Brainstorm

Ideas from Brainstorm

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Kernel

Fix suspend/hibernate

28 Feb 08 - 7053 Votes -
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/94/
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/jaunty-suspend-resume

Mentor: Scott James Remnant

Desktop

Speed up ubuntu/gnome boot time

28 Feb 08 - 6208 Votes [IN PROGRESS]
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/42/
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Specs/BootPerformance
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Specs/BootPerformance

Mentor: Scott James Remnant

Easy mounting of images and ISO and CUE

28 Feb 08 - 5647 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/194/

Clean up preferences and administration

28 Feb 08 - 5620 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/80/

Student: Yazen Ghannam

  1. Restructure Menus: Grouping some of the icons together in more specific menus (like Fedora) would be a good start. For example, Synaptic Package Manager, Software Sources, and Update Manager can all be filed under a "Software" menu within the Administration menu. Another grouping might be to put Keyboard, SCIM Input, and Mouse all under an "Input Devices" menu.
  2. Merge various tools: After grouping, we could try and see if some tools may be merged together, for example Printing and Default Printer and possibly others.

Improved file/folder sharing experience

29 Feb 08 - 5142 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/403/
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EasyFileSharing

Student: Yazen Ghannam

  1. There is a package called "system-config-samba" that is a GUI for SAMBA shares but it is not installed by default with SAMBA and is not supported. This package, or one similar to it, should be installed by default, supported and integrated into Ubuntu's network interface.
  2. There should be a central "Network Control Panel" similar to the one found in Vista that should have the ability to differentiate between a private and public network and disable shares accordingly, and other settings related to the network and file/print sharing.
  3. When sharing is turned on, SAMBA and all other required packages should be downloaded automatically (similar to hardware drivers) and launch a GUI for initial configuration.

Fix compatability with webcams and microphone

28 Feb 08 - 5116 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/97/
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Webcam

Enhanced Mobile Device Sync

28 Feb 08 - 4301 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28/
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/ltsp-palm-devices
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/pim-device-sync
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/pocket-pc-support
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/pda-support-out-of-the-box
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/syncintegration

Better wifi support

29 Feb 08 - 4273 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/295/

Easy way of backing up/moving your documents and settings

28 Feb 08 - 3497 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1/
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/jaunty-backup

Disk Manager by default

29 Feb 08 - 3167 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/323/
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/disk-manager-by-default
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/fstab-gui

Mouse button extension

28 Feb 08 - 3121 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/120/
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/gui-mouse-configuration

Better Hardware Profile Manager

16 Mar 08 - 2482 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4848/

Mentor: Scott James Remnant

Better DVD support

29 Feb 08 - 2347 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/372/

Better monitor support and configuration tools

29 Feb 08 - 2337 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/322/
http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/9

Foundations

Professional looking boot loader

28 Feb 08 - 5859 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21/
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/plymouth

Mentor: Scott James Remnant

Restoring the bootloader by Ubuntu installation CD

29 Feb 08 - 3740 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/1242/

Include a graphical frontend to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst installed by default

28 Feb 08 - 2759 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/141/
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/graphical-grub-config

  • Some recommended solutions (startupmanager is in universe):

Provide a simple interface for labeling partitions

3 May 08 - 2506 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/8008/

Make ubuntu more responsive (performance)

28 Feb 08 - 2316 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/85/

Mentor: Scott James Remnant

Server

GUI configuration front end for common services

28 Feb 08 - 1813 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/68/

The latest design strategy is to get more Augeas configurations implemented, and then combine that with eBox.

Most Popular over the last 6 months

Kernel

Check my hardware against application blackists BEFORE 'upgrading'

12 Jan 09 - 1653 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17218/

Better life battery for laptop

3 Feb 09 - 646 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17825/

Desktop

Volume control should close when you click somewhere else

14 Feb 09 - 829 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/18045/

Redesign ubuntu for 2010

21 Jan 09 - 773 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17540/

Allow ALT+Tab when drag and drop

4 Jan 09 - 753 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17042/

"Scan wireless networks" option in NetworkManager

29 Jan 09 - 750 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17725/ http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498887

Easy screen-sharing and audio-chat for instant messengers

7 Jan 09 - 743 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17102/
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/replace-pidgin-with-empathy
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EmpathyVsPidginUsability

There should be a simple GUI to do basic disk maintanence tasks

30 Dec 08 - 723 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/16919/ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DeviceKit

When abbreviating filenames, cut out the middle, keep the beginning and end

19 Nov 08 - 720 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/15752/

Guest account needs a change

19 Nov 08 - 690 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/15773/

Make System Monitor as powerful as Windows Task Manager

24 Sep 08 - 682 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13626/

"Speed up" Ubuntu by reducing duration of Compiz animations

3 Jan 09 - 664 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17009/

Automatic handling of external monitor

20 Jan 09 - 647 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17509/

ubuntu main menu icons are too big, they take too much space

30 Jan 09 - 594 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/17748/

This is a complaing about the Applications menu getting too long when installing new icons. (ie. check the Preferences menu for an example)

Foundations

Native Firefox on Ubuntu is even slower than on Wine

21 Jan 09 - 767 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/18058/
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Building_with_Profile-Guided_Optimization

Synaptic/Apt-Get should check for free disk space before download or install

15 Sep 08 - 669 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13235/

Unify sound drivers and the sound api

22 Oct 08 - 661 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/14682/

Usplash should use a time-based progressbar

18 Nov 08 - 578 Votes
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/15741/

GoogleSoC2009/Ideas/Brainstorm (last edited 2009-03-20 13:45:45 by cpc4-oxfd8-0-0-cust39)