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The following are issues that I would like to see fixed in the next release of Ubuntu. Feel free to confirm any bugs that affects you by clicking on the +affectsmetoo link.

mozilla

Thunderbird/Lightning to work with Calendar/Notification Applets - would be interesting if it worked natively with the desktop.

• https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/lightning-extention-panel

• http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=806472

• https://launchpad.net/libnotify-mozilla

Firefox + Flash - Keyboard commands don't work when flash is selected

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263435

Firefox/Thunderbird - Too many dictionaries available after installing a language.

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/651586

gdmsetup

In the previous releases, gdmsetup had all options configurable graphically. The community is developing a graphical utility gdm2setup. Lack of an updated gdmsetup or "Login Screen" configuration utility causes users to have problems accomplishing the following tasks:

• Install/Change the GDM Theme +affectsmetoo

• Turn on remote login (XDMCP) +affectsmetoo (Workaround available)

• Allow TCP logins to Xserver +affectsmetoo (Workaround available)

• Enable multiple logins for a single user +affectsmetoo

• Remove Shutdown/Reboot option form actions menu +affectsmetoo

label/uuid-based mountpoints

HAL used to mount unlabeled disks to /media/disk. Its successor devicekit-disks now mounts unlabeled disks to /media/f5d1d6cf-22d8-4db0-9ae3-816001dd248b/ (which is intimidating to novice user) and labeled disks to /media/label. In certain use-cases this could be the only way a user can identify a drive, and they may need to type it in manually. It is not simple for a user to change a label. Currently palimpsest can do this on an unmounted disk. Nautilus should be able to change a disk label without needing the user to unmount the disk.

• Unlabeled partitions are mounted under their UUIDs +affectsmetoo

• Feature request: Provide support for changing volume labels in nautilus +affectsmetoo

usb-creator

There are stability, usability and technical issues with usb-creator. As a vital piece of software for the distribution, usb-creator should undergo a more rigorous testing and quality assurance process.

• USB Creator does not warn or ask user to confirm before formatting disks +affectsmetoo

• Regression: usb-creator stopped using abstracted device for device paths +affectsmetoo

• Error "Unable to mount Filesystem. A job is pending" when inserting drive +affectsmetoo

• Error "DBus error org.gtk.Private.RemoteVolumeMonitor.NotFound: The given volume was not found" when formating +affectsmetoo

• Does not provide UI notification when a partition cannot be unmounted +affectsmetoo

• Standardize the formatting process: reformat fat16 to fat32 before starting +affectsmetoo

• ubuntu-bug and apport-collect should attach .usbcreator.log +affectsmetoo

• Should not re-mount all connected drives on startup +affectsmetoo

clipboard

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE PROJECT - The Great Clipboard Fixing Galore Project, Student: Sarah Strong Mentor: Ted Gould The clipboard deletes content in the clipboard when quitting the source program. This means Copy -> Quit -> (Can't Paste).

• Copy-Paste doesn't work if the source is closed before the paste +affectsmetoo (Workaround Available: parcellite)

network-manager

PLEASE NOTE THAT I SPOKE TO DAN WILLIAMS CONCERNING THIS BUG. Google summer of code project will fix this issue. Goal: 0.8.1 or soon after

The network-manager applet works fine on a one user system, but fails in multi user scenarios. Switching to second user does not allow the second user to use nm-applet. This thread on the networkmanager mailing list shows that the issue has been discussed.

• nm-applet fails when another user is logged in +affectsmetoo

update-manager

"Only notify about available updates" option currently starts update-manager. This starts the update-manager process which 1) slows down ubuntu on entry-level hardware 2) starts a process without the permission of the user 3) is not a notification as the option indicates. "Only notify about available updates" in software sources should bring up a notification stating the number of packages to be updated.

• Update Notifier icon would provide useful status information / new update-manager behavior is annoying +affectsmetoo

sound effects

Users no longer have the ability to customize their sounds or simply create/modify a sound theme. We need a utility to make sound themes and/or return to per event sound files customization.

• gnome-volume-control missing ability to customize session sound effects theme +affectsmetoo

empathy

Reported bugs

• empathy needs to support OTR encryption +affectsmetoo

• Empathy fails pidin account import +affectsmetoo

• Empathy doesn't alert to new email messages

• Setting status to 'Hidden' changes status to 'Busy' instead

Unreport bugs

• Can only register for Jabber
• Can't register for Jabber (unclear, errors, jabber service is down)
• Empathy (with no account config) doesn't allow you to add any type of account

• No way to access Edit > Account if no accounts have been added

• Forces you to use Avahi/Bonjour/People Nearby/ZeroConf/Salut
• Can open multiple account detail pages at the same time, closing one closes them all
• Audio/Video call doesn't work (msn, jabber)
• Gwibber/Empathy - Constantly reminds you that service is down/misconfigured instead of just at launch/activation of account

upstart

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE PROJECT - services-admin configuration and Upstart-ification, Student: Jacob Peddicord, Mentor: David Bensimon Ubuntu is currently in a transition between SysV init scripts and upstart jobs. services-admin (graphical services/server/daemon manager) doesn't currently manage upstart jobs. A replacement to services-admin should aim to support both types of services.

• Upstart compatible services-admin (Blueprint)

• init: add non-destructive means to disable a job +affectsmetoo

• Support Upstart in services-admin +affectsmetoo

policy-kit

• Ubuntu's move to policykit gives up tradition of password timeout +affectsmetoo

• Policykit password dialogs are insecure as they do not keep focus +affectsmetoo

• policykit password dialog should grab keyboard +affectsmetoo

• No equivalent to polkit-gnome-authorization in policykit-1-gnome +affectsmetoo

shares-admin

“System > Administration > Shared folders” (shares-admin) is a feature that has been removed from the menu since 8.04. There has been no replacement for this tool since its been made invisible but still accessible. KDE has taken an advance on file sharing by allowing the user list all samba/nfs shares and allow the user to configure the shares centrally and graphically. The proposed project aims to create a utility that should provide a graphical front-end to configure both samba system shares (managed in /etc/samba/smb.conf) and samba usershares (/var/lib/samba/usershares/). Should time allow, this application can also be written to configure NFS shares.

• shares-admin doesn't add share +affectsmetoo

hardware

• nvidia flip-screen +affectsmetoo

other

• NetworkManager + OpenVPN = FAIL +affectsmetoo

• Issues burning a CD +affectsmetoo

• Issues burning a CD on SATA Burner +affectsmetoo

• VLC convert to mp3 fails +affectsmetoo

• Installer can't use currently encrypted partitions +affectsmetoo

• No way to disable notifications/notify-osd needs a "privacy mode" +affectsmetoo

• Battery indicator stuck on "Estimating..." +affectsmetoo