http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com guidelines and check if your idea has been posted already! ]]> en-us Sat, 22-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC Sat, 22-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/9100/ Take Screenshot) hides the mouse when it is taken. It could be useful to be able to show the mouse if needed.

For example, i was trying to explain a bug that caused the mouse to turn into a black box, but i couldnt visually show it because the screenshot hid it.

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So, as you type each letter the results become more accurate. To the point that you might only need to type Firef... to bring up all the Firefox stuff.

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In this way people/organizations/companies/governments who want to secure their usb sticks don't have to buy expensive usb sticks but can use average cheap usb sticks.

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Currently, the list of kernels installed on a Ubuntu system grows over time. This takes up additional disk space and adds clutter to the boot loader.

Ideally, older kernels should be removed automatically.

Maybe leave current and current-1, but not _all_ of them...

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So when you read about the software, you can click on the link to get to the official homepage, for more information.

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Nautilus is Ubuntu's default file management software. There is no reason why you should need to open countless Nautilus windows to manage your files. It is time to bring tabs from your web browser to your file browser.

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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

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]]> Sat, 22-Nov-2008 00:00:00 UTC http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/1474/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/12933/ I think that this may be very useful in the "Places" menu.
Thank you very much for your attention.
EDIT: I meant to have it in the "Places" menu, but also in the top bar.
Thanks!

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With the introduction of bullet-proof X in 8.04, it should be possible to launch some sort of gui no matter what, so how about creating a guided recovery app (in the style of 'ubiquity-only') that goes something like this:

Welcome to the Ubuntu Recovery Helper.
-If you booted into this mode because booting Ubuntu normally doesn't work, press continue.
-If you have booted into this mode by accident, you can reboot your computer and choose the option to load Ubuntu normally.
-If you are an advanced user and would like to go straight to the command-line, press Advanced.
[REBOOT] [ADVANCED] [CONTINUE]

If they press continue:
-If you know approximately what is wrong with your PC, select it below and press Continue.
-If you don't know what is wrong, press I Don't Know.
[]Graphics Card or Monitor
[]Hard Disk
[]Sound
[]etc.
[BACK] [I DON'T KNOW] [CONTINUE]

Selecting Graphics Card or Monitor would launch the X.org configuration utility, with the additional option to 'Autodetect any display hardware changes' (runs "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xorg-server" or whatever the exact code is). Selecting I Don't Know would launch the same prompt that the hardware database thingie uses, and when an error is reported would go to the appropriate item from the list above.

I'm not going to go through the entire thing, but I'm sure you get the idea. At the moment, Windows recovery mode is just an admin desktop, and Ubuntu is command-line. We're currently behind, but implementing something like this would put us years ahead. It would also make a great 'important feature' for 8.10 (like compiz-fusion was for 7.10).

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Initially similar to Adobe Captivate, but will eventually incorporate an AJAX (browser based) playback capability for advanced content. Flash has at least one serious design limitation (from my POV) making it nearly useless for comprehensive eLearning, and this appears to be addressed by the existing capabilities of AJAX in browsers these days.

http://www.salasaga.org/

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There is a huge discussion ongoing, the developers say it will be possible in KDE 4.2
It is NO bug, and it will be included in KDE 4.2, but that is WAY too late.

It was possible in all KDE, GNOME, Windows, OSX versions by now - not making it possible would be a backstep.
SUSE (11.0) made it possible in their with KDE 4.0(!), so there IS already a patch.

Please vote here, vote for the "bug" at the KDE Bugtracker if you have an account there, urge at launchpad, help to make that possible.


If you like this idea, also look at my other ideas

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Please fix this!

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However, the version of Memtest86+ used is quite old. The newest 2.01 supports the latest hardware and I see no reason why it should'nt be updated.

Please bring latest Memtest86+ with Intrepid Ibex!

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