Written by strangeusername the 6 Jul 10 at 21:25.

The suggestion I have is an option on the LiveCD that scans the user's XP partition, figures out what software they have installed and gives them a list that shows:
* What's installed
* What equivalent packages Ubuntu has
* How good that package is (community-rating?)
* Any important limitations they should know of. (proprietary / unstable / lack of support for particular features etc)

Obviously the list needs to be as concise and simple as possible. It should contain packages like proprietary drivers too.

I chose Skype as an example here (the rating is completely random and doesn't reflect my experience of skype).
found:Skype
suggest:skype for linux
rating: 4 stars out of possible 5
rating notes: unstable video reported
package notes: proprietary and not maintained by canonical

Once a user has chosen the suggestions he would like to have, should he want to proceed with installing Ubuntu, a post-install job would install these packages.

The suggestion I have is an option on the LiveCD that scans the user's XP partition, figures out what software they have installed and gives them a list that shows: * What's installed * What equivalent packages Ubuntu has * How good that package is (community-rating?) * Any important limitations they should know of. (proprietary / unstable / lack of support for particular features etc) Obviously the list needs to be as concise and simple as possible. It should contain packages like proprietary drivers too. I chose Skype as an example here (the rating is completely random and doesn't reflect my experience of skype). found:Skype suggest:skype for linux rating: 4 stars out of possible 5 rating notes: unstable video reported package notes: proprietary and not maintained by canonical Once a user has chosen the suggestions he would like to have, should he want to proceed with installing Ubuntu, a post-install job would install these packages. I'm not sure how this could be done though. Can a preseed be generated at this point and fed to the installer? Alternatively, store the users decision to a file on a flash disk and once installation is completed, read the file and proceed with installing the packages he chose.

Written by daddo the 12 Nov 08 at 10:25.

Why not to make a tool which, can put any bootable iso into USB stick? For example, the 'Create a USB startup disk' in 8.10 accepts only Ubuntu ISOs. Why not any others ISO too?
Bootable Ubuntu USB stick idea is not the same as "livecd/livedvd to USB stick" idea.

Why not to make a tool which, can put any bootable iso into USB stick? For example, the 'Create a USB startup disk' in 8.10 accepts only Ubuntu ISOs. Why not any others ISO too? Bootable Ubuntu USB stick idea is not the same as "livecd/livedvd to USB stick" idea.

Written by Vendaval the 28 Nov 09 at 06:39.

Even if the user has an iso, there should be an easy way to grab a new one with one click. Clicking the button, which would be located to the left of the "other" button, would begin a download of the latest Ubuntu release to the user's desktop. Once the live usb was created, a dialogue box would open offering to delete the file.

Even if the user has an iso, there should be an easy way to grab a new one with one click. Clicking the button, which would be located to the left of the "other" button, would begin a download of the latest Ubuntu release to the user's desktop. Once the live usb was created, a dialogue box would open offering to delete the file.

Written by Vendaval the 28 Nov 09 at 06:44.

Instead of downloading a whole new fresh Ubuntu install for the Live USB, make and use an .iso file from the system in use. A directory de-selection system might be needed so that large music collections and such make the .iso file too large to fit on the USD drive.

Related Idea: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/5738/

Instead of downloading a whole new fresh Ubuntu install for the Live USB, make and use an .iso file from the system in use. A directory de-selection system might be needed so that large music collections and such make the .iso file too large to fit on the USD drive. Related Idea: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/5738/

Written by melwin.a3 the 15 Mar 09 at 04:25.

- Latest Ubuntu kernel for 32 bit,64 bit
- JWM (Joe's Window Manager)
- Mozilla Firefox
- Pidgin
- Evince document viewer
- Evoultion or something lght weight email client
- An APT package manager
- Better Drivers Support(Printer,Ethernet,WLAN)

>>>>>> ISO file should be less than 50 MB

- Latest Ubuntu kernel for 32 bit,64 bit - JWM (Joe's Window Manager) - Mozilla Firefox - Pidgin - Evince document viewer - Evoultion or something lght weight email client - An APT package manager - Better Drivers Support(Printer,Ethernet,WLAN) >>>>>> ISO file should be less than 50 MB <<<<< www.slitaz.org/en Slitaz is small linux distro runs in 400 MHZ Processor,32 MB RAM

Written by luXy the 21 Mar 09 at 22:10.

I think Ubuntu should have a way to make a custom Live CD. Possibly we can "Ubuntuify" Debian's live-helper, and make a GUI for it.

I think Ubuntu should have a way to make a custom Live CD. Possibly we can "Ubuntuify" Debian's live-helper, and make a GUI for it.

Written by bhavi the 4 Apr 09 at 06:07.

We can have offline documentation and links to wikipages on installing configuring and customisation (like getting started with multimedia and installing mp3 codecs and configuring internet the easy way) and most probably a little tool which is of GUI to help users report their system specs with a single click(In case of asking for help) as I think it would really be helpful for new users to start using ubuntu in an easy way rather than finding it a touch difficult to find solutions to common problems that users face when they start off...

Regards

We can have offline documentation and links to wikipages on installing configuring and customisation (like getting started with multimedia and installing mp3 codecs and configuring internet the easy way) and most probably a little tool which is of GUI to help users report their system specs with a single click(In case of asking for help) as I think it would really be helpful for new users to start using ubuntu in an easy way rather than finding it a touch difficult to find solutions to common problems that users face when they start off... Regards

Written by natschil the 20 Dec 09 at 19:56.

Without making too many changes, this would make a great new "flavour" of ubuntu, that I am sure a lot of people would find very useful.

Without making too many changes, this would make a great new "flavour" of ubuntu, that I am sure a lot of people would find very useful.

Written by Akerbos the 22 Dec 09 at 11:43.

Let the regular live cd check wether its medium is writable. If so, write back user changes.

Let the regular live cd check wether its medium is writable. If so, write back user changes.

Written by salemboot the 22 May 09 at 04:34.

I suggest custom builds for each CPU type.

Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Xenon/Core(duo/2), AMD Athlon, AMD multi-core

Each kernel is approximately two megabytes. You can reuse the modules for a few.

I've done this already to a certain extent.

I have a PIII kernel, Core(...) kernel, and can create the PIV and Athlons myself whenever.

I think this is the next step for hardware detection on Ubuntu.

Thanks

I suggest custom builds for each CPU type. Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium IV, Xenon/Core(duo/2), AMD Athlon, AMD multi-core Each kernel is approximately two megabytes. You can reuse the modules for a few. I've done this already to a certain extent. I have a PIII kernel, Core(...) kernel, and can create the PIV and Athlons myself whenever. I think this is the next step for hardware detection on Ubuntu. Thanks

Written by timnwells the 22 May 09 at 06:17.

For the sake of keeping Ubuntu on a cd image, ship it with the default kernel capable of supporting older hardware, but suggest during install or on first boot that a more appropriate kernel for a users hardware is available and allow them to download it from the repo to get the most out of their hardware. Keep the default kernel on the system in case of a hardware change (ie. from intel chip to amd) so if the core2 kernel fails it can fall back to the standard one for example.

For the sake of keeping Ubuntu on a cd image, ship it with the default kernel capable of supporting older hardware, but suggest during install or on first boot that a more appropriate kernel for a users hardware is available and allow them to download it from the repo to get the most out of their hardware. Keep the default kernel on the system in case of a hardware change (ie. from intel chip to amd) so if the core2 kernel fails it can fall back to the standard one for example.

Written by Akerbos the 24 May 09 at 16:35.

Of course, this might be utopia, but a clever way would be a (minimal) kernel that is assembled based on your hardware at boot time.

Of course, this might be utopia, but a clever way would be a (minimal) kernel that is assembled based on your hardware at boot time.

Written by razer_raz the 25 May 09 at 09:20.

Kernel cpu optimisation is not efficient
It break ability to change hardware without reinstalling the whole system
It will be a mess to maintain
Power users have choice to use source based systems like Gentoo or archlinux, and spend all the time they want to get 0,1% improved speed
Other users (ubuntu general users) don't care about this kind of things

Kernel cpu optimisation is not efficient It break ability to change hardware without reinstalling the whole system It will be a mess to maintain Power users have choice to use source based systems like Gentoo or archlinux, and spend all the time they want to get 0,1% improved speed Other users (ubuntu general users) don't care about this kind of things

Written by sf_007 the 29 May 09 at 00:43.

Maybe the user could have an option to automatically build the kernel from source with the best settings (automatically detected)

Maybe the user could have an option to automatically build the kernel from source with the best settings (automatically detected)

Written by D1Knight the 12 Apr 10 at 07:45.

Have GtkHash, as a default program on the Ubuntu Live CD. It is a small program with only 1 dependent. It is very noob friendly and helpful to have a tool, to easily run checksums.

Have GtkHash, as a default program on the Ubuntu Live CD. It is a small program with only 1 dependent. It is very noob friendly and helpful to have a tool, to easily run checksums.

Written by Svargref the 13 Apr 10 at 17:00.

Create a new program like HashTab (http://beeblebrox.org/) or rewrite GtkHash then add it to Live CD.

Create a new program like HashTab (http://beeblebrox.org/) or rewrite GtkHash then add it to Live CD.

Written by ChrisB the 13 Apr 10 at 19:42.

A simple nautilus script or extension is the best way to provide simple checksum functionality without taking up space in the menus, filesystem and screen space.

Possible Candidates:
https://launchpad.net/nautilus-md5sum

A simple nautilus script or extension is the best way to provide simple checksum functionality without taking up space in the menus, filesystem and screen space. Possible Candidates: https://launchpad.net/nautilus-md5sum

Written by superfoor the 23 Oct 08 at 16:14.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14741 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #14741 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by agdurrette the 17 Dec 08 at 01:27.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16554 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #16554 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!