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Ubuntu Brainstorm: Vote on the Ubuntu features you'd like to see
by Brad Linder Mar 1st 2008 at 10:00AM
The concept is based on Dell's IdeaStorm web site, which the computer maker uses to solicit ideas. Right now, some of the top suggestions for Ubuntu are:
- A better interface for managing network connections
- Use less power
- Combine the Preferences and Administration menus and condense some of the submenus
- Let users know which application is using a volume that cannot be unmounted because it's in use
- A prettier bootloader
- Quicker boot speed
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brian said 12:54PM on 3-01-2008
The fault for Linux is when it comes to drivers. I'd fix that
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The_Steven said 2:20PM on 3-01-2008
Sure, ther are a dozen or more Ubuntu flavored distros, but maybe I want something a little more custom. Sure, there is a process to roll a distro yourself, but I want an easier "roll it yourself" live/install cd process.
Make it look like an "add/remove" app, and then instead of "apply", click on "create". Some time later, it says it's done, and there you go, a fresh hot iso ready to be burnt to disk (cd or dvd)
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Double-J said 5:51PM on 3-01-2008
Just ran an Kubuntu liveCD last night, couldn't get my WiFi to work (Belkin Pre-N on USB), this is a major barrier to widespread adoption.
I think the Linux community should focus more on bringing innovation to the UI. Right now KDE and GNOME are copies of existing commercial OS's and both are _good enough_. I think we need a new UI that is less application centric (too complex for the aging population) and more user activity centric.
Finally, minimizing power consumption is a responsible thing to do.
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