Copy process pauses/interrupts on file conflict. Ideally we would want all file conflicts would be managed before the copy starts and not during the copy.

The calendar in the top panel is pretty but can't actually do very much in its present state other than show you what day such and such a date will fall on. If you want to add an event, you'll have to close the calendar applet and start another, separate calendar.

Managing files isn't as easy and straight forward as it could be. The filename is what is most relevant to the user, not other data such as the file extension.

Please implement a method of telling the user that there is a wireless connection but not internet like Windows 7 does.

Sometimes my router goes nuts and will give me a wireless connection but I cannot connect to the internet.

All I have to do is unplug the router and plug it back in.

Though, on Ubuntu I only know when I try to go online and my homepages fails to load.

On Windows 7, the wireless icon in the taskbar shows the bars that represent the connection, but there is a yellow "caution" arrow on the wireless icon followed by a message that there is no internet connection.

Can you please implement something similar to this in Ubuntu so I can know right after log in that it is my router failing as opposed to something else?

Thank you!

In KDE there is a handy utility Kinfocenter it shows a lot of information conveniently in one place. Why would in new Ubuntu System Info window also did not display some information? For novice users it will be very useful (after all, not everyone knows the appropriate terminal commands).
That's how I see it:


Also, the button "System Testing" to open Ubuntu System Test app, I think it is very good looking.

Here is one big problem with the purchasing of applications or games with the software center.. there are no trial versions. I would not like to buy an application if I don't know if I would like it.

Many novice Ubuntu users tend to fiddle with various configurations on Ubuntu and end up causing their machines to hardly boot or start the GUI. Common example are things like, changing graphics driver or modifying the display resolution, and so on...

Usually the fix involves only having to run one command such as removing the xorg.conf file or running "dpkg-reconfigure gdm" to rebuild the defaults, but to the mainstream, this is too daunting.

So rather than formatting, reinstalling Ubuntu, creating a new username to login with, or trying to decipher error messages and commands, I propose an easier way to reset the system into a like-new state.

Note: The following fixes should not affect users' files (home directory) or login credentials.

For years, I have wondered about being able to sign on to any computer (even a library one) and have your own desktop appear.

Imagine my surprise when I loaded the preview version of Windows 8 in Virtual Box to find that Microsoft will be doing exactly that! Well, OK, not quite any computer, but along those lines.

(For interested parties, here is the link to Windows 8 Preview:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/br229516
)

Microsoft's method is to let you log in to Windows using your Microsoft Live ID (subject to Administrator approval), and synchronise your desktop settings.

This is, of course, opt-in (imagine the privacy implications if it were not).

I think that Ubuntu would be well placed to do something similar.

On a laptop, the battery notifier is not elaborate enough since it only shows the current prognostics for the remaining time on battery power when you click on it, which does tell the actual current status of the battery.

Experienced users will usually set up a separate /home partition because it makes re-installation and recovery of the root system partition so much easier. New users however need a simple option that will do the same thing for them the first time they install Ubuntu.

Anyone providing support on forums such as Launchpad Questions and Ubuntu Forums knows that a common problem is inexperienced or careless users not doing sufficient backups before attempting an on-line upgrade or other modification of their system. Damaged file systems where /home is on the / partition can make recovery of data quite difficult, especially when trying to coach someone through the forums. Having a separate /home partition would reduce the risk to the user's data and would in most cases reduce the system recovery to a re-installation of the system on the / partition.

While this idea has been proposed in years past, the proposed implementations have been elaborate and the objections to the them don't do justice to either the needs of new users or the abilities of experienced users. While a new user won't have any idea themselves about the best way to set up / and /home partitions, all that is really required (for the average new desktop user) is a 15Gb / partition and the rest allocated for /home. We don't need to over think this but the need for it to be implemented is quite desperate since it will give new Linux users a more robust system that is easier to maintain in the long term, and will reduce the burden on volunteers providing support in forums such as Launchpad Questions and Ubuntu Forums.

In the past objections have included things like concerns over the configuration not being suitable for large database users. Such users would not be considered inexperienced since the use of large databases, server setups or other dedicated systems is really the requirement of an experienced user and they will set the system up manually to suit the task requirements. Inexperienced users attempting such configurations would be setting up test systems first to explore the possibilities, and would quickly gain experience in this aspect of system configuration. In short, they are not what anyone would consider a 'normal' desktop user.

Another objection to this idea has been that it would be too difficult for users to change the partition sizes if that needed to. 15Gb would be quite sufficient for a new user to install Ubuntu and a great many programs from the repositories, while at the same time being a rather insignificant amount of space to use on modern hard drives. In addition to this, providing that both partitions are next to each other and either both primary partitions or on the same extended partition resizing is a simple matter with Gparted: this is much easier than deciding after installation that a separate /home is required and (1) Resizing and moving partitions to make space (2) Creating a new partition for /home, (3)setting up the new home to be recognized by Ubuntu (fstab) and (4) migrating all the user's data to the new partition.

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