Contributor yochaigal

I use now wicd and it's , ,much better than NetworkManager.. More work is needed for NetworkManager

(See multiples duplicates and comments about more requested improvement)

For us tech types, the terms 'mount' and 'unmount' make sense. Not so for average users. "Remove USB Drive" or "Remove USB device" would be easier for non-techies to understand.


From #6549 (merged):

For most of people reading this, "unmount volume" makes perfect sense, but for most "humans" using Ubuntu, Unmount volume isn't a clear action.

My GF had to call me because she didn't know how to remove her pen drive safely. (she said later she suspected it would be that "unmount volume", but she was unsure whether after clicking there, all her data would be deleted).

Other suggestions :
Disconnect drive (3)
Disconnect drive (umount) (2)
Prepare for removal (1)
Remove drive (1)

Make a guest account that people can login to, and check mail, surf web.

Every time the guest account logs out, its purged so next user who login is a clean fresh account.

Mac OS X has this;
* http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/300.html#system

The reason for this is to unclutter Ubuntu Brainstorm.

Some ideas submitted are not applicable, or are already existing although the poster didn't know about them.

It should be possible mark an idea for deletion instead of just voting it down, but it should be well distinguished from voting down an idea. Perhaps users must click on the idea to be able to mark it for deletion.

One of the things I love about Ubuntu is that it keeps the desktop very clean, as opposed to Windows which uses the desktop as a dump truck, resulting in useless clutter.

Unfortunately, Ubuntu's desktop does contain icons for each partition and external hard drive. Worse, there isn't an obvious way to remove them from the desktop. These icons are more than useless considering the same volumes can be easily accessed in the "Places" menu.

The icons can be hidden by a simple edit to the gconf settings:
http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2007/10/25/hide-partition-icons-from-your-ubuntu- desktop (remove the space in the URL)

I, and likely many others, would prefer this setting by default.