and is supported by Ubuntu automatically. But I rarely print from it because it stretches my print output, vertically. For example, I have a table in OpenOffice Calc, as a to-do list organized by both importance and urgency, set up to print exactly in a certain way from OpenOffice on Windows XP. But when I open the same document on my Ubuntu computer, it prints stretched out more vertically, so that it doesn't all fit on one sheet. This is printing to the same exact printer. This seems to be the same with other programs.
Developer comments
I'll take this idea as a general request for better support on printer drivers.
Please look at this upcoming feature:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/printerdriverautodownload
With this system, printer drivers would be downloaded from internet. The big advantage is that we would be able to support printers launched after our release, and provide fixes for current printer drivers.
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make unsupported printers work with xp drivers and ddiwrapper
Ubuntu
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| Priority : | Undefined |
| Definition : | New (Needs guidance) |
| Implementation : | Unknown |
| Assignee : | |
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Written by ReneBrink the 28 Feb 08 at 19:36. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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Some (most?) printer manufacturers still don't make printer drivers for Linux, or just for a few models or low quality drivers. This make people running into trouble when migrating to Linux. There is a program called ddiwrapper (developed by SUSE) that can use the XP drivers in Linux to make printing to unsupported printers possible (at the moment only Canon drivers seem to work). Of course support as much printers as possible!
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purge option should be avialable in Update Manager and Add/Remove Programs
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Written by CSMatt the 29 Feb 08 at 02:17. Category: System.
Related to: Nothing/Others.
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When I do an upgrade with Update Manager, many packages get removed from my system, but the configuration files remain. I remember having an issue with Compiz Fusion when I upgraded to Gutsy because the old Beryl configuration files were left by Update Manager. What I would like to see is an option in the preferences of Update Manager and Add/Remove Programs to automatically purge a package instead of merely removing it.
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