http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 20:34:50 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 20:34:50 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30769/
apt-mark showmanual | wc -l

It would be much cleaner to only mark the packages that define that install as manual, as mark the rest as auto. In Ubuntu Desktop, these packages would be:

language-pack-XX
linux-generic
ubuntu-minimal
ubuntu-standard
ubuntu-desktop
ubuntu-restricted-addons (optional)

Every other package depends on these.

This would make apt-get autoremove much more effective, especially after a dist-upgrade.

(I see this issue with Xubuntu, but I assume the same is true for the other Ubuntu bundles)

[0 votes] Solution #1: apt-mark auto `apt-mark showmanual` && apt-mark manual [top-level-packages]
I'm not sure where the apt state of the system comes from right after install, but the fix is rather simple.

Right after install, I generally do this:

sudo apt-mark auto `apt-mark showmanual`
sudo apt-mark manual `debfoster -n -q -k /dev/stdout`

It would be better if the system got installed with proper marks to get good apt-get autoremove behavior.

]]> Thu, 23 May 2013 18:09:02 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30769/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30765/
[1 votes] Solution #1: Ability to hide single elements from web-search results
There is a preview in Lenses and there are some buttons in every preview. It would be great to have another one to hide an element from the lens. And maybe some way to see hided elements through filters if a user accidentally hided some important information. And another one button in preview for hided elements to restore them.

]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 08:43:22 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30765/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30762/
But if I want one to become bigger i go to middle with the mouse and drag it to be bigger. Then i have to go to the other and resize that. Its unnessisary and irritating.




[1 votes] Solution #1: Automatic resize of multiple windows
When the windows touch each other and the user resize, both should be resized.


]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:43:52 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30762/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30759/


[2 votes] Solution #1: add quantisation to screenshot tool
quantisation reduces the size nearly without noticeable loss like http://tinypng.org/ does it.

This should be added to the screenshot tool by standard:

"How does it work?

Excellent question! When you upload a PNG (Portable Network Graphics) file, similar colours in your image are combined. This technique is called “quantisation”. Because the number of colours is reduced, 24-bit PNG files can be converted to much smaller 8-bit indexed colour images. All unnecessary metadata is stripped too. The result: tiny 8-bit PNG files with 100% support for transparency. Have your cake and eat it too! "

]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 18:13:09 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30759/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30753/
I don't know if I even need to mention but, Sandy Bridge GPU freezes and sound cards not working are just few to name.

What if the OS could revert back to a known working state automatically if a non successfull boot is done and/or on users request on bootup more easily?

[7 votes] Solution #1: Snapshot every OS move.
One idea would to go over to BTRFS and use snapshots like apt-btrfs-snapshot or any other framework. Integrate snapshot selection that is easily reachable and understandable to a menu during bootup, like grub but it currently only shows some cryptography for non-technical users.

Dates are easy for example. Not that you sometimes need to press ESC or Shift to get into grub menu and choose advanced and then see more cryptic kernel version numbers.

]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 07:49:57 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30753/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30750/
I also like the look of half showin icons.

The problem with hiding launcher icons is it takes time to wait for it to unhide, then mouse to icon you want.

Leaving launch on all the time takes room



[2 votes] Solution #1: Half hide launcher icons
A new option, 1. Show icons 2. Hide icons 3. (new) Half hide icons. Note: with 3 on hover it comes out as normal - however I can click an icon instantly without the need to wait for: 1. it to display fully, 2. then find my icon 3. then mouse over it 4. then click it :(
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These options allow for more icons to display at once in launcher (is smaller the 32).

Regarding showing left side indicators for how many instances are open - I would be happy for just a symbol for 'one open' and a symbol for 'multiple open' - we don't need to show 1,2 or 3+ as it does now.

Example: http://eltreno.com/unity-launcher.png

Love Unity :)
Love Slayer \m/

]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 03:24:00 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30750/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30738/ Open with > Other Application), you simply can't open that file in your program of choice from nautilus without editing the defaults.list.

[20 votes] Solution #1: Allow custom commands
Add a text field to the dialog that allows users to specify a command to use to run the selected file, as well as a "Make default" check box that when checked will change the line for the mime type of the selected file to use the entered command instead of the current default program.

]]> Thu, 09 May 2013 06:36:20 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30738/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30734/
[8 votes] Solution #1: click and "locked drag" items
i would like the ability to have a "locked" or timeout drag and drop so i can move stuff or make a selection from one side of my screen to another while not losing it if i must lift my finger from the trackpad for a moment.

this is something mac os has always had, and puppy linux and enlightenment desktop have had for as long as i've known too. not sure about windows, but who cares, i use ubuntu, but i'll bet that functionality exists there too.

surely, i'm not the only one who finds this functionality extremely useful, how do we still not have such a simple feature??

in the mouse/trackpad settings, have a toggle for locked drags/timeout and a slider or field to set the amount of time to make the locked drag "sticky".

]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 19:28:14 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30734/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30732/
[1 votes] Solution #1: Find new server during installation
During the installation, the user could be offered to find the best server for updates as one of the installation steps.

[7 votes] Solution #2: Make it completely automatic during installation
Just as the title says. If the user has an internet connection, the best server can be selected automatically as the OS is installing.

]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 11:26:54 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30732/ http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30729/ It could save time and maybe even RAM which would be usefull on slower devices like netbooks or tablets. You just search for your file in the dashboard, click on it and it almost immediately is there. No waiting for vlc or rythmbox to start which sometimes need up to 10s on slower devices and also consumes the already limited RAM.


[-6 votes] Solution #1: Integration of a multi-media player
With an integrated media player we could open videos, music, pictures or pdfs in the dashboard without additional software.
The dashboard could display the files in itself at the size of the dashboard window, offer under it buttons for play, stop, fullscreen etc. and on the right side could be a playlist or a preview of additional files in the same folder.

]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 14:48:43 +0000 http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30729/