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Software Center is overcrowded by books - it should be more separate  
Written by zubozrout the 1 Sep 12 at 06:18. Related project: Ubuntu Software Center. New
The Software Center's main screen should be a place where people find new and interesting stuff.
Unfortunately, if you want to see what is new, you almost always see more books & magazines than software.
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Solution #1: Split "What is new" category into 2 separate categories.
Written by zubozrout the 1 Sep 12 at 06:18.
I think it would be great if Software had its own category and Books & Magazines were displayed alone.
This would give more attention to the new software since books suppress it now.
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Solution #2: Organize Software Center with Dash-like lenses
Written by Bobik-s the 3 Sep 12 at 14:05.
Software Center should be organized in a way Dash is. The Books should be one lens, the Apps - another. Later here would appear music and video with appropriate lenses.
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Solution #3: Software Center should be called Ubuntu Market and be broken into sections
Written by HDave the 11 Sep 12 at 03:51.
It's not going to just stop at software and books and periodicals. Its eventually going to include other things...potentially music, support services, movies, torrents....who knows what!

Lets just skip all the iterations and jump to the end game now...sooner or later it'll be like Google Play or iTunes...but with more Ubuntu goodness.
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Solution #4: Books don't belong in Software AT ALL
Written by Gyropyge the 19 Sep 12 at 10:12.
Call me obtuse but I don't understand why BOOKS are in Software in the first place. I understand wanting to offer them to users but when I go looking for software, I'm not looking for books. When I'm looking for Books I'm not looking for software. What you have now is enforced serendipity.

In my opinion there can be two such sections:

Ubuntu Software Center
and
Ubuntu Book Center (aka library)
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Solution #5: Also SC need to separate free and non free products, including books
Written by Federico Gazaba the 26 Sep 12 at 01:39.
Just make a filter like android market. Its a nice way of navigate products.

Coment. Maybe also filter by "free" and "libre"
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Solution #6: solutions 2,3, 5 and 6
Written by JoRijo the 21 Feb 13 at 03:36.

solutions 2,3 and 5 put toghether.
exept that instead of real separations, like in dash lens, add it as filter options (multiplechoices allowed)

So one could choose any number or all of the filters:
apps, books, magazines, music, video, free(gratis), free(libre), proprietary, paid, min. price, max price.
Plus all the already existing categories: internet, developer, games, media, video, photgraphy, etc.

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Ubuntu Software Center should be more consistent with its Web alternative  
Written by zubozrout the 4 Sep 12 at 09:47. Related project: Ubuntu Software Center. New
If you see a package page on the Web - https://apps.ubuntu.com - you can browse all the images uploaded by the developer. On the other hand, if you browse that page directly in Ubuntu Software Center, you are limited to see only 3 images.
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Solution #1: Show all uploaded images in Ubuntu Software Center
Written by zubozrout the 4 Sep 12 at 09:47.
Don't limit the number of shown images. Everything can remain as it is now, just add arrays to the left and right side of image previews so you can browse through all of them.
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Solution #2: Application image previews should be scaled according to the window size
Written by zubozrout the 4 Sep 12 at 09:49.
If you click at the image on the package page, it is enlarged to its full size. However, this way you have to scroll down and left to see the full image, or resize the window.
I like the functionality you can actually see the image in its original size, but I would like to see it at the end of "the resizing process".

1. You see image in a small frame as it is now, you can choose picture at the bottom bar with even smaller previews.
2. If you click on the image, it should be resized to fit the window (the same way you see images in every web browser).
It should be still easy to switch between images (eg. by including arrows on the left and on the right side).
3. Then you should be able to see the full-sized image, if you click on it again.

See the 2 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 25 Sep 12 at 12:59) >>

Ubuntu Software Center should be more friendly to 3rd party developers  
Written by zubozrout the 2 Sep 12 at 06:58. Related project: Ubuntu Software Center. New
If you browse the content in Ubuntu Software Center you see application names, short descriptions, ratings and prices.
The standalone page of 3rd party software then allows you to view screenshots, videos, some basic information about the package, reviews + description, short description and name.

However, there is no way developers can promote themselves. You can't connect more applications to have links between them in Ubuntu Software Center or you can't list all applications by a developer.
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Solution #1: Show the name of the developer on the list of entries and on the package page.
Written by zubozrout the 2 Sep 12 at 06:58.
Developers should be able to show their name in Ubuntu Software Center.

If software has more developers at once, we can use something similar to circles on Google+, in which you can have more people at once.
On the other hand, this can still be applied only for those, who submit their applications through myapps.developer.ubuntu.com site.

+ It would be great if you could browse the software by developer.
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Solution #2: Show developer's logo on the package page
Written by zubozrout the 2 Sep 12 at 07:00.
If developer submit the logo of the company, it should be shown in Ubuntu Software Center (eg. on the right side of the bar with technical details about the package).
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Solution #3: Allow developers to submit more web links and distinguish e-mail and web link
Written by zubozrout the 2 Sep 12 at 07:19.
Developer should be easily able to submit more links. Link to the company homepage (the logo may be a link), link to the application homepage, link to social networks (eg. with buttons of the network).
This way developers would have the chance to promote themselves and Ubuntu Software Center would gain more popularity (my assumption).

+ e-mail links and web links are now considered the same. this should be obviously different.

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"Click-n-play" Multiseat support  
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Written by snadrus the 5 Mar 08 at 23:45. Global category: Look and Feel. New
A feature that's possible but not intuitive in Ubuntu today is the setting up of one PC as "multiple workstations" - i.e. connecting two keyboards, two mice and two monitors to one PC and having two users log in and work independently.

I would love to see this feature made simpler to set up, as it would be great for a lot of home users (e.g. buying a one powerful computer instead of 2 or 3 computers for the kids), as well as in schools, internet cafes etc.

Additional information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/42731
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221174
http://netpatia.blogspot.com/2006/09/multiseat-computer-with-ubuntu.html
http://netpatia.blogspot.com/2008/01/coming-soon-multiseat-in-ubuntu-804.html
http://netpatia.blogspot.com/2008/02/multiseat-computer-with-ubuntu-804.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=707796
http://research.edm.uhasselt.be/~jori/page/index.php?n=Misc.DualSeatX

Work with fedora team who want to add this multiseat feature in fedora 11
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Multiseat


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Solution #1: Solution to make multiseat easy
Written by snadrus the 5 Mar 08 at 23:45.
Make a GUI for the management of the mice, screens, graphic card, keybords etc...
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Solution #2: A multiple screen HID-functionality selector
Written by BayerBear the 17 Aug 09 at 18:35.
A program functionality that pops up when more than one screen, mouse and/or keyboard are connected or present. Gives the user a choice between the standard 'extended desktop' functionality, and making a new desktop session where the specified keyboard and/or mouse are channeled/piped. Also implement 'swap'-hot keys for swapping mouse and/or keyboard.

Hot-key example: AltGr+M(or something) makes the first mouse that clicks both rigth and left button at the same time swap to the screen were the keyboard entry was made. A keyboard 'swap'-hot key for selecting another screen (bringing the nested mouse with it or not) would be easy.

Of course, system administrator must have the ability to lock HIDs to specific screens.
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Solution #3: Virtual Machines
Written by qinjuehang the 20 Jun 09 at 14:37.
It would be harder to implement than seperate X sessions, but would be better sandboxed, and one user has no way of affecting another no matter how good a hacker he is.
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Solution #4: Create a multisession x servers
Written by thonar the 1 Feb 10 at 10:02.
2 x server session that works regardless each other on 2 different monitors.
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Solution #5: New distribution
Written by Lachu the 20 Jun 10 at 06:49.
Create Ubuntu Home Server(or Multiple workspace) distribution. It would be worked as think client server or just as multi seat desktop.

It would be also simple to configure this distribution as a media server.
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Solution #6: Multiseat Administration GUI for advanced users using a graph
Written by testian the 18 Nov 10 at 11:44.
users should be able to configure their multiseat-configuration by "drawing" a mathematical graph that displays which input device points to which pointer, which session and finally which monitor. The advantages of a graph are that you can easily model N:M relations (a session can run on multiple monitors, but multiple sessions can also run on one monitor).

See comments for details
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Solution #7: Simplified 2 screen + 2 keyboard setup
Written by Mykro the 10 Oct 11 at 08:22.
Full support for N screen * M input multiseat seems to be taking way too long. Most people want just 2 screens and 2 keyboards. We need to start somewhere, let's target the simplest scenario first.

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Unity and desklets  
Written by hellalive the 17 Jan 11 at 00:43. Related project: Gnome. New
As you can't add applets to the panel using unity, it would be great to have some ubuntu custom desklets to run on the desktop.
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Solution #1: Solution #1: make some ubuntu desklets using gdesklets
Written by hellalive the 17 Jan 11 at 00:43.
Make system monitor, weather, rss feed and any other thing missing in the panel applets as ubuntu desklets, with ubuntu style and logo, and selctable placement on the desktop.

See the 1 comments or propose a solution (latest comment the 3 May 11 at 22:51) >>