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automatic handling of external monitor  
Written by choad the 20 Jan 09 at 21:08. Global category: Graphics. New
When i plug in my external monitor i have to click through some menu's and fiddle with the screen resolution tool. This is a waste of time, and unintuitive (a second display relates to my screen resolution how?)
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Solution #1: Pop up a dialogue when monitor is detected
Written by choad the 20 Jan 09 at 21:08.
a dialogue should pop up similar to that of windows vista, asking if you want to

* keep existing display setup
* use both displays (duplicating the output at the highest common resolution)
* use both displays (side by side configuration)
* use only the external display (max resolution)



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Solution #2: improve Ubuntu Multihead Support
Written by tdomhan the 25 Jan 09 at 14:14.
-give gnome some love concerning multihead bugs. (e.g. programs opening on the wrong monitor)
-make the setup of an multihead environment dead easy, through the ubuntu configuration
-switching back and forth between single head and multihead should be flawless, especially for notebook users, e.g. when using the laptop monitor alone you should not have 4 gnome panels only because you used 2 on each monitor in an multihead setup
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Solution #3: Solution #3 External Monitor Profile Manager
Written by aay the 20 Mar 09 at 10:43.
Rationale: Having to reconfigure an external monitor (especially when it is the same monitor) every time it is connected is a productivity killer.

Proposed Solution: Implement some kind of monitor profile manager which remembers recently connected monitors and automatically applies the settings which were last used with those monitors.

Usage Example:

Christian takes his laptop between home and work. At each location he connects an external monitor to his laptop. Whenever he connects one of these monitors, the Ubuntu (or Gnome or whatever) monitor profile manager recognizes the monitor as one which he has recently used and applies the resolution settings which were last used.
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Solution #4: #1 + Non-rectangular desktop when combining monitors
Written by Aloka the 13 May 09 at 21:44.
In addition to Solution #1, if "use both displays (side by side configuration)" is picked, the two displays should be combined into a non-rectangular desktop. This happens in windows, and i think it should be there in ubuntu as well.

Currently, the two screens are combined into a rectangle. But, if one screen is a different resolution than the other, you get strange behaviour like being able to move your mouse above or below the smaller resolution screen. This is not ideal.
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Solution #5: Work together with the X,Nvidia and Ati developers
Written by cherva the 22 Sep 09 at 20:54.
Work together with the X,Nvidia and Ati developers to implement the needing components in the X itself and in the Nvidia/Ati binary and open source drivers. So no need for logging in and out is necessary.

See the 11 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 21 Nov 09 at 04:31) >>

Remove Rythmbox as library player  
Written by ciplogic the 30 Mar 09 at 14:13. Related project: Live CD. New
Rhythmbox remains mainly the same for years. Almost no updates and for sure it did not get the attention that Totem has. But Totem is inefficient of keeping a music library even have a save/load list.

Note: "In March 2009 the current maintainer announced that he would cease development on Rhythmbox after the next 0.12 release. Some bugs will continue to be fixed, but no active development will take place." (Wikipedia) So rhythmbox is dead. (thanks: AndrewLuecke)

What do you think?
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Solution #1: Use Banshee as a default music player or even as video player
Written by ciplogic the 30 Mar 09 at 14:13.
Banshee evolved greately in the last releases: start time, more plugins are around, it works in the most use cases of RythmBox.

The last releases are also capable to see videos, and have a pretty decent organizer. So users may enjoy to have a media music manager (no only radio and mp3 one).

I still think that Banshee cannot replace totem as default player as it does not have support for subtitles (or an obvious way to pick them).

For Mono haters: Ubuntu ships with FSpot, which happens to be a good media library for photos, having a Mono music organizer, may sounds good also. In the meantime, if the change will happen, for 9,10, Mono will probably be at the 2.2 version, so it may make Banshee a bit faster (this is the main theme of Mono 2.2 version)

http://www2.apebox.org/wordpress/rants/74/ - the autor states that will make a win of 6 MB on CD also. Which is great from that switch.
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Solution #2: Use Songbird as a default music player
Written by fukid the 30 Mar 09 at 15:04.
Use Songbird as a default music player
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Solution #3: Bring RB development back
Written by dekaru the 30 Mar 09 at 19:51.
Rhythmbox is simple yet quite effective. With the enhancement and correction of some of its most blunt features, it could easily beat other players who offer too much and aren't quite as usable.
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Solution #4: Switch media player
Written by AndrewLuecke the 31 Mar 09 at 03:50.
UPDATE: Wikipedia article was incorrect. Refer to http://cfergeau.blogspot.com/2009/03/why-is-so-hard-to-find-blog-post-title.htm l . It is worth nothing that the rhythmbox developers don't work full time on their project though. Songbird developers do.

I propose that we continue using Rhythmbox for now, however, Canonical should allocate programmers to work on Songbird integration with gnome for eventual full integration with Ubuntu.

Unfortunately, whilst Songbird isn't ready yet, with a bit of programming work, it could be totally integrated by version 1.2 (due in 2 months).

Songbird offers the most flexibility out of the players, has the backing of mozilla, and doesn't require mono as Banshee does. Furthermore, its cross-platform, is completely malliable (it uses XUL), and winamp has already had to start playing catchup on some features.

This solution differs from #2, because it states that Canonical hire developers to complete integration, and takes into account that some integration work will be required first.
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Solution #5: Library Plugin for Totem
Written by tenplus1 the 31 Mar 09 at 09:29.
Create a plugin for Totem that allows a very simple keyword search on filenames and directories... Can be shown on the Sidebar under Library and this will allow for music AND movie searches (can use preferences to edit searchable extensions like mp3 ogg avi etc. and searchable paths.

Being filename and directory specific this removes the need to read mp3/ogg tags and will scan the searchable paths in under a minute, kinda like WinCUE did for WinAMP...
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Solution #6: Use Exaile by default
Written by Menti the 2 Apr 09 at 20:39.
Songbird has been suggested, Banshee has been suggested... Why not Exaile? It's GTK, it's active, it would need support and development but also the others.
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Solution #7: MPD with GMPC and optional web interface
Written by pasty the 4 Apr 09 at 16:25.
Using the Music Player Daemon would give users a centralised music collection that they can either control locally or from other computers via a web interface or native Linux/OSX/Windows desktop client.

It could also let them log out without stopping the music and also continue playback from the same position after shutting down or rebooting.
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Solution #8: Supports development of Listen
Written by OpenNingia the 14 Apr 09 at 12:13.
From the Home Page: http://www.listen-project.org/

"Listen is an audio player written in Python. Thanks to it, you can easily organize your music collections.

It supports many features such as Podcasts management, browse Shoutcast directory.

It provides a direct access to lyrics, lastfm and wikipedia informations.

It intuitively creates playlists for you by retrieving informations from lastfm and what you most frequently listen to."

Note that Listen is already the default player on XFCE.
Thanks ZuLuuuuuu for noticing.
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Solution #9: Properly research players and survey users requirements to decide
Written by AndrewLuecke the 4 Jun 09 at 13:53.
Instead of randomly choosing based on what users think they want, we should properly research the current and future capabilities of the players, and the requirements of the users. Neither developers nor users have sufficient information to make an appropriate choice and users often make incorrect assumptions about their needs (many users with 3GB of ram for instance are complaining that their media player requires 100MB).

Canonical should collate the following research about the players:
- RAM consumption with different library sizes
- Performance of the player depending on library size
- Feature set and extendibility
- Expected future capabilities and its future.

Canonical should survey users about: Their library sizes, required features and current computer specs (without mentioning player names).

Media player names are not mentioned because we want to pick the best player for users based on their requirements, not the size of their marketing department. What people think they want, may not be what they need. And by determining their needs, we can pick the correct player End users shouldn't care if the code is GTK, QT or Mono (yet the people here voting are basing their decisions ENTIRELY on this). They should only care about if the player fulfills their needs the best.
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Solution #10: Solution #10 : Use Amarok by default
Written by DeAtH89 the 4 Sep 09 at 14:53.
Amarok it's the best music player, Ubuntu can be use Amarok by default.

See the 51 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 20 Nov 09 at 07:17) >>

Professional-looking bootloader  
Ubuntu

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Priority : Undefined
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee :

Mentorship is available if you want to fix this bug.
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Written by Murrquan the 28 Feb 08 at 14:42. Global category: Look and Feel. In development
Ubuntu's bootloader is a stark black and white screen, filled with confusing options. It gives newbies a moment of indecision, as they try to figure out if they are supposed to choose something, and wonder why there are three or four Ubuntus listed. Then the timer finishes counting down (starting from 10), and the newb begins to feel like he's getting in over his head as his PC boots into Ubuntu.

Too much information up front, stark text-only display, painfully long countdown timer.
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Selected solution (#1): Create an attractive boot loader with grubgfx
Written by Murrquan the 28 Feb 08 at 14:42.
Create an attractive boot loader with grubgfx that requires minimal user input and does not scare away new users. If that doesn't work then use Fedora's Plymouth
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Selected solution (#2): Use Plymouth and the latest GDM for a faster and smoother boot up.
Written by vs8 the 14 Jan 09 at 15:59.
openSUSE and Fedora 10 feature more elaborate art than Ubuntu, I'm not talking about the colors they choose, because I like the Ubuntu colors, it's the art style.

One thing they got right is the boot up. Those distros boot very smooth and they look professional, Ubuntu looks rushed, plain and ugly.

I've seen Fedora boot, and the new plymouth thing rocks, Ubuntu should use it too. It's way better than the actual ugly usplash.

The other thing is the GDM, Ubuntu uses a very old GDM, which is slow. At least on my PC (AMD Phenon 9600 Quad Core, 4gb RAM). The new GDM is smoother, faster and it works fine.

In short, Ubuntu needs eye candy, from boot up to shut down it will attract more people, I guarantee it.

What is Plymouth?

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_plymouth&num=1

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Selected solution (#3): Put a Motion Splashscreen on ubuntu
Written by Felix-Valentine the 12 Jul 09 at 17:26.
to better the user experience, ubuntu should have an animated Splash Screen. a (mini Video) playing, showing the Ubuntu Logo and then a smooth overpass from the splash screen to the loging screen.
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Selected solution (#4): Ubuntu Grub Backround
Written by MattFinck21 the 21 Jun 09 at 07:18.
i was thinking that ubuntu team should design an default ubuntu grub backround for future releases..or atleast add them to the current ones. after all it would go nice after seeing the linux mint did that.
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Selected solution (#5): Design a GUI to help with the process of changing the image
Written by Rodrigo the 12 Jul 09 at 15:31.
Let's stay with the black screen or maybe a screen, but just one to begin with, then with the use of a GUI (the user can download it from the servers) be able to change it without needing to go to the console.
Everybody likes to customize his machine sooner or later.

See the 116 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 19 Nov 09 at 16:13) >>

Dim files when you 'cut' them for later 'paste' action  
Written by Eldmannen the 18 Mar 08 at 02:06. Global category: Look and Feel. New
So I right-clicked on a file and selected "Cut" in the context menu.
So that I later could "Paste" the file into another directory.

Make so that when you select "Cut" on a file, the icon becomes dimmed.
Because right now, there are no visual indication, so you don't know it worked.
In Windows there is a visual notification by the icon becoming dimmed.
In Ubuntu there is no visual notification, the icon does not become dimmed. This is confusing.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4981
Written by Eldmannen the 18 Mar 08 at 02:06.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4981 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: make cut file semi opaque
Written by raptor222 the 27 Oct 09 at 14:24.
When the file is cut (from the context menu or by pressing Ctrl-X) it should become semi opaque until the cut is aborted or the file is pasted.

See the 20 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 19 Nov 09 at 11:26) >>

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. Global category: Others. In development
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."

Merged from 18976:
Power management still isn't very effective in Linux and it still puts a lot of laptop users off Linux. While Linux has come on a long way thanks to the work of Intel with PowerTOP informing developers when their software breaks the idol state unnecessarily so they are doing their part as well as the kernel developers now we still have a long way to go to compete with Windows and I'm looking at ways for Ubuntu to do this.

One of the benefits of Linux is that is very easy to customise and a lot of its users love to tinker. Ubuntu should therefore use this to its advantage by allowing its power users to easily have access to the latest developments in Linux power efficiency. This would also be useful to Ubuntu as power users could submit results on what settings are most economical for specific hardware. This would give Ubuntu the chance to market itself on its power efficacy over other operating systems by it silently implementing these settings on the detected hardware setup for new users.

To give users these advantages Ubuntu should help more on Intels Lesswatts projects as these are Linux's best bet on beating windows power management. The problem is the solution to effective power management needs to simple enough that it works for a new user that wont even know its active but also very easy for power users to modify and test their own setups from one central tool.

http://www.lesswatts.org/
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #81
Written by jsmidt the 28 Feb 08 at 16:49.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #81 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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Selected solution (#2): Include a software like Ekobatt
Written by biniou the 3 Feb 09 at 11:48.
It would be a good solution to include a software like Ekobatt or eee-control which permit to desactivate some features of laptop.
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Selected solution (#3): Add more power saving techniques to gnome-power-manager
Written by amrhassan the 4 Feb 09 at 07:20.
Since it's already in control of power consumption. Two power managers running may conflict.
Add options to disable bluetooth and webcam when on battery power to gnome-power-manager.
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Selected solution (#4): Full control over power to devices on PCI/USB bus
Written by AndrewLuecke the 6 Feb 09 at 03:35.
Windows 7 will have full control over the power supplied to devices over the system buses (USB, PCIe, etc).

I suggest that we add fine grained control over the power supplied to different devices, and different system buses, and have an API to control the power.

Then implement support for the OS to disable devices which are not being used currently, in the interest of saving power.


Whilst shutting off bluetooth radio, and WLAN radio provide minor benefits, shutting down devices such as the video card when the screen is in sleep mode would also provide a significant power saving in a generic manner.
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Selected solution (#5): Analyze which software makes your machine use more power with PowerTOP
Written by torkiano the 9 Feb 09 at 16:15.
PowerTOP is a Linux tool that helps you find those programs that are misbehaving while your computer is idle

More information: http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/
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Selected solution (#6): Develop/Intergrate WattOSPM (GUI laptop-mode/Powersaving) in2 Gnome-power-manger
Written by chappell101 the 1 Apr 09 at 15:16.
This is taking Solution #3 to prevent conflict and expanding to give Gnome-power-manger 2 modes, simple for average user and button to reveal an advance set of options for power users based off the options in WattOSPM and PowerTOP.

To stop average users completely breaking their system with the tool only include safe things to disable in the simple mode in an on/off switch manor such as the optical drives and sound chipsets which aren't necessary to all users on the go but still waste power, Also this is a feature possible in windows for a long time now! The advanced mode could log user results of all their changes and show on a graph similar to Gnomes current power chart and have the option to submit the best back to Ubuntu so they can be set as silent defaults values for specific hardware for less technical users.

WattOSPM is already an effective little python tray-bound GUI to enable fast changing of laptop-mode-tools, X-backlight, and Powersaving settings to optimise many parts of your system for battery consumption and performance. So it would be nice to see it assisted by Ubuntu developers to add more features while it is integrated into Gnome to give back to the whole Linux community. These changes could be those found in Rightmark CPU Clock Utility for Windows Eg.CPU performance states editor, Thermal throttling values, and CPU PLL lock time these could be accessed through the Gnome CPU Frequency Scaling Monitor applet in the tray if cpufreq-selector is installed by default.



Also get Ubuntu to look at some of the power/speed measures used in the Ubuntu derivative distribution WattOS and port them back to the main distribution where possible.

How to Install http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6362540&postcount=103
Review http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=539
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Selected solution (#7): Write a simple GUI to control laptop-mode-tools.
Written by andrew.p the 19 Mar 09 at 22:03.
Here are some parameters of /etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf that sometimes should be customized not only by greatly experienced users: readahead size, disk spin down timeout, maximum time to keep data in memory, low battery level to write data to disk, whether to enable all of this on AC power. There IS a reason for it, for example optimal readahead can be very different on machines with different amount of RAM. Also, this is a way of locking some values (for example the tool should not allow to set readahead >RAM/50).
Also there should be a global Enable HDD Powersave Tools checkbox controlling /etc/default/acpi-support ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE.

And I also think there should be an option (with warning) to set hdparm -B to 254 in all modes (this fixes ustoppable spinning down on battery for some laptops).
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Selected solution (#8): Make it a separate package
Written by cheesehead the 12 Mar 09 at 18:12.
g-p-m already handles a lot of critical tasks, and does it pretty well. Since the advanced power tools being discussed are clearly optional, and since they are more user-interactive, they should be in a separate package instead of included in the g-p-m package.
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Selected solution (#9): Expand the capabilities of gnome-power-manager
Written by brand0con the 12 Mar 09 at 01:27.
Gnome power manager is a great tool but I think it could use some expansion. Namely, I'd like to see it logging (and eventually graphing) the system's battery history over the long term (not just a session) to give a more accurate picture of how a user typically uses his or her machine battery-wise and to give a sense of the machine's capabilities.

Ideally, the app would mature and after a set interval of recording this data, it would be able to provide a few basic suggestions based on power related events as to how the user can get the most life out of their battery in the long and short term.
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Selected solution (#10): "Green Software" Logo
Written by MX the 27 Mar 09 at 12:44.
To increase visibility and to be supported by facts: e.g. increases battery life by x% on average (for notebooks) or reduces average energy consumption by x % (for Pc's).

From my experience proper, non-technical and business oriented communication is key to reach most users and convince them about the usp's of a product.

Thinking of a usp - energy efficiency has a high impact.

Appreciate your thoughts and keep going!
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Selected solution (#11): Integrate in other powersaving options.
Written by Biornus the 2 Mar 09 at 18:59.
The options should automatically be available if you install the OS on a laptop.
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Selected solution (#12): Automatic charge/discharge
Written by Mondane the 9 Feb 09 at 14:26.
The user shouldn't be bothered checking his battery and/or removing the battery when on AC power. Make the OS drain the battery on intervals so the battery stays intelligent when the laptop is on AC power.

The user should have the option the interrupt and revert the draining if he knows he needs a full battery and is leaving in a short time.
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Selected solution (#13): Set the maximum battery charge on AC power
Written by mathieu the 5 Feb 09 at 18:36.
In order to preserve its battery's life, I would like to set the maximum percentage of charge (60% or 80% for example) when I'm not using it outdoor.

But if I have to use it outdoor, I want to release the limitation easily to get the maximum charge.
Finally, when I come back at home, I would like to use the battery power if the charge level is over the limitation setting, even if I have plugged the AC cable.

This trick will increase our Li-ion battery lifetime. Because if it is always completely charged when the laptop is running on AC power, its charging/discharging capacity will decrease quickly than if it is set on a lower value.
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Selected solution (#14): Simple GUI or tray icon
Written by TuxHHG the 22 Jun 09 at 22:36.
Today we can suspend many unused devices over the proc filesystem, but this is very annoying for a simple user. I provide a gui tool or trayicon that list devices. It should have simple checkbuttons to activate or suspend it.
Such a tool exist for the asus eee, with improvements it should work on many other computers.

See the 85 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 15 Nov 09 at 00:27) >>

Restoring the bootloader by Ubuntu installation CD  
Written by vinlos the 29 Feb 08 at 10:46. Global category: Installation. New
If I install Windows after Ubuntu, it's impossible to boot Ubuntu until I install again GRUB following several instructions.
My idea is adding the option "Restore bootloader" in the list which appears when Ubuntu installation CD start. The aim is to offer a simple way to restore GRUB without loading a live distribution, opening a terminal and following a long series of instructions

[Edit 06/03/2008]
In my opinion, the user SHOULDN'T boot the Ubuntu Live Distro. It would be an unuseful waste of time.
Instead, it should be possible to select a new option among those ones of the startup menu of the CD.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #1242
Written by vinlos the 29 Feb 08 at 10:46.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #1242 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: Create a "Reinstall boot menu" option for installation disk
Written by Hetor the 31 Mar 09 at 12:57.
Create an option for installation disk that will install just Ubuntu's boot menu to make Ubuntu accessible after Windows installation.
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Solution #3: Create a "Restore Ubuntu after Windows installation" option
Written by stoffel the 31 Mar 09 at 21:39.
So, similar as the first solution, but with these differences:
* people do not understand "boot menu"
* it puts focus on the fact that the Windows installer is crap that can break the user's system, whilst at the same time pointing out Ubuntu has the tools to fix this crap
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Solution #4: LiveCD should autodetect grub vs. MBR
Written by cheesehead the 31 Mar 09 at 21:50.
LiveCD should check for an existing MBR or grub, and offer to reinstall grub only if the LiveCD finds an MBR or broken grub
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Solution #5: Make a DUPLICATE of the mbr and place an option in boot.ini and vista bootmgr
Written by supermorph the 3 Apr 09 at 18:26.
as an option as WELL as placing grub into mbr , i would suggest Making a DUPLICATE of the mbr and place the mbr file in windows boot.ini and the vista bootmgr menu's (should windows be located in the install)

i had to re-do somebodys system, they was very dubious on linux (they had another distro and it didnt do wireless, so they over generalised and thought gnu/linux as a whole was not good) and i suggested to fix thier pc,
they left it with me, so i put thier media-centre xp first, all thier apps how they liked, installed a hidden user for me, and installed jaunty 9.04 at the end of the hdd, and made the users exactly like the xp, (both with firefox, and wine 4 ubuntu) i also took the liberty of extracting the installed mbr of ubuntu to a file "ubuntu.mbr" i called it, and placed it into thier xp partition (hidded,system applied) and added a menu "Ubuntu Linux" to thier boot.ini as the second option, i then proceeded to make a recovery image of this setup and put it to four dvd's with all of the dvd's bootable to a registered acronis 8 personal of myne, so if they restore it will ALWAYS work, and if they need whats on there they can remove the mbr and STILL use ubuntu (or put it back if they ask how to do it)

mabye this could be done, and add an option to restore this mbr file to the hdd in recovery mode on the live/alt disks?

sorry for the long post, but i think it will actually help because of the way i done things, theres no way ubuntu cannot be run in that configuration.

kind regards
supermorph
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Solution #6: Create Downloadable Recovery CD
Written by jamesisin the 7 Apr 09 at 06:38.
Create an ISO available to Ubuntu users (linked probably in the Help menu &c) which has been set up specifically for repairing version x.y of Ubuntu.

(Part of my "Keep the installer trim" philosophy.)
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Solution #7: Add an option to restore GRUB in GParted
Written by codeslicer the 27 Feb 09 at 20:33.
One of the options for a bootable partition in GParted would be to Reinstall Boot Manager, after which an option to install either GRUB or LILO on to the hard partition.
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Solution #8: add how-to on LiveCD
Written by TheLions the 1 Mar 09 at 20:41.
instead making repairing tool why not include a easy-to-understeand-do-it-yourself guide how to repair GRUB?
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Solution #9: Super grub disk
Written by josinalvo the 7 Mar 09 at 04:08.
There is a windows app called super grub disk that is able to solve the problem (The odd name comes from a live cd that does the same job)

I propose this app should be on the livecd, on that part that is acessible from windows (a.k.a. outside squashfs)
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Solution #10: Grub install from Windows
Written by pengo the 9 Mar 09 at 02:25.
This will probably get voted down for mentioning MICROSOFT, but as this problem is generally a problem with Windows rudely taking over from Grub, why not make a Windows application that installs or restores GRUB?

See the 41 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 13 Nov 09 at 14:27) >>

Enhance mobile devices sync  
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. Global category: Hardware support. New
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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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #28
Written by jherran the 28 Feb 08 at 15:01.
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Solution #2: Sync both PC and phone with google calendar & contacts
Written by fc.truter the 2 Jun 09 at 20:27.
Instead of creating hardware interfaces for every phone/PC combination, Canonical could take different approach, and sync both devices to a online service such as Google Contacts/Calendar or perhaps even with Ubuntu One.

On the PC side, Evolution already supports this to an extent but the process can be made much more streamlined. From the phone side, projects like GCalSync have already started something like this but few have seen the potential in this, and there is massive room for improvement.

This could be the next step in cloud computing and could bypass all the device driver issues and unwilling hardware manufacturers, since most phones already support Java or a similar language.
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Solution #3: Get behind Conduit and make it shine
Written by socceroos the 23 Oct 09 at 00:04.
Conduit seems to be a worthy step in the right direction to solve this particular issue. I would suggest that Canonical puts some muscle behind this and kill off this issue once and for all.

http://live.gnome.org/Conduit

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Better wi-fi support  
Written by neilneil2000 the 29 Feb 08 at 00:20. Global category: Internet & Networking. New
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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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #295
Written by neilneil2000 the 29 Feb 08 at 00:20.
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Image Viewer (eye of gnome) doesn't handle animated .gif files.   forum
Written by youngsaint the 14 Mar 08 at 06:18. Global category: Look and Feel. Implemented
ok, the default image viewer doesn't display .gifs correctly (they aren't animated). neither does F-spot. ok, we have how many image viewers by default and how many of them work with gif files?? This is just basic stuff that needs fixing. We can do better than this...
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #4580
Written by youngsaint the 14 Mar 08 at 06:18.
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Selected solution (#2): Treat Animated GIF Files as Videos without Audio
Written by kurtismccartney the 21 Oct 09 at 02:29.
GIF Files are capable of being both static and animated. Eye of Gnome is not broken and can remain as a great static image viewer.

I would recommend the addition of appropriate plugins for the default video player and a prompt for the option to open GIF files in the file context menu. The prompt could be similar to the prompt for text (TXT) files that can be displayed (in gedit) or ran (in bash).

Eye of Gnome will continue to process only static images, users that choose to mix animated and static GIF files in a directory may continue to experience frustration. This can be solved upstream - EOG devs will have the option to add an "open in *** video player" plugin rather than adding bulk to a slick application.
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Selected solution (#3): Offer a system-wide standalone GIF to APNG (+ other) Converter
Written by kurtismccartney the 21 Oct 09 at 02:46.
See a GIF File? It's old, maxed to 256 colours, depreciated in favour of smaller cleaner formats. Well it shouldn't exist.

Rather than adding support for a dead animated format offer system-wide conversion to a short list of formats preferably in the form of both a CLI and GTK/X application.

Your GIF Animations can be APNG (Animated PNG), Low Bitrate Video, or the other! Some developer freedom in making better choices. That's the simple part for users with old files in their backups.

The tough part is for all of the people who frequent imageboards with GIF images. The CLI version could be set to run at intervals, or run as a context menu item, or process in loop for users inclined to make the change.

Other Image conversion utilities exist, but none with the simple elegance and immediate results of a standalone GIF exterminator.

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Make mouse backward/forward buttons work in Firefox and Nautilus   forum
Written by surban the 31 Mar 08 at 21:30. Global category: Hardware support. New
I have a Logitech Mx510 mouse.

It has a backwards and a forwards key on the side. In Windows these keys can be used to navigate backward and forward in the browser and file manager.

In Ubuntu these buttons are detected but have no effect in Firefox and Nautilus. Please make these buttons work by default in these applications.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #6186
Written by surban the 31 Mar 08 at 21:30.
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