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<title><![CDATA[Metapakete vollständig deinstallieren]]></title>
<link>http://communtu.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/metapakete-vollstandig-deinstallieren/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Torsten Franz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Die Debian Paketverwaltung ist der Standard wie Software installiert wird nicht nur bei Debian, sond]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Die Debian Paketverwaltung ist der Standard wie Software installiert wird nicht nur bei Debian, sondern auch in Ubuntu. Der Vorteil dieser Installation ist, das Abhängigkeiten erkannt werden und Software, die auch installiert sein muss, damit die Software, die man gerade installieren will, funktioniert, einfach mit installiert wird ohne das eine weitere aufwendige Interaktion stattfinden muss. Genauso warnt diese Paketverwaltung recht zuverlässig, wenn die zu installieren Software Konflikte mit einer bereits installierten Software hat.</p>
<p>Communtu nutzt die Debian Paketverwaltung für die Installation seit einigen Monaten. Eine Herausforderung an diese Paketverwaltung, die noch nicht gelöst wurde, ist die vollständige Deinstallation von Metapaketen. Dieses ist schon länger bekannt und wird nun durch Communtu wieder in die Öffentlichkeit gebracht.</p>
<p>Wir haben auf <a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank">Ubuntu Brainstorm</a> eine Diskussion über darüber in Gang gebracht, die sich dieser Problematik annimmt. In den von uns eröffneten <a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21136" target="_blank">Beitrag</a> kann hier über die Umsetzung diskutiert und abgestimmt werden. Wir rufen zur Beteiligung an dieser Diskussion auf, damit Ubuntu eine noch bessere Paketverwaltung bekommt.</p>
<p>Wer noch keinen Account bei Ubuntu Brainstorm hat und nicht weiß, wie das auf der Plattform funktioniert, dem empfehlen wir den Artikel Ubuntu Brainstorm auf <a href="http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Ubuntu_Brainstorm" target="_blank">ubuntuusers</a> in dem die Nutzung ausführlich beschrieben wird.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[BBC to use Ubuntu Brainstorm!]]></title>
<link>http://fluteflute.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/bbc-to-use-ubuntu-brainstorm/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fluteflute</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Well, that&#8217;s not strictly true, but they&#8217;re going to use the underlying software, IdeaTo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Well, that&#8217;s not strictly true, but they&#8217;re going to use the underlying software, <a href="http://www.ideatorrent.org/">IdeaTorrent</a> for part of their developer network, called &#8216;<a href="http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/">backstage.bbc.co.uk</a>&#8216;.</p>
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<pre>With the move, we're also launching a new site called ideas store. This
is basically ubuntu brainstorm/ideatorrent setup for you all to submit
ideas in a more structured way. For example people can vote up ideas and
add comments. This should lead the way for people to float ideas
surrounding backstage or other BBC projects/sites. So if you've always
wanted to raise the idea of the BBC using OGG Vorbis streams, now you
can and gather support around it.</pre>
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<p>In fact the BBC are going to be using the IdeaTorrent software for some other (currently secret) projects. I see this as yet another massive victory for open source, but also for the BBC, and the license fee payer! The BBC have been very impressive lately, especially with iPlayer.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[  從 Ubuntu Brainstorm 背後的理念評說起]]></title>
<link>http://threelegcat.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/%e5%be%9e-ubuntu-brainstorm-%e8%83%8c%e5%be%8c%e7%9a%84%e7%90%86%e5%bf%b5%e8%a9%95%e8%aa%aa%e8%b5%b7-%e4%b9%8b%e5%89%8d%e8%aa%aa%e8%b5%b7/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>threelegcat</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[之前說起 Ubuntu Brainstorm 的網站是以投票的機制，推舉使用者心目中對於 Ubuntu 的點子，如果系統的開發者有興趣的話，那麼就可以落實相關的建議。最近還有人建議 Ubuntu 開發]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>之前說起 Ubuntu Brainstorm 的網站是以投票的機制，推舉使用者心目中對於 Ubuntu 的點子，如果系統的開發者有興趣的話，那麼就可以落實相關的建議。最近還有人建議 Ubuntu 開發者<a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/14005/">「必須回應超過五百支持票的訴求」</a><br />
，可見，開發者尊重使用者的訴求，接受使用者的意見改進 Ubuntu，似乎是很多人的善頌善禱。</p>
<p>以前我對於自由軟體社群對於改良軟體運作過程的理解，是近乎 Eric S. Raymond 在《教堂與市集》的所說的「市集」模式的理解。我比較印象深刻的，是不同的「駭客」，不斷發掘程式臭蟲，把程式臭蟲修正，再釋出，然後再重覆下去，軟體便得到改良。這裡我說「駭客」，而不說「（一般不懂寫程式的）使用者」，不是說後者不會回報程式問題，而是我一直有印象以為 ESR，甚至 RMS 或者 Linus Torvalds 等常在討論的，都是「駭客」群體－－不錯，就是上述幾位的身分都是「駭客」。</p>
<p>Ubuntu GNU/Linux 大行其道，有很多人都指出它比起別的發行版本易用，更適合新手，甚至是唯一有資格進入家庭桌面市場的發行版本，可謂不枉取名&#8221;ubuntu&#8221;－－「以人道待人」的原意。聽起來，這裡說的都不是「駭客」，而是「使用者」，甚至「市場」味重得我們可以叫作「消費者」。</p>
<p>這樣說也不為之過，Ubuntu Brainstorm 原本的構思有說是取自戴爾電腦的 Ideastorm 網站，因為使用者／顧客要求該公司預裝 GNU/Linux，最後都獲得採納。可以說，這種間接參與開發的模式是頗以消費者為中心的，和以前駭客中心的模式迥然不同。</p>
<p>「消費者中心」和「駭客中心」有分別嗎？舉例來說，如果您看 ESR 的《提問的智慧》，您會知道如果提問不對的時候，會收到“RTFM （Read The Fucking Manual）”或者“STFW （Search The Fucking Web）”一類的回應，駭客甚至可以選擇不回應，或者單純的挖苦使用者－－<a href="http://mis.ndhu.edu.tw/docu/question.htm">《提問的智慧》</a>中也承認到這種情況：</p>
<p>「首先你必須明白，黑客們只偏愛艱巨的任務，或者能激發他們思維的好問題。<br />
如若不然，我們還來幹嗎？如果你有值得我們反復咀嚼玩味的好問題，<br />
我們自會對你感激不盡。好問題是激勵，是厚禮，可以提高我們的理解力，<br />
而且通常會暴露我們以前從沒意識到或者思考過的問題。<br />
對黑客而言，“問得好！”是發自內心的大力稱讚。</p>
<p>儘管黑客們有蔑視簡單問題和不友善的壞名聲，有時看起來似乎我們對新手，<br />
對知識貧乏者懷有敵意，但其實不是那樣的。」</p>
<p>接著 ESR 便替那些駭客們解話，指出駭客背後的想法，希望讀者在發問時要小心留意。</p>
<p>這樣背後有幾種假設：第一，駭客沒有責任必然要回應新手；第二，新手自學大體上是應然的；第三，新手要學會「聰明」（地發問），而不要「愚蠢」；第四，解決不了問題的話，付款找人答是了。不錯，現時很多自由軟體的討論區都是這樣運作的，發問者不必然得到回應，甚至在 GNU/Linux 的討論區中，說到「沒有自己爬文，我建議你還是用 Microsoft Windows 好了」的情況，是正常不過的事情。有時在說明文件缺乏翻譯的時候，回覆可能是要求新手自己查查字典好了。</p>
<p>Ubuntu Brainstorm 卻給我截然不同的感覺，那是「消費者中心」的感覺很重。</p>
<p>我所建構的「消費者中心」是怎樣的呢？比如認為「如果這 XX 的軟體／作業系統有問題／安裝不了／時常掛掉／功能不好」，就批評它「不方便／很爛／不 user friendly／不及專屬軟體」，而既然學不會使用，那就放棄使用該軟體，不要浪費時間鑽研就是了。例如在討論區中，會討論為甚麼人們會選擇 Windows 而不選擇 Linux；也有使用者直接聲言解決不了問題，已經放棄使用某某軟體。或者另外會有一些間接的情況，那是因為不同的自由軟體之易用程度也有區別，基於捨難取易的習性，使用者都會自然淘汰那些不便自己的軟體，甚至直接推論到多人用的軟體就是比較好；或者說起來的情況可能是，「在 Windows/Mac OS X/MSO/Photoshop（專屬軟體） 也有這個功能，為甚麼在 Linux/OOo/GIMP（自由軟體）沒有的？」，更甚的就是推論到自由軟體的水準不及專屬軟體（一般是指大部分人使用的「商業軟體」）的好，認為自由軟體空談自由，功能卻欠奉的使用者大有人在。同時，如果有上段提及文件翻譯不足時，也反倒成為使用者批評自由軟體的理據。或有一些情況，是例如某大公司提供的電腦產品支援不好自由軟體，因而呼籲其他消費者罷買－－這種做法幾乎是「消費者運動」所主張的。</p>
<p>在 Ubuntu Brainstorm 上，提出的，多數是使用者對開發為主的意見，雖然那種「消費者」和「開發者」的身分比起上述討論區的情況，界線或許比較模糊，可是由提出建議和投票機制，以及開發者的可選擇回應與否的權利而言，都是假設了那是「消費者中心」的模式。起碼人們比較敢於建議一些自己認為是不便使用，甚至是不太會用的功能，而相對而言，可以避免了在一般的自由軟體討論區支持「駭客中心」模式的人，可能會批評他／她們不懂得學習軟體功能。然而，我所說的在討論區中「駭客中心」的人，有很多也不是「開發者」，因此「新手」得到最「善意」的回覆反而是：「有問題的話不如直接以郵件直接問開發者吧！」</p>
<p>不過，電腦初學者，寄信給開發者提供意見看來不會多。因此，Ubuntu Brainstorm 的確提供了一種很適合傻瓜提供訴求的渠道，這可能比起坊間好些叫做《…for Idiot》的電腦書系列更適合新手。因為使用者還實際上可能得到開發者的直接回應他／她們的訴求。</p>
<p>Brainstorm 類型網站興起，有說是因為自由軟體開始普及，或者是連商業機構也主張「開放原始碼」來吸引「顧客」，又或者是因為其它如女性主義者批評多了－－僅有 2% (參：<a href="http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/ten_easy_ways_attract_women_your_free_software_project">http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/ten_easy_ways_attract_women_your_free_software_project</a>)為女性開發者的自由軟體社群，反映自由軟體過往不能像商業軟體強調女性在人際溝通上的角色，以助推廣軟體；而且傳統的自由軟體也是駭客中心的，對非程式開發者不夠重視。（這裡提起科技女性主義的觀點，是因為它提供了「科層式」的社群架構觀點－－這和「聰明 vs. 愚蠢」－－「駭客 vs. 新手」的對立有關）。另外，解放的經濟觀點也認為貧窮人應有使用軟體的權利，而貧窮人技術和其它物質基礎缺乏是普遍的現象，因此自由軟體在補厥的過程之中，也必須顧及數位差距的問題。而 Ubuntu Brainstorm 卻又提供了這種落差之下所必須的渠道。</p>
<p>然而，Ubuntu Brainstorm 的機制，還是解決不了好些問題，比如說，投票沒有必然的約制能力，不能有效保證受歡迎的點子可以得到開發者接納。反過來，有過而無不及的，是不受歡迎的點子被「降低評級」以後也許更難平反。而且投票的方式，對少眾的意見不必然有利，因為針對少數人的需要的點子可能對於大部分人來說是完全沒有用的。這些時候，使用者還不如直接連絡開發者好了。再者，無論是選擇投票或者直接連系開發者，均是技術高的人有較高的發表權力，所謂「普通的使用者」根本提出點子的能力會比較低，要提出建議也是要有一點的門檻。加上有很多意見，並不能直達 upstream，那麼這個網站的充權作用就不如想像中大。</p>
<p>回到最初的關注，駭客不回覆問題，而人們還尊重他／她們，那是他／她們還懂得寫絕好的軟體，或者修補破軟體。不過再實際一點，「駭客」並不是教育家，並不必然應付得了電腦的「消費者」的需求，那麼，獨立於mailling list／IRC 的「自由軟體教育」，似乎要從此說起。</p>
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<title><![CDATA[夢的解釋之夢中的點子]]></title>
<link>http://threelegcat.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/%e5%a4%a2%e7%9a%84%e8%a7%a3%e9%87%8b%e4%b9%8b%e5%a4%a2%e4%b8%ad%e7%9a%84%e9%bb%9e%e5%ad%90/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>threelegcat</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[話說 Ubuntu Linux 社群有個叫做 Ubuntu Brainstorm 的網站，平時如果對 Ubuntu 想作出一點改進的建議，可以到那裡提出，然後有個投票的制度，可以對點子投支持票或者反對]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>話說 Ubuntu Linux 社群有個叫做 Ubuntu Brainstorm 的網站，平時如果對 Ubuntu 想作出一點改進的建議，可以到那裡提出，然後有個投票的制度，可以對點子投支持票或者反對票，開發者可能會接受多人投贊成票之點子。</p>
<p>這次夢，竟然是一個點子，可能這個點子幾個月前是想過一下，不過沒有特別發表過而已。那是我希望 Linux 上有個功能，是自動批次轉換文字文件檔案裡面的字型。例如說我討厭「新細明體」，那麼我就可以文件中所有使用新細明體的字型轉換成文泉驛正黑。我在夢中就是夢見一個 GUI，可以做轉換的工作。</p>
<p>補充一下，這個夢並不是 OOo 的「替代字型」功能，而是永久替換字型。我想過個功能有沒有用？當然有，比如說以前文件用了一套商業字型、舊款字型，在新的一批電腦上已經沒有這種字型，那麼我就不如全部轉換成我現有的字型好了。又或者，公家使用的文件，如果可以把專屬字型轉換成自由字型，那大概也是好事。始終來說，文件裡面一天指定使用新細明體，傳給別人的時候也終究是新細明體；因為有些朋友，在 Window$ 和 Linux 上用 Samba 交換文件是很常見的事，而因為沒有特別調較 OOo 中的預設字型，以致在 Linux 上產生的字型就用文泉驛正黑或者 AR PL 新宋，而在 Window$ 上產生的文件就想當然是新細明體。辜勿論不設定預設字型是「前人之錯」，現在要的，就是可以亡羊補牢的方法，重新把文件的字型統一處理。</p>
<p>其實 OOo 現時也有批次轉換檔案的功能，不過那是從 M$O 的格式轉去 ODF 而已，那只是檔案格式的轉換。</p>
<p>當然，實施字型置換功能會有點危險，例如文件會因為字型字寬不同而走位，不過，很多日常生活中用到的文件，要是走位也沒有太大的問題。</p>
<p>其餘的問題，也許要再想一下。</p>
<p>說回原來的夢境……如果夢境反映著潛意識的一些轉化，那麼轉化既成，意義便不在於要在現實中實踐夢境的點子－－這個是在下對心理學家卡爾•容格（Carl Jung）的理解。不過，講求靈性追求的錫呂•瑪塔吉女士甚至連潛意識和超意識也「揚棄」了。</p>
<p>嗯，那麼夢……也許也不用再解釋了……最多只是反映近來可能太常看 Ubuntu Brainstorm 看點子，看得累了是了。</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ubuntu BrainStorm... facciamoci sentire!]]></title>
<link>http://ubuntista.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/ubuntu-brainstorm-facciamoci-sentire/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>simone</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Conoscete Ubuntu BrainStorm? E&#8217; un modo intelligente per proporre idee per Ubuntu, e capire qu]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Conoscete <a title="brainstorm" href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank"><strong>Ubuntu BrainStorm</strong></a>?<br />
E&#8217; un modo intelligente per proporre idee per Ubuntu, e capire quanto tali idee raccolgano consensi.<br />
Se avete delle idee, è il momento di scriverle (seguendo le <a title="brainstorm" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brainstorm" target="_blank"><strong>linee guida</strong></a> per proporre idee, sempre in inglese).<br />
Attenzione: per scrivere BENE una idea ci vogliono almeno 15-20 minuti, per poter dapprima leggere le Guidelines, e poi scrivere per benino cosa ci passa per la testa&#8230; ma ne vale la pena, secondo me.</p>
<p>Io intanto rifletto sulle mie, di idee&#8230; per fortuna, <strong><a title="brainstorm" href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/7498/" target="_blank">qualcuno ha già pensato a questo</a></strong>!</p>
<p><a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1213" src="http://ubuntista.wordpress.com/files/2008/04/ubuntu_brainstorm.jpg" alt="ubuntu brainstorm" width="452" height="452" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[While Everyone Else Is Awaiting the Release of Hardy Heron, I Am Not]]></title>
<link>http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/while-everyone-else-is-awaiting-the-release-of-hardy-heron-i-am-not/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>linuxcanuck</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I see counters on websites. Only four more days to the official release. Only three more days. And t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I see counters on websites. Only four more days to the official release. Only three more days. And then what? The wait will be over. The counter will increase to six months until Intrepid Ibex. And what exactly will happen on the 24th anyway?</p>
<p>If the past is any example, there will be a rush to download the latest release of Ubuntu Linux and its many siblings, Kubuntu, Xubuntu and the rest of them. It will be slow going if past releases are any indicator. The bandwidth of the mirrors will be stretched to capacity.</p>
<p>I have a better plan. You see, I do not have to download Hardy. I have been running it for weeks and on the 24th of April, my copy will be up-to-date and, at most, I will have to update a few packages. I know what your are thinking. You want to start fresh and not inherit any problems from the beta.</p>
<p>That makes sense. Neither do I. In fact, I have not had any problems for some time. The transition from Gutsy Gibbon to Hardy Heron, taken several weeks ago, could not have been less painful. Before that, I had suffered through my share of crashes and then they stopped. So I bit the bullet and did a fresh installation, replacing my stable and well running Ubuntu 7.10 with the latest version, 8.04. It was a risk, but it turns out my concerns were for naught.</p>
<p>So on the 24th, I can sit back and relax while others tie up their computers for hours to enjoy what I have experienced for some time. Perhaps, this is being too practical. After all, I have spoiled the surprise. I have missed out on that anticipatory Christmas morning feeling that comes with downloading the latest release. Yes, and no. You see? I have already had my Christmas.</p>
<p>There are several good things about Hardy Heron. First off, it comes with all that we expect from the Ubuntu developers. They have worked long and hard on our behalf to make this the best release of Ubuntu yet. It is current with all of the most recent releases of the programs included in Ubuntu, including OpenOffice 2.4. It has included Transmission for handling torrents, Firefox 3 browser which is a vast improvement over its predecessor, Vinagre for VNC chores, Brasero for handling burning CDs and DVDs, and improved Nautilus file handling capabilities.</p>
<p>I use a 3D card with all of the bells and whistles. I have been burned more than once with changing settings and not being able to get into X without reconfiguring Xorg manually. Now it has Bullet Proof X which allows you to configure X and test the settings to make sure that they work before you mess up your system. This is part of the latest Xorg 7.3 and is a great addition to Hardy Heron.</p>
<p>I am sure there are lots a major things going on below the surface such as those that speed up booting time, but it is the little details that I notice. I like changes to Synaptic. Now there is a tab that makes adding third party software a breeze. I like the inclusion of the Wubi installer.</p>
<p>Now if the Ubuntu disk is inserted in a Windows machine, it will offer to install Ubuntu from Windows with no changes to the Windows computer. It is a painless and dead simple way to try out Linux without worry that Linux could somehow mess up your computer.</p>
<p>Speaking of not messing up your computer. A small but important change is in the wording of the grub boot menu on the Live CD. Now it says, &#8220;Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer&#8221; which is more descriptive of the way the Live CD works and is certainly going to instill confidence in technophobes who cringe at the thought of doing anything that might get them into difficulty with computers.</p>
<p>I like improvements to the way restricted drivers are handled. They are no longer something that you have to hunt for. Ubuntu detects if there are restricted drivers available and gives and icon in the system tray which offers to install them for you. This is big improvement. There is still a way to go IMO. Canonical is still trying to walk the fence between usability and ethics regarding codecs, instead of allowing end users to decide. I favor installing them by default and making users agree to the terms of the EULAs of the various developers.</p>
<p>Much has been made of the new look. For me it is still drab. I am not a fan of brown and orange. Sorry, it does not work for me. I know that it is the traditional colors for Ubuntu which distinguishes it from Kubuntu and the others, but really? Brown and orange? That is a small gripe. I change the theme first thing.</p>
<p>I also install KDE and KDE4 desktops. I see great potential in KDE4. It is faster than KDE3, but I find KDE3 easier to configure and more flexible. I flip flop between Kubuntu and Ubuntu and can&#8217;t decide which I prefer, so I use both depending on my mood. I am one of those guys who can&#8217;t tell you the difference between Gnome 2.22 and its predecessors. It has always been good for me. Gnome seems to move at a glacial rate in comparison to KDE, so I am slow to notice its minute changes.</p>
<p>I like where Canonical is headed with MythTV which can be a chore to configure. They have made it much simpler with Mythbuntu appearing as a metapackage. They have also improved pulseaudio and UbuntuStudio is officially now part of the Ubuntu family (along with the aforementioned Mythbuntu and Edubuntu). Great news for media fans and educators.</p>
<p>There is so much there that I have not had the time to explore all of the features or to take advantage of all of the enhancements such as those made in AppArmor, memory protection and KVM. The new firewall, UFW or Uncomplicated Firewall, is supposed to be good. It is installed and not intrusive so I assume that it is doing its job.</p>
<p>So on Thursday, I will be doing nothing. The day will go unnoticed. Instead, I will be using my computer while others are madly downloading and burning the latest release of Ubuntu to CD. Sometime later, when things calm down, I will download a copy of Ubuntu 8.04 and burn it to CD because, afterall, it is an LTS release, and my copy is still only a beta.</p>
<p>I think that Hardy is a sign of great things to come. It shows attention to detail and Canonical&#8217;s commitment to end users. I logon to Ubuntu Brainstorm every once in a while to see what future releases could be like. Can anyone ever imagine Microsoft actually caring enough about end users to solicit their opinion?  But, Linux is different and in the Linux world Ubuntu stands out from the rest.</p>
<p>Thank you Canonical. Thank you to all of the developers who have worked long and hard to make Ubuntu 8.04 to be what it is. And that is simply a great user experience which is what it should be in the first place. Are there things that I would like to see added? Yes. Am I confident that many of them will be addressed? Yes, because they really care about what I, and many thousands of others, think. So the future looks great from my end and things could not be better for the present.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[افتتاح سایت فکر بکر اوبونتو]]></title>
<link>http://irubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/04/08/%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%b3%d8%a7%db%8c%d8%aa-%d9%81%da%a9%d8%b1-%d8%a8%da%a9%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%88%d8%a8%d9%88%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%88/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Choxos</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[یکی از مشکلات برنامه های کامپیوتری و کلا نرم افزارها این است که سازندگان از نیازهای کاربران و معایب ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>یکی از مشکلات برنامه های کامپیوتری و کلا نرم افزارها این است که سازندگان از نیازهای کاربران و معایب نرم افزارهایشان به خوبی آگاه نیستند.چون آن ها کاربر نیستند و با دید یک طراح به برنامه ها نگاه می کنند.اخیرا سایت اوبونتو بنا به دلایلی که ذکر شد اقدام به طراحی سایتی با عنوان Ubuntu brainstorm کرده که در آن به کاربران وعده داده شده که فکر ها و ایده هایی که بالاترین امتیاز را کسب کنند در نسخه های جدید اوبونتو ظاهر شوند.پس اگر ایده ای دارید و همیشه می خواستید در اوبونتو این ایده را ببینید به این سایت بروید و یک ایده ی جدید بسازید یا به ایده ای که مد نظر شماست امتیاز مثبت بدهید.</p>
<p>آدرس: <a title="فکر بکر اوبونتو" href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/" target="_self">فکر بکر اوبونتو</a></p>
<p><strong>توجه:به زودی بخشی به نام Q &#38; A در این وبلاگ راه اندازی می شود.منتظر باشید.(به قول موسسه گل آقا دیر یا زود داره ولی سوخت و سوز نداره!)</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ubuntu BrainStorm. O que você quer ver no Ubuntu?]]></title>
<link>http://snnangola.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/ubuntu-brainstorm-o-que-voce-quer-ver-no-ubuntu/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>snnangola</dc:creator>
<guid>http://snnangola.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/ubuntu-brainstorm-o-que-voce-quer-ver-no-ubuntu/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  Fala-se por aí que na comunidade de software livre todos sao livres de trocar ideias. Sim, mas nao]]></description>
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<p>Fala-se por aí que na comunidade de software livre todos sao livres de trocar ideias. Sim, mas nao basta ir a um forum e dizer isso e aquilo. Como é que a Novell vai te ouvir? Se você é um usuario compulsivo do Windows e tentando usar Linux sentiu a falta dum painel de configuração de redes, parecido a aquele que tem no Windows, você pode muito bem levar uns bons bafos num forum ou mailing list de software livre, rodeado de bons e nada simplicistas adeptos.</p>
<p>Pois bem foi pensando nessa nessa dificuldade de saber aquilo que os usuarios querem realmente que o Mark Shuttleworth (é mesmo assim que se escreve?) decidiu criar o  <a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu BrainStorm</a>. Lá você pede aquilo que quer ver melhorado ou incorporado no seu Ubuntu, sem correr risco de ser ofendido por meia duzia de adolescentes. Os mais pedidos aparecem mais destacados.</p>
<p>Francamente, Mark é mesmo um genio. Repare algumas das coisas que os usuarios mais têm pedido:</p>
<p><a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/94/" id="title-94" class="itemtitle itemundeleted">Fix Suspend and Hibernate</a><br />
<a href="http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/4/" id="title-4" class="itemtitle itemundeleted">Provide a simple graphical interface to manage _any_ type of network connection</a><br />
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E nao é que ja nao tenha isso no Ubuntu, tem, mas o usuario comum quer ele bem mais &#8216;amanteigado&#8217; ou ao estilo Windows.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ubuntu Brainstorm]]></title>
<link>http://staredsi.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/ubuntu-brainstorm/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ridoj</dc:creator>
<guid>http://staredsi.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/ubuntu-brainstorm/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[A través de meneame.net me entero que Ubuntu ha sacado lo que se llama Ubuntu Brainstorm, un sitio w]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nace Ubuntu BrainStorm]]></title>
<link>http://quisqueyalibre.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/nace-ubuntu-brainstorm/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 03:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jonathan Estrella</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quisqueyalibre.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/nace-ubuntu-brainstorm/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Los desarrolladores de Ubuntu presentaron el nuevo sitio Ubuntu Brainstorm, inspirado por el IdeaSto]]></description>
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