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Easier dual-booting of other operating systems  
Written by Afroman10496 the 23 Jan 10 at 17:48. New
I have tried and tried so many times to dual boot Ubuntu with Solaris, BSD, and other OSes, but I never found a way to. It would be so nice if it worked just like it would with Windows and MacOS X.
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Solution #1: Easier dual booting
Written by Afroman10496 the 23 Jan 10 at 17:48.
Make it just as easy as dual booting with the other- use the dragger thing for resizing partitions just like you would for Windows, etc.
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Solution #2: Gparted integration
Written by pererik87 the 24 Jan 10 at 15:48.
Make the partitioning a bit easier for noobs. integrate gparted differently in the live cd installation with easier access to the "draging thing" resize partition bar.

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It would be perfect for special environments  
Written by Afroman10496 the 19 Jul 09 at 23:18. Already implemented
If a handicapped person was using Ubuntu but didn't want to type a password each session, fine: just enable the "log in automatically" feature. But, imagine the same person sharing a machine with someone else, or a school environment where administrators do not want students to have to type a password, but a the same time administrators want a one? There is no way to have no password in Ubuntu.
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Solution #1: Add an option
Written by Afroman10496 the 19 Jul 09 at 23:18.
Add an option that allows one user to not have a password to log in. However, there is no way for sudo prompts. An easy solution is to ask them to create an optional "Security Password", allowing them to do sudo prompts. Note that if they don't create one they do not have permission to make any sudo commands.

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