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Paste into a new folder  
Written by aru777 the 27 Sep 12 at 13:53. Related project: Nautilus. New
Most times when I want a copy a bunch of stuff and need to paste it inside a new folder, the flow is as follows:

1. Select the required stuff, Copy it.
2. Right click -> Create New folder -> Name it.
3. Open the new folder/Paste it.
or
3. Right click on new folder, paste it.

PROPOSAL:
1. A new option called 'Paste into a new folder' in the secondary menu.
2. Clicking on that, creates a folder, starts copying into it in the background.
3. Also at the same time, opens up folder rename view.

Things might get simpler this way.
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Solution #1: New option in secondary menu.
Written by aru777 the 27 Sep 12 at 13:53.
1. new option in secondary menu
2. .ko file to support it.

Should be a simple change with huge impact.

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Desktop Environment in Sys. Settings with fast-install  
Written by lukenpi the 12 Jun 12 at 18:08. Global category: Usability. New
Hi everybody. I noticed that is pretty difficult for average users switch among desktop environments. Even if the desktop environments installation is pretty easy (sudo apt-get install whatever-desktop-environment), the result is a bad mix of gtk/qt applications, redundant or even useless for "the new" desktop environment an user is going to approach with.

Even if, when installing a new DE, is right to keep all of the old packages, approaching a migration could be a little painful.. Preferring a fresh install
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Solution #1: One-Click Desktop Environment Management
Written by lukenpi the 12 Jun 12 at 18:08.
As wrote in the title, a sub-menu of System Settings could be a handy and easy to use solution to perform a one-click install, with the possibility to migrate, install alongside or remove DEs. By default, just the most famous would be shown (es. Unity, Gnome 3, Gnome Classic, KDE, Mate, Lxde, Xfce) with a very tiny description (and, why not.. some screenshots?), with the possibility to expand the choice making special packages which add items to the list (es. assuming that this feature is called Desktop Choicher, there would be a gnome3-desktop-choicer, a kde-desktop-choicer, a mate-desktop-choicer and so on).

This software will also show the installed desktop environments, and for each DE it would be possible to install/remove just the base environment or the complete set (with browser, word processor, and other apps). Done a mess with an environment? No problem! A "reset-to-default" options will restore the DE as just installed!

The feature migration will provide the possibility to remove all of the packages of other DE (with, obviously, the warning "Are you sure? The following application will be removed: [list]") letting the user, for example, to switch from a Kubuntu to a classic Unity Ubuntu without having to cure about manually remove leftover packages.

Hoping that someone other will enjoy to have this feature and that will be a useful thing.. Many thanks for the audience.

Regards,
lukenpi

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KDE native application should be marked in Software Center  
Written by michal_s the 24 Feb 12 at 11:00. Related project: Ubuntu Software Center. New
In my humble opinion, KDE native apps should be marked in Ubuntu Software Center to avoid UI incompatibilities and unwanted dependencies for less experienced user. Now, this situation is particularlny important, because we have KDE apps incompatibilities in GTK2/3 desktop environments and GTK2/3 apps incompatibilities in KDE.
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Solution #1: Marking based on dependencies
Written by michal_s the 24 Feb 12 at 11:00.
If some app have large KDE dependencies or some defined set of KDE dependencies (remember about Qt environment which have some KDE dependencies, but not so large), then it will be marked automatically as KDE app in Software Center.




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Solution #2: But with a mouse-over explanation.
Written by pseudo the 26 Feb 12 at 20:55.
I know some inexperienced Ubuntu users. Just a small sign will nothing tell them. You will need to add a short explanation, on mouse-over on the sign, I suggest.
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Solution #3: Marking based on testing
Written by Aielyn the 9 Mar 12 at 06:35.
How about having logos for each of the various environments, and marking products according to which environments they have been *tested* on?

That way, if a KDE-specific application hasn't been tested for Unity compatibility, it doesn't have the Unity logo, and vice versa.

This could also provide an option to only display products that have been tested for a specific environment. Think of this as a "certification" approach. It shouldn't add too much extra work, as the environment that the program is developed for would be marked immediately, and users who are more adventurous could test untested programs in their environment.

This goes beyond Solution #1, in that satisfying dependencies doesn't guarantee proper working of the program.
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Solution #4: Mark Gnome and compatible applications
Written by Sepero the 11 Apr 12 at 18:59.
Marking the incompatible software only brings more attention to them. Instead, put a little "star" or "check mark" by software that works well. Almost like editor approved software.

Also, there could be a way to open a window showing "314MB install. Listed dependencies are lib...", to indicate how much harddrive space will be used after installing the software.

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Queueing user level tasks from GUI  
Written by syockit the 1 Mar 11 at 18:22. Global category: Usability. New
There are many ideas submitted that involve queueing, due to various circumstances, among the popular ones being to avoid to many random disk I/O.

Examples:
Case 1 (duplicate of #356)
Joe is copying files from disk A to disk B. He now wants to copy files from B to C, but wants it done later, to ensure smooth operation. He would rather do something while waiting for A->B copy to finish, but wants the second copying to start right after the former is completed.

Case 2
Seeing the ease of which the GUI allows for files to be compressed to archive, Jane compressed the collection of her manga scans, folder by folder, into individual archives. But now she is overwhelmed by the number of "Compressing folder..." dialog popping up, and not only that, all CPU resources is being used up. It would be better if the archiving is done one by one. Alas, she knows not how to write batch scripts, and even if she did, she would not want to bother writing one.

Case 3
Mark is encoding an anime episode, which is a resource intensive task. In the mean time, he wants to tarball all the older anime series to another drive. But he wants to check the overall encode quality after it has finished as soon as possible, so he wants to devote all resources to it. While waiting for it to finish, he is going to the kitchen to make a sandwich he is sudo'ed for. When he comes back, he expects the encoding to have finished. If such is the case, the idle time between the encode finish and Mark coming back to the computer should be used for the tarballing task.
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Solution #1: Task Queue API
Written by syockit the 1 Mar 11 at 18:22.
Here I propose an API to be implemented at OS level, which will allow:
1. applications to add user invoked task to a queue,
2. applications to poll the queue and delay any invoked task until the previous task is finished,
3. the user to view the queue, and change the order of queued tasks.

(ack, maybe I should've proposed this to freedesktop.org?)
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Solution #2: GUI to batch scripts
Written by Darwin Survivor the 5 Mar 11 at 08:38.
Unix comes with a very nice batch process manager, however it is entirely CLI based. If we could create a GUI for it, that would probably satisfy most users' needs.

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Use Veromix in Kubuntu  
Written by Zorba the 20 Nov 10 at 09:48. Related project: KDE. New
Since Pulse audio has been adopted for Kubuntu, Kmix is not really useful: it's better to use Veromix plasmoid.
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Solution #1: Use Veromix for default
Written by Zorba the 20 Nov 10 at 09:48.
The simple solution is to use for default Veromix instead of Kmix.

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Use an animated GIF as your profile immage  
Written by sirajperson the 17 Oct 10 at 20:57. Related project: Gnome. New
Well I have been searching and thinking of a way to do this... but doing it is a bit beyond my level of ability. It would be totally cool to be able to use an animated gif as your profile image. This is the image that appears at the login screen in the status area next to the power menu in gnome. Basically, it would be cool to implement the use of animated gif's as well as other static image file types as icons/profile pics.
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Solution #1: add a gif animator module to gnome's icon renderer
Written by sirajperson the 17 Oct 10 at 20:57.
I am not to sure how gnome, or the gnome login window animates it's icons, but a solution that I envision would be to include a gif animator patch to the part of gnome that animates icons/jpg's/png's (and other image file formats). There are several gif animation preview programs, though I am not familiar with the level of difficulty associated with animating a preview, maybe it is possible to use some of the code that exists within those projects to animate gifs within icon previews, and login images for the gnome platform.
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Solution #2: add a png animator module to gnome's icon renderer
Written by Ssdg the 19 Oct 10 at 14:56.
Let's face it, gif should die. Let's use aPNG instead.
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Solution #3: Provide both solution 1 and 2 for gif and a-png support
Written by conorsulli the 3 Nov 10 at 14:02.
Gif is old but widely used, apng is newer but who uses it much on a wide scale? most emoticons and icons render in gif
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Solution #4: MNG support for Gnome
Written by checoimg the 26 Dec 11 at 16:05.
An extension of the .PNG image format that uses indexed colors and supports image animations; similar to an animated .GIF file, but uses higher compression and features full alpha support (multi-level transparency).

http://www.fileinfo.com/extension/mng

This format is available on Gimp.

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Smooth-scrolling workspaces + WIDE wallpaper = eye candy  
Written by bmurphytech the 24 Apr 10 at 00:20. Related project: Gnome. New
I cannot find the term for what Android OS calls it, but we have all seen the scrolling background effect on Android devices, allows a desktop with what I would call virtual workspaces and you (the user) can pan across these workspaces with your finger. I like the ability to drag my windows across workspaces, but it would be nice to see it A) a little slower (sexier), B) have a background the spans all 4 (or however many) workspaces. I realize this would create a demand for absurdly wide wallpapers, but wouldn't it be nice?
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Solution #1: Clone android's scrolling wallpaper
Written by bmurphytech the 24 Apr 10 at 00:20.
I don't know which would need to implement the solution, the WDM? All the same, I would like to see this new feature added, which wouldn't need to reassign keybindings, although adding some touch-friendly interfacing would be nice, as well as gesturing and multitouch gestures (for touchpads).

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Disconnect between Ubuntu and Kubuntu  
Written by isantop the 9 Apr 10 at 04:44. Related project: KDE. New
I think that many people get confused by having separately named distros for Ubuntu's KDE version and GNOME version. Plus, they get confused by what exactly the difference is. Plus, they think that if they are so similar, why do they look so different.
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Solution #1: Integrate Ubuntu and Kubuntu
Written by isantop the 9 Apr 10 at 04:44.
So, I propose combining Kubuntu and Ubuntu into one distro. There could be a LiveDVD option with both environments, plus an option for a LiveCD in a preferred environment, similar to OpenSUSE or Fedora Core.

Plus, we should brand the KDE release. People come up to me, while I'm using KDE and ask me what operating system I'm using. In GNOME, people ask about Ubuntu. So, mostly by editing colour schemes, we could give the two versions a more unified feel, so that it's clear you're using the same thing, just a different environment.
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Solution #2: Have a version comparison on the websites
Written by thehosh the 9 Apr 10 at 09:31.
On kubuntu.org, ubuntu.com, xubuntu.com etc have a small table that explains the difference between the different distro's.
for example:
....................................Ubuntu...Kubuntu...Xubuntu
Desktop environment.......GNOME......KDE.......Xfce
..small description for
..desktop environment
Browser..........................Firefox...Konquere...???
..small description for
..browser
etc


Hovering over one of those will give you a bit more about the program, e.g. going over firefox will say something like "the leading browser in Linux with loads of features" or something.

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Dynamically teaching new users  
Written by sploopidy the 8 Apr 10 at 19:19. Related project: Gnome. New
I don't know if this has already been posted before -- I have searched, and found nothing so far. But I think that a great idea for future releases of Ubuntu (or Kubuntu/Xubuntu) would be to dynamically teach new users about it.
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Solution #1: Easy-to-use GUI
Written by sploopidy the 8 Apr 10 at 19:19.
For instance, while installing, users might select an option that means that this it they're first time using it. If selected, users would get a quick and simple interface upon their first login - callout-dialog boxes that point to specific areas of the interface and what they do, like an interactive tutorial.
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Solution #2: Soultion #1 + Add Link to Help videos
Written by h.vinay the 6 May 10 at 13:49.
Any System is easily understood to many by a friend's assistance or Help Videos(say in Youtube). Generally it is not possible to incorporate lengthy interactive tutorials, So we can provide links to these.

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Install KDE desktop from Kubuntu disk.  
Written by sagarsiddhpura the 18 Dec 09 at 10:00. Related project: Live CD. New
I have two live Cd's of Ubuntu 9.10 and Kubnutu 9.10.

And i have installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my PC and I want to experience KDE desktop without installing Kubuntu as another OS.
The only way left is connect to internet and download the required files(Not possible for me because of poor internet).
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Solution #1: Modify Live CD to suit this need.
Written by sagarsiddhpura the 18 Dec 09 at 10:00.
Make live Cd's such that it will be possible to install KDE desktop using Kubuntu 9.10 CD.


It is better than downloading whole KDE desktop from internet and boon for those who do not have internet connection and want to use both desktops.

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