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- basic0, on 02/28/2008, -4/+120Dear Ubuntu,
Please convince the militant dickweeds who maintain gnome-screensaver to add the ability to change the settings on each screensaver. We know the settings are there, we can get at them with other DEs. Stop pretending there's no middle ground of users between "Extra buttons on my screen scare and confuse me" and "Oh cool, I'll just edit the config file in vi".
Sincerely,
All the people who have been bitching about this problem for the last 4 years, and have got nothing but attitude from the developer(s).
See: http://www.mail-archive.com/usability@gnome.org/ms ...
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-sc ... - melaren, on 02/28/2008, -0/+89I thought this day would never come. I think this type of system could help open-source projects be truly innovative. By now the Ubuntu project has a large fan-base who I think would love to contribute to the project. ...but most people who use Ubuntu aren't skilled programmers who can contribute code. Before now, there was no easy way to contribute. You could post an idea on the Ubuntu Forums, but even if your idea was well received, it would most likely disappear after a few weeks into archived history, without a single developer knowing about it.
Traditional companies have a small number of people making decisions that will influence millions. Open-source really needs to leverage the potential that it has. Let's get this on the Digg front page, let's contribute our ideas (or voting power). - Aeuta, on 02/28/2008, -5/+81OMG! This is really putting the Open into OpenSource
- pickture, on 02/28/2008, -1/+50A hundred million heads are better than one!
- kazamx, on 02/28/2008, -11/+50While its a great idea, I am not sure it will really work. If we take Digg as an example then we can expect the top results to consist of
1/ Ubuntu needs a feature to help Ron Paul become President
2/ Ubuntu needs to work somehow relate to the iPhone
3/ Ubuntu needs more LOLcats
4/ Ubuntu needs more top 5 lists
5/ Ubuntu needs more features that show how dumb the US government is
6/ OMG like you know Ubuntu needs to ***** THE RIAA - Dropperbr, on 02/28/2008, -13/+52Lets vote for no more brown themes!!!!
- ChrisF79, on 02/28/2008, -4/+39Dugg because "ubuntu" is in the headline and that's what I'm supposed to do.
- synapseattack, on 02/28/2008, -2/+30Really?! I didn't know that... oh wait yes I did because I read the ***** article. My mistake.
- Portachking, on 02/28/2008, -1/+28This is such a great idea. Talk about giving the community a platform to speak from.
- Vinvin, on 02/28/2008, -5/+29Sounds very cool :)
- EnigmaStrain, on 02/28/2008, -3/+24lol the site is already broken, man we digg users do some heavy damage
- megooz, on 02/28/2008, -0/+17Submitted: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/185/
- Vinvin, on 02/28/2008, -0/+16I often find the Ubuntu community (in general) to be a bit more moderate than the Digg community ;)
- Ninjao, on 02/28/2008, -1/+14This is the sort of thing that will drive Ubuntu to new hights.
- BigManOnCampus, on 02/28/2008, -1/+14Am I the only one who get's a blank page at brainstorm.ubuntu.com ?
- klco, on 02/28/2008, -0/+12done... a loooong time ago. Seriously its a breeze to install stuff using the default package manager, sometimes the hardest part is picking which free piece of software to use.
- adila01, on 02/28/2008, -0/+11The submitted ideas are great. Hopefully this way the developers will truly know what is best for the Ubuntu users.
- quarando, on 02/28/2008, -1/+12Have you tried Mono for C# development?
- JohnnyKdiggs, on 02/28/2008, -0/+11This is absolutely fantastic. Ubuntu users have been calling for this for some time now:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IdeaPool#head-bda1dd9fdd2f ...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=383914
It's great to know that a company, for once, actually cares what its customers have to say. - quarando, on 02/28/2008, -1/+11I would argue that software installation is easier in ubuntu. It is different from Windows, however, so people feel like its more difficult. System configuration is more of a mixed bag.
- theaceoffire, on 02/28/2008, -0/+10For every rabid Ron Paul fan you will find at least one Anti-Fan.
That should keep some of the more silly things out I think. - solarwind24, on 02/28/2008, -1/+11You're wrong. Digg me down for this, but in the end, you know it's true: the average Linux user is more intelligent than the average digg user.
- gavintlgold, on 02/28/2008, -0/+9The main reason they did it was because it's 'confusing.' But I don't see anything confusing for a simple "Advanced Options" or "Configure" button in there. People won't use it if they get confused. That's not a problem. It's really very annoying that they removed it. What if you wanted something besides the name of your desktop and the time to go bouncing around... what if you wanted to change the speed... It makes people who are new to open source think that the software is sub-par to windows which has all those options. It annoys me very much.
- brettalton, on 02/28/2008, -0/+9The 'Human' theme across Ubuntu has been orange since 6.06 Dapper, almost 2 years ago. Last I remember, only the wallpaper has been brown.
- Eibx, on 02/28/2008, -5/+13I'm becoming closer and closer to switch from Windows to Ubuntu.
One of the things that's stopping me is the fact that I'm programming C# and I use Visual Studio, and it's not compatible with other than Windows systems.
Actually that should be reason enough to switch. - zip000, on 02/28/2008, -5/+13I really like the brown themes!
- Protoss, on 02/28/2008, -0/+7I'm sure the list will be moderated somewhat.
- kazamx, on 02/28/2008, -0/+7Rolling release sucks monkey nuts. The 6 month release and 2 year LTS is the perfect way to go. You don't have to wait very long for updates and Ubuntu gets a whole bunch of hype every 6 months.
- zwaldowski, on 02/28/2008, -0/+7This is great. The only place normal users (not Launchpad registrees) to talk is on the forums, and nobody listens to them (us, I guess) there.
- Protoss, on 02/28/2008, -1/+7Is it me, or is the site a bit sluggish?
- ChrisF79, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6Is spell check within forms on the list?
- stgraber, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6The website might be a bit slow at the moment as we are on digg and wired frontpages :)
We have contacted the system administrators in charge of the server and are working on a solution. - priegog, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6Oh man you really gottalook through your funny filter from time to time
- ligyron, on 02/28/2008, -1/+7Well said
- sirdaz, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6The Fridge has been a there a while now I think
- ptFoe, on 02/28/2008, -0/+6Hopefully they will listen to them
unlike the multiple wallpapers option for gnome - dualscreenman, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5You mean 4 hundred million? That would be better!
- tomee, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5I call it Open Development, because that is really at least as important as simply the source being visible.
- kazamx, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5999, When they ask Fire, Police or Ambulance, say "Its more important than that, I need Ubuntu"
- diggrim, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5it's also on slashdot
- mmmiiikkkeee, on 02/28/2008, -0/+5I think they are going to link them together and use both... but yes; this kind of thing is what the blue prints does too.. I like this better since I can vote on the things i like best... kinda like digg
- nailer, on 02/29/2008, -1/+6My idea: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/384/
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Good luck! - kazamx, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4Whats yours? Is it ready for apha release? get a torrent up and let people know about it. You will get at least a few people download it and offer bug reports etc.
- flatlinebb, on 02/29/2008, -0/+4"Duel boot"? Is that the idea of having the OS's fight each other with pistols at dawn, after which the last one standing gets to actually start up? Sorry, not trying to be a grammar Nazi - I just found the idea funny and wanted to share.
- BigManOnCampus, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4No, Firefox 2.0.12
- Kasot, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4It's actually quite straight forward. And Ubuntu has improved alot since last year :)
The new version is out in a few months, just download it and burn it on a CD. If you're hardware is mainstream you shouldn't have to do anything else than reading the instructions carefully. - missingnoh4x, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4I'm moving to KDE once 8.04 comes out. I hate gnome-screensaver with a passion, and I've had to go back to xscreensaver.
- GfunkGbuss, on 02/28/2008, -0/+4I just made the switch by running XP through Virtualbox in seamless mode, and I absolutely LOVE it.
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