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Unity should differentiate between same filename in different parent folder
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Written by a.s. the 25 May 12 at 10:51.
Related project: Unity.
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If I have many customers, each one with one folder "bill", "jim", ... and a subfolder on each named "Sales", when I search for "Sales" in Unity (in main dsh or in files-folder lens) several "Sales" folders appear in the "files and folders" results. I don't know which is the customer (parent folder) it belongs to until I open it... many times the wrong one. Both left-click and right-click do nothing but opening.
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Using `sudo` messes with permissions in home directory
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Written by cousteau the 25 May 12 at 08:10.
Global category: Security.
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Using `sudo program` sometimes messes with file permissions at the user's $HOME directory (often graphical applications, or any application that modifies the content of ~ or $HOME).
The usual way to get around this problem is to use `gksudo` in those cases, but one might sometimes forget that (specially, but not limited to, new users).
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Windows programmes in Ubuntu for human beings
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Written by tuxest the 24 May 12 at 21:12.
Related project: Ubuntu Software Center.
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Yes, I know that there are many alternatives to Windows programmes that run natively in Ubuntu. Some are as good, some are better and some are worse but that is not the point here. The point is that whatever the reason Ubuntu user might want or need to use Windows software from time to time.
I know that Windows is not open source and therefore creating compatibility for Windows programs in Ubuntu is a difficult and complex task (to put it mildly). Yet some free and paid options do exist that enable it with some success. Ironically most of these options are not that well presented to those users that need them the most. That is, people who are former Windows users who are not that computer savvy and don't really aspire to be – they just want “a working computer” to get their things done. This means that Wine is too complex, its free front-end PlayOnLinux can be added only by using terminal (it is not in the Ubuntu repository), commercial CrossOver software hard to come by if you already don't know about it before and running Windows in a VM not that convincing solution (the question posed at that is that why not use Windows instead?).
My question is how to make these already existing options more visible to user and possibly much easier to use?
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Improve productivity by showing more
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Written by cslee-ubuntu the 24 May 12 at 11:12.
Related project: Unity.
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When using Ubunto there are a few places that show previews of the windows that ca be selected like the Unity Bar and the Alt Tab switcher.
In a lot of cases applications have tabs with content and it would improve usability to see the content that I am trying to get to.
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No app indicator template for Quickly
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Written by lauterzsolti the 23 May 12 at 08:42.
Related project: Unity.
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The Quickly development tool has a few nice templates to start a new graphical or cli app or unity lens project easily (and quickly) but it still doesn't have a template for application indicators.
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Possibility to choose in wich Wine prefix an application should be run
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Written by lukenpi the 20 May 12 at 18:06.
Related project: Wine.
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Every time a Windows executable is launched the path of Wine is defaulted to ~/.wine
Since some Windows application need a bit of manipulation to work properly (dlls, runtimes etc) this prefix get dirty pretty soon, with the possibility to blow up the other applications which used to work.
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remote desktop in virtual desktops
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Written by saltyjet the 18 May 12 at 15:52.
Related project: Compiz.
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for some time, the coolest eyecandy in linux distros has been the desktop cube. truth is, the multiple desktops afforded by virtual desktops are beyond useful and speedy, they're a great way to organize your windows in a remarkable way.
My idea is to add a desktop from another network connected machine in with your virtual desktops. more could be done as ultimate sharing by drag and drop of applets from one machine to another.
devs, if this is possible, it is a revolutionary cloud idea and pretty much streamline the remote help options, even if with the smallest of options being to move text based apps from one machine to another with terminal commands...etc...
please let me know what you think of the idea.
kevin.hanning@gmail.com
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Capital letters shouldn't change the sorting order
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Written by Souloohshuns the 17 May 12 at 21:13.
Related project: Nautilus.
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At the moment, nautilus distinguishes between capital and non-capital letters. So if I have a bunch of files called 'Loop 1', 'Loop 2' 'loop 3' and 'Loop 4', then they will be sorted by name in this order: 'loop 3', 'Loop 1', 'Loop 2', 'Loop 4'.
I don't think many people would want capitals to be treated differently to lowercase letters in file sorting... what do you think?
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