FreshUbuntu

A developer that is used to other OS, feels confused when he uses popular open source tools for developers.


[0 votes] Solution #1: Another developer could help him
We need a platform where an (quite) expert developer could offer himself to help another developer with his first steps.
The platform could help the right person to find each other, by means of various criteria: language, where they live (think about time zone), what kind of program they want to develop (GUI/CLI, GTK/QT, ...)

NILFS is a file system which greatly improve performance on Solid State Drives.

NILFS is included in the kernel since 2.6.30 release.

SSD market is booming.

Maybe ubuntu installation could suggest NILFS file format if the computer drive is a SSD.

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[3 votes] Solution #1: Propose "optimise performance" option
If an SSD is detected, an option "optimise disk performance" could be displayed at install.

It could be checked by default.

For advanced user the information "NILFS file system" must be displayed.

AdamWill writes "The first pre-release of Fedora 13, Fedora 13 Alpha, has been announced and is available here. As always, a new Fedora brings a bundle of new features, including available experimental open source 3D acceleration support for Nvidia graphics adapters, automatic printer driver installation, easy color management on the GNOME desktop, a bundle of improvements to NetworkManager and more. Known issues are here."

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An anonymous reader writes "We all know about the Mythical Man-Month, the argument that adding more programmers to a software project just makes it later and later. A Linux startup out of MIT claims to have busted the myth, using an MIT holiday month to hire 20 college student interns to get all their work done and quadrupling its productivity."

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I think it would be great to make a big release on this date.
It would be the "Ubuntu Super 10"!!!
10 for the date
10 for the quality
...

Ubuntu 10.10 released on the 10/10/2010, at 10:10 am sounds great. It's a shame that we're not in the 1000s ;)


[18 votes] Solution #1: Release Ubuntu 10.10 on October the 10th 2010
Nothing else to say

[18 votes] Solution #2: Release when ready
It doesn't matter if it's released on 10th if got blocker bugs. Release is when its done.

daria42 writes "The Electoral Commission in the Australian state of Victoria has made plans to expand its use of electronic voting kiosks based on Linux in the next state election in November of this year. But it appears to be a little confused: the documentation states it will be using the '2.6 kernel/Gentoo release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.' Huh?"

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I quite like new theme, but there is one missing think.
Previously there was application icon (in the left top conner), which was excellent visual anchor for many users, which just simplifies window navigation.

PS: This idea have nothing to do with min/max/close buttons.


[20 votes] Solution #1: Add application icon next to the window title
Add application icon next to the window title

When trying to launch a command with Alt+F2, if the program could not be found, there is only an error message. The user who wants to launch a program which hasn't been installed yet has to :
* Open synaptic or software
* Make a search
* install
* ...

And if it wasn't found, then, the user have to know the right sources of information, for installing a new repo, or a compiling a software.

[0 votes] Solution #1: Dialog box which propose to install the software
There should be a dialog box which would propose to install the software (or possibly one in a list).

For example:
* One hits Alt+F2 and tries to execute the command gimp
* On Lucid, this command has disappeared by default
* A dialog box pops-up and says :
"The program Gimp isn't installed yet on your system, but is provided by the package 'gimp'. Do you want to install and execute it now ?"
* If the user clicks on yes/Ok, a summary of installations is shown.
* Then apt-get installs the package and launches the command gimp.

What's more, if nothing was found on the repository, there should be a message either :
* inviting the user to search on ubuntu documentation sites for an alternative repo or way of installation.
* or listing command names which could have been misspelled.

This would have several benefits on well known softwares :
* No need to launch synaptic, or software store
* No need to perform a search
* A disappeared software from a new release of ubuntu could be quickly installed again.
* In general, a better information given to the user and a better user experience.
* Extend the system in place for codec/drivers/language/ff plug-ins to software and gain in homogeneity.

[PS] Excuse my bad English, I'm French and if I made mistakes, please mention it, thanks !

[7 votes] Solution #2: Dialog box which propose to install the software
There should be a dialog box which would propose to install the software (or possibly one in a list).

For example:
* One hits Alt+F2 and tries to execute the command gimp
* On Lucid, this command has disappeared by default
* A dialog box pops-up and says :
"The program Gimp isn't installed yet on your system, but is provided by the package 'gimp'. Do you want to install and execute it now ?"
* If the user clicks on yes/Ok, a summary of installations is shown.
* Then apt-get installs the package and launches the command gimp.

i am always annoyed by file extentions, and as a new (k)ubuntu user, i always want to disable viewing file extentions, but i realized it currently is impossible. could you please make this an option.

[-24 votes] Solution #1: add an option in Dolphin/Plasma workspace to hide extentions
add an option in Dolphin/Plasma workspace to hide extentions

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When traversing the file system in List View in Nautilus, a frequent mode for me is to double click folder names to enter them (another mode is to single-click the small arrow to expand the tree, but that is not part of this idea).

e.g.: while in /home/Me/, i double-click 'Documents' to enter the Documents directory.

To return to the previous directory (i.e. to return to /home/Me/) I currently can do these things: press the 'Backspace' key on the keyboard; use the location field above the pane (in either button or text form); and use the tree listing in the side pane.

These are all good choices, but require a change of mode: to change from double-clicking in the pane area, to single-clicking elsewhere, or typing.


[-11 votes] Solution #1: A double-click in empty pane area in List View

My idea is that a double-click in an empty area of the pane will also return to the next highest directory. This action is a natural complement to double-clicking a directory to enter it, and becomes a very fast means of moving up and down the tree.

[-1 votes] Solution #2: Use Mouse Gestures
Self-explanatory.

[-3 votes] Solution #3: Show ..
Even if .* files are hidden, show .. as first icon.
(As an option, of course)

GNOME and KDE have long had features that Windows lacked. In the last few years, both major free desktops have added features that show not only an interest in usability, but, at times, an effort to anticipate what users might actually want.

Dear Ubuntu Guys,

For some time now, Multi-buntu is my distribution of (free)-choice.
I admire your thoughts that resulted in your latest "new design brand" called light as said in the wiki.

But more and more people are just having the slight feeling that "your" new design is a "way to close" imitation of the Aqua theme of Apple Macintosh's OSX.

Here you can compare the two UIs together:
http://digitizor.com/2010/03/06/is-ubuntu-having-an-identity-crisis/

With comparing that you'll have to state that a "frappant" similarity (intended or not) between the two exists.

Why I am pushing so hard.
I deeply admired your thoughts behind "human" and the whole ubuntu philosophy. But: With "Light" somebody could think (longterm user) that you skipped your ideals and transformed them into something like mainstream.

Especially with GNOME Shell is so much more possible. Please reconsider this when you launch a "new" Design that looks like the one of a BILLION Dollar Company (Iphone, IMac, Ipad) etc...

Many thanks in advance...

(if some of the point are simply not true (or anymore true) please forget this post immediately.)

Yours truly (from Germany) Andreas_P

[9 votes] Solution #1: Try to figure out something new and not similar
Because the GNOME Foundation has many good ideas,
just ask them to get some inpiration.

Different Panel Layouts, Different Titlebars (not that similar)
GNOME HIG Guidelines perhaps (integrated into this)...

[-1 votes] Solution #2: Change wallpaper and color of the top panel
By changing the wallpaper and the color of the top panel, I think it may look sufficiently distinct.
And change the windows buttons placement to the right and bring back the bottom panel.

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i have seen that you can set icons for files with specific extensions, yet, as a user who is still warming up to ubuntu,i miss the feature in windows where you could go in the settings of a file and change the icon for just that specific file without having to have every file that has that specific name with that specific icon (for example have a file in my home folder titled Test.ext with icon 1 and another file in my documents folder with the same name using icon 2.) i noticed you could do this with folders but would truly appreciate the ability to do this with individual files.

[-9 votes] Solution #1: Change the icon system
edit the icon system so that, under the settings, you have the ability to change the icon for the individual file and not neccesarily any files with the same name and/or extension

[1 votes] Solution #2: add file icons to the .directory
the .directory file contains the icons for folders right? why not add the icons for files into that?

[0 votes] Solution #3: make a .icons file
we have a .directory file for icons for folders, why not make a .icons (or other similar name) that would allow us to set icons on individual files inside a folder.

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