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Put creative commons education books in a repository  
Written by matthekc the 17 Mar 08 at 09:57. Global category: Education. New
It would be nice to have a one stop place to look for the many available education books available. I think lack of awareness that free books exist is slowing their advance and it would nice for Ubuntu too.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4894
Written by matthekc the 17 Mar 08 at 09:57.
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Informational screensavers  
Written by bgfeldm the 18 Mar 08 at 00:23. Related project: Gnome. New
Screensaver with usefulness, add some Informative or Educational Screensavers.

Clock and Weather Screensaver
-- Alarm Clock and Weather Screensaver.
-- World Clock Screensaver.
-- Local Weather with Weather Around the World Screensaver.
-- Count Down to Specific Date Screensaver.
-- World Atlas Map (Countries and Bodies of Water) Screensaver.
-- Human Body (Muscles and Bones) Screensaver.
-- System and Network Status Screensaver.
-- User Photos Slideshow Screensaver.
-- Panoramic view of landscapes screensaver.
-- Destination Photos from Around the World Sceensaver.
-- Icon which shows up when new Mail or Instant Message Arrives.
-- RSS Screensaver.
---- World News screensaver.
---- Word of the day screensaver.
---- Today in History screensaver.
---- Nutritional Health Tip Screensaver.
---- Screensaver with Collection of Jokes.
---- Various Dictionary Screensavers (Programming Terms, Linux, Mathematics, Science, Legal, Tech...)
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Solution #1: Clock Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 18 Mar 08 at 00:23.
add a Clock Screensaver.
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Solution #2: Weather Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 01:59.
add a Weather Screensaver
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Solution #3: RSS Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 02:06.
a RSS Screensaver

Which can then be used as a:
---- World News screensaver.
---- Word of the day screensaver.
---- Today/Date in History screensaver.
---- Nutritional Health Tip Screensaver.
---- Screensaver with Collection of Jokes.
---- Various Dictionary Screensavers (Programming Terms, Linux, Mathematics, Science, Legal, Tech...)
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Solution #4: Count Down Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 02:12.
Screensaver which Counts Down to a Specific Date.

count down to:
Next Software Release (Ubuntu)
Graduation
Midterm/Final Exam
Work/School Deadline
Wedding
Birthday
Anniversary
Family Reunion
Next Election
NASA Space Launch

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Solution #5: System and Network Status Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 02:17.
Screensaver to display System and Network Status. Could be useful to a system administrator.
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Solution #6: Landscapes Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 02:23.
-- Panoramic view of landscapes screensaver.
-- Destination Photos from Around the World Sceensaver.
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Solution #7: World Clock Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 02:33.
screensaver which displays a World Clock which displays
-- different time zones
-- day and night (sun/moon) shadow on the earth.
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Solution #8: Notification Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 02:42.
Notification Screensaver which:
--glows different colors
--displays a short note
--plays warming tone

when triggered by:
-- System Alerts.
-- alarm clock.
-- weather changes.
-- email/im messages.
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Solution #9: World Atlas Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 02:47.
Screensaver which displays a World Atlas Map (Countries, Mountain Ranges and Bodies of Water);

Screensaver useful for Interest or Study of Geography.

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Solution #10: Human Body Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 02:53.
Human Body Screensaver; Human Sciences.

which displays:
Human Skeleton; Skeletal System (Bones)
Human Anatomy Muscular System (Muscles)

Which could also change/rotate to:
Human Biology
Human Nervous System
Human Cardiovascular System
Human Digestive System
Human Lymphatic System
Human Endocrine System

Screensaver useful for Interest or Study of Human Sciences.
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Solution #11: Famous Art Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 13:40.
Screensaver of Famous art. useful for Art Appreciation.

Example of some famous artist:
Leonardo De Vinci
Michelangelo
Titian
Rapheal
Monet
Picasso
Renoir
Van Gogh

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Solution #12: Music current playing Song Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 12 May 09 at 14:02.
Multimedia Screensaver which shows:

Music Song Info for current playing song (MP3 ID3 tags):
artist
song title
album
album art


Screensaver useful for Music Appreciation.
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Solution #13: Planetarium Screensaver
Written by bgfeldm the 19 May 09 at 14:38.
Screen Saver which shows the night sky, stars and planets. planetarium. Study or appreciation of astronomy.

Could use pictures taken from NASA's
Astronomy Picture of the Day
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
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Solution #14: Quote Of The Day screensaver
Written by pepperpupper the 16 Sep 08 at 07:07.
Add a QOTD screensaver that displays random quotes reflecting the "Ubuntu-philosophy".
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Solution #15: Promote turning off screens instead of using screensavers
Written by amrhassan the 18 Jan 09 at 01:27.
To save some power, you should have your monitor turned off instead of using a screensaver.

I read somewhere - don't remember where exactly - that screensavers were used because old CRT monitors take some time to power up after sleep, that doesn't happen any more with LCD screens, so why still use screensavers! Go green.
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Solution #16: Create a 'setting'-button in screen savers preferences.
Written by jeypeyy the 18 Jan 09 at 17:48.
If there was a settings-button in the screen savers preferences we could change the text from the GLText screen saver. With this we could show usefule info like time and date, computer's name, user's name etc.
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Solution #17: Play Easy Listening Music From LastFm
Written by Basem the 24 Mar 09 at 05:08.
Play music from last fm if network connection exists, otherwise it plays some music from local drives, while maintaining a low volume and showing some photos.
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Solution #18: Chemical elements and information about those.
Written by teranos the 5 Jul 10 at 17:27.
All the chemical elements + shape + info.

* Recommended for Edubuntu.
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Solution #19: Optionally, add clock to any screensaver
Written by kreep the 4 Nov 10 at 21:08.
Add an option to add a clock (analog or digital, whichever is preferred by the user) to a chosen corner of the screen while the screensaver is running, no matter what the screensaver is.
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Solution #20: Screensaver widgets
Written by Oxwivi the 18 Nov 10 at 07:12.
Create widgets to display any of the options mentioned by the solutions above.
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Solution #21: Help me in writing/finishing an RSS screen saver
Written by mk2366 the 30 May 11 at 21:37.

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There is no free KML renderer  
Written by Clorox the 22 Jul 09 at 01:07. Global category: Education. In development
Currently, Google Earth is a great program, but it is the only program that can render KML files. Marble is a good Earth viewer, but has no support for KML.
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Selected solution (#1): Lobby Google to make a Google Earth Open Source Edition
Written by Clorox the 22 Jul 09 at 01:07.
Sun Microsystems already does this with many of its products such as VirtualBox and Solaris. For example:

VirtualBox - Free for personal use, and also evaluation for enterprises.
VirtualBox Enterprise - Must pay for it, same as normal VirtualBox but with different license.
VirtualBox OSE - Released under the GPL, has some closed-source features such as USB support missing.

On the VirtualBox download page there are packages for normal VirtualBox, but nothing except source code for VirtualBox OSE. However, there are usually packages for VirtualBox OSE in repositories for Linux distributions, as is true of Ubuntu.

If Google does something like this to their Google Earth, then the open-source world will be happy and people will be less confused about how to install Google Earth. Currently they have a freeware version and a Pro version ($400 Annually), but I don't see what they are holding back.
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Selected solution (#2): Create a KML rendering engine for Marble
Written by Clorox the 22 Jul 09 at 01:08.
Make a rendering engine for Marble that displays KML on a virtual globe.

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Encourage Ubuntu preloads in university computer stores  
Written by telluric the 10 Mar 08 at 03:55. Global category: Education. New
I have not heard of a single university computer store that carries _any_ type of Linux preloads.

Exposure to Ubuntu is a great educational experience due to the lack of artificial barriers to learning about the underlying system (source is available). The fact that preloaded machies are not commonly available runs counter to a university's central mission.

The popularity of MacOS on university campuses in the 1990's was largely due to aggressive educational discounts and dealmaking.

What would it take to change this??
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #4045
Written by telluric the 10 Mar 08 at 03:55.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #4045 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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education on ubuntu website  
Written by emir_n the 6 Mar 08 at 23:25. Global category: Education. New
The main reason why 90% of world's population is using windows is that they are afraid of Linux.
Increasing market share is possible by explaining people that Ubuntu is not only for geeks.
Therefor on Ubuntu website should be:
-e books
-tutorials and even video tutorials explaining how to work in different programs.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #3624
Written by emir_n the 6 Mar 08 at 23:25.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3624 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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Canonical should offer a total migration+support service for schools  
Written by jiu the 8 Mar 08 at 12:00. Global category: Education. New
At the moment it's not easy for schools to make the decision to migrate to Ubuntu because of the lack of support and knowledge. I think Canonical should come up with a package deal where they provide all services for a migration to our favourite OS, with a focus on schools and administrations (which are quite different from business clients).

This would surely provide a boost in popularity with kids and they would naturally be more enclined to use it on their own computers afterwards.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #3865
Written by jiu the 8 Mar 08 at 12:00.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #3865 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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