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LiveUSB  
Written by Taku the 28 Feb 08 at 14:35. Global category: System. Implemented
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
This was implemented by two separate projects! Both Usb-creator (see the blueprint) and Usblive (see its website) allow you to build a live USB system on Intrepid.
The first one is available on the repository, and usblive in this PPA.
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Selected solution (#1): Auto-generated solution of idea #16
Written by Taku the 28 Feb 08 at 14:35.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16 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): copy slax's usb version
Written by stozi the 9 Jun 09 at 01:27.
copy slax's usb version, or find a more KISS-y way to do it.

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Disable font hinting by default  
Written by zarlino the 28 Feb 08 at 13:55. Global category: Look and Feel. Not an idea
If you're not a graphic artist, you probably don't know what this means. To be short: the practical effect is that you fonts look smoother, like the Mac OS X fonts.

Also, most fonts look very bad with hinting enabled, virtually only Vera/DejaVu has acceptable results, while most other fonts are not usable.

This is very easy to implement: it is just a true/false value in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf
You can also set it per user in your ~/.fonts.conf by pasting this snippet:


false


(Affects only newly started applications)

Artists and eye candy people, make your voice heard!
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #5
Written by zarlino the 28 Feb 08 at 13:55.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #5 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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Provide a simple graphical interface to manage _any_ type of network connection  
Ubuntu

In :  
Priority : Medium
Definition : New (Needs guidance)
Implementation : Unknown
Assignee :
spec
Written by Alan Pope the 28 Feb 08 at 13:50. Global category: Internet & Networking. In development
A single unified tool should be provided which allows the user to connect to a network (or internet) via any supported method. It would also be useful to provide an extension to this tool to manage firewall rules and network connection sharing.

Developer comments
We’re currently designing this graphical interface, with the Internet connection part powered by ConnectionManager.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NetworkSettings

—mpt
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Selected solution (#1): Single Unified Network Tool
Written by Alan Pope the 28 Feb 08 at 13:50.
A single unified tool should be provided which allows the user to connect to a network (or internet) via any supported method. It would also be useful to provide an extension to this tool to manage firewall rules and network connection sharing.
113
votes
inprogress
Selected solution (#2): Add functionality for configuring multiple IP addresses to Network Manager GUI
Written by sanketmedhi the 30 Apr 09 at 13:52.
There should be a functionality in Network Manager to configure multiple IP addresses for the same network interface.

This is mainly to make the system more user friendly especially for non-technical users and in par with other systems.
64
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Selected solution (#3): Create context-sensitive help for network setup
Written by dbneeley the 28 Apr 09 at 04:57.
A simple, context-sensitive help file could explain what the various fields and options mean in simple terms so that new users can more quickly and accurately understand what they are being asked to do.
83
votes
inprogress
Selected solution (#5): Implement concurrent connections to NetworkManager
Written by neziric the 24 Apr 09 at 14:26.
It would be great if one could be connected to Internet using ppp0 and LAN using eth0 at the same time (or even eth0 and eth1, etc...).
69
votes
inprogress
Selected solution (#6): Add "Automatically connect to VPN..." option to wireless network settings
Written by nickpick the 29 May 09 at 18:54.
Add a drop-down list (or another similar way) allowing the user to select a VPN network he wants to connect to automatically -once the connection with the specified, not just any, WiFi network- has been established.

Example:

+ Automatically connect to VPN...
-- none (default)
-- University_VPN_Example
-- Corporate_VPN_Example
-- Home_server_VPN-Example
42
votes
inprogress
Selected solution (#7): Allow network connection categories
Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 03:51.
Allow network connections to be put into categories so services/shares can be enabled and disabled based on category. So that I can share directories and media at home but not work or public networks.
55
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inprogress
Selected solution (#8): Easy windows domain support
Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 03:54.
Make it easy to connect to and use the features of windows domains which are common in a lot of offices. Including authentication and shared directories.
Perhaps on the login screen detect the fact that the currently active network connection has a domain associated and allow authentication to that as an option.
41
votes
inprogress
Selected solution (#9): Detect networked media applications
Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 04:05.
Detect media shares on a network os independantly and allow for streaming from shared media sources such as windows media player/center or rhythmbox/amarok/totem/etc
64
votes
inprogress
Selected solution (#10): Windows 7 "Homegroup" compatibility
Written by timnwells the 4 Jun 09 at 04:11.
Add the ability for ubuntu computers to participate in the new Windows 7 homegroups and have access to the functionality the "Homegroup" provides.
66
votes
inprogress
Selected solution (#11): Sharing Internet and network configuration automatically.
Written by nq6 the 13 Aug 09 at 02:39.
#view the outline of the idea.

Ubuntu - Idea

The new user can not share your internet with other computers or put two computers with Ubuntu in a network easily.

Below is the commands for the user to perform these tasks. This is not simple for a new user. Install packages, use the terminal, set the ip manually, type in the link of the Nautilus Ip of the other machine.

#commands to the two computers
sudo apt-get install samba system-config-samba

#commands to the computer that shares the Internet
sudo su
modprobe iptable_nat
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE

#command to view the other ubuntu in the network - the PC 1
sudo su
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.2 up
smb://192.168.0.1/

#command to view the other ubuntu in the network - the PC 2
sudo su
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.1 up
smb://192.168.0.2/

Who has two network devices, you want to share internet and create a network between two PCs, it has to be experienced and know many commands. This is not ideal. The Ubuntu aims to ease.
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Selected solution (#13): Create something like in Win XP
Written by viejoyoda the 13 Feb 10 at 14:54.
Last time i have to connect two computers with a regular ethernet cable, was really imposible to share internet and folders... finally i have to restart from my windows xp partition and then apply the network configuration assistant, it was like 20 secs. for success!!!
Regular users don't have to manage a cybercafe or protect a meil server or a bank from "attacks", why is it so difficult!
By the way it could be useful to choose between "network-manager" and "wicd". I prefer Wicd.

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Tighter integration  
Written by constrictor the 28 Feb 08 at 14:39. Global category: Internet & Networking. Won't implement
Tightly integrate, mail client, blog writer, feed reader, and calender into one application that is not too memory intensive. Something like having thunderbird by default write blogs, and have a two way sync with services like google calendar. Or maybe evolution but that is a heavy application that requires a lot of memory and i don't use it for that reason.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #18
Written by constrictor the 28 Feb 08 at 14:39.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #18 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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Professional-looking bootloader  
Ubuntu

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

Mentorship is available if you want to fix this bug.
spec
forum
Written by Murrquan the 28 Feb 08 at 14:42. Global category: Look and Feel. Implemented
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.
5944
votes
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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
524
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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

0
votes
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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.
330
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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.
9
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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.
516
votes
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Selected solution (#6): Use BURG with GRUB 2
Written by tommis the 7 Jan 10 at 02:02.
BURG is a program based-on Grub 2,BURG uses new menu list,screen layout and shortcut keys that all easily customized.
Image Hosted by ImageShack.us
Also see - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Burg
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votes
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Selected solution (#7): Installation Option
Written by puzzler995 the 18 Jan 10 at 20:27.
In installation have an option of using either BURG or GRUB with GRUB the Default Option
48
votes
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Selected solution (#8): Just make grub2 better
Written by lokster the 3 Feb 10 at 14:13.
The developers must make grub2 better. Why use another new and in early development bootloader, while there is already a good one?
Just make the good one even better.

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