Add option to play background sound during screensaver.
Most of the screensaver play better when accompanied by sound like the Skyrocket.

Dolphin should be able to preview audio files by default.

A lot of time it is a problem to detect the mic and configure it for using it.

yes, i have 2 sound cards and to switch between the two, i have to use the shell with :
alsa set-default-card ***
and reboot !!

great loss of time !

So, the idea is to create an Online Sound Card Switch GUI.
(for ubuntu AND Kubuntu)

An option to create a playlist of sounds instead of just one. When you log in or log out, a random sound from the playlist would be played.
This can be not for log in and log out only.

I have a 5.1 speaker setup for my computer. I frequently have to use headphones. I'd like a quicker way to switch the speaker configuration in Sound Preferences when going from Analog 5.1 to Analog Stereo

Unlike many people, I actually like Pulseaudio, and the power it can give.

One thing that I feel like it should be able to do is to allow me to focus on one particular application, and not worry about sounds from other applications (including systems with volume that cannot be individually controlled). I want to be able to hear primarily the sounds from the application I'm interested in at that time.

I tried out multiple headsets in Ubuntu and when I play something in Ubuntu there is no sound comming through the headsets and I tried all the options in the Control Center Sound options and none of them work, so please try to implement better sound support in the next version of Ubuntu.I also don't know if the mic works either.

This is a copy of my post on idea #106: Easy and powerfull Remote-Deskop so this issue gets noticed. Thank you for your attention and help making Ubuntu even more usable!

Sorry if I read over the solution but I just don't see how this idea has actually been solved. I still see the sound/printer/etc issues and ease of use missing. "Developers comment" only suggests solutions that -- do my knowledge -- don't adress these issues!

How about making XDMCP accessible much more easily and extend it with artsd as technosaurus pointed out? Also I suppose everyone would agree on an option to enforce encryption/ssh just like gnomes vnc (remote desktop) preferences.

Evenmore I would welcome a solution where I'd have a second gdm on a separate tty so I could switch to the remote desktop by pressing e.g. Alt+Ctrl+F6 and sit right infront of the remote monitor -- only that I don't -- plus use everything I have right at my hands, i.e. local USB devices, speakers, ... I'd suggest to go all the way and have some init script similar to /etc/init.d/gdm (this, of course, could then easily be called from any GUI). Everything in dayly use would be completely transparent and no different from local GDM.

This is mostly a forwarding of this blogpost I found through Digg. Link:

http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2008/12/19/linux-audio-confusin g-as-ever/

Maybe there should be a collaboration in the linux world to bring forward a universal audio format that also work on all plattforms? Right now there seem to be a jungle out there.