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How can Docky, AWN, Cairo Dock and Unity be compared?
It would be very nice to see a comparison between features, icons and usability.
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Are there plans for system-wide smooth scrolling?
As Ubuntu seems to be making strategic preparations for a tablet-like experience, I wondered what priority smooth scrolling is for the team.
A use case: I read PDFs on a netbook on a daily basis. ...
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What unique features has Ubuntu brought to the Linux community?
Red Hat/Fedora, GNOME, KDE and others have brought things that can be used in the Linux Community, like NetworkManager, Plymouth Boot Splash, a friendlier desktop system, etc. I would like to know ...
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What are the key features that made Ubuntu the successful Linux distro it is today? [closed]
What are the key features that made Ubuntu the most successful Linux distro to date? And what features do you think Ubuntu is still missing?
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How well does the Macbook Air work with Ubuntu?
I'm thinking of getting a nice laptop [thin like Macbook Air, Actually I'm thinking of getting Macbook Air itself]. Question is, how well it will go with Ubuntu.
Being ubuntu user for last 7 years, I ...
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What is the best medium for sending feature requests?
What is the best medium for sending feature requests? Both for Ubuntu as a whole and individual (supported) apps?
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What's going to be new for Ubuntu 11.04?
I haven't been able to find information about Ubuntu 11.04. Is it already decided what's going to go into Natty Narwhal?
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What is the current status of windicators?
This cool feature was first told to be included in 10.10. According to this answer, they were postponed to 11.04, but it turned out they have not appeared there. Now we are after feature freeze for ...
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How do I ask for new features in Ubuntu?
I would like to know how to ask for new features in Ubuntu.
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How do I add a notification for process completions
How can I add a notification of some sort (like playing a .wav file or creating a pop-up on the status bar) when a process finishes. For example, I am compiling a program that takes a couple of hours ...
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Is Ubuntu an embedded Linux system?
I'm currently studying about Linux in general and what it is. I see that Linux is a high-performance operating system that breathes life to old hardware. Ubuntu is a distribution of Linux.
But I'm ...
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Cannot Windows+Tab in Ubuntu 11.04
I recently upgraded my ubuntu from 10.10 to 11.04. I use to issue the shortcut Windows+Tab key in my previous ubuntu version and the windows will be shown graphically through which I use to switch. ...
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Getting the latest features on Ubuntu Daily Builds [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
I upgraded from an alpha or beta - am I up to date if I keep upgrading?
If I've installed ubuntu 12.04, do I constantly have to download a new daily build to get the ...
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Is there a way to upload folders instead of files to Ubuntu One?
I was wondering if there was a way to upload entire folders instead of files when using browsers on Ubuntu One? This would be really useful.
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Screen tab completion
Is it possible to make the terminal behave like screen when it comes to tab completion? In screen, when you press tab, it gives the possible completions just below, but doesn't display the prompt ...
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Adding Ubuntu 12.10 windows management feature to Ubuntu 12.04?
I tried 12.10 and I decided to stay to with 12.04. The only thing I liked on 12.10 was when all the windows you have open, you could spread all out and close the windows you didn't want to keep. You ...
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Why does my workspace intermittantly hold at partial dimness? [closed]
The workspace between the top and bottom Gnome panels occasionally dims about 25% and holds there for an unpredictable period of time. Sometimes it never recovers to full brightness. The cursor ...
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“weird” Google Chrome feature, huge address bar pops up
I am quite puzzled by this feature since it just seems off.
When I press Ctrl + }* and I'm not in a text box.
*(basically the key below the +, left of Enter)
I get this:
A huge address bar ...
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how do i know how much data has been downloaded by update-manager?
I got a pop-up from the update-manager that there are updates available for me to download and install.
I chose to install the updates.
The process of downloading the updates has been running since ...
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Can I suggest some new feature to next edition of Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I'm not developer, just regular user. I just like to see new feature on the next version of Ubuntu. I want to suggest new feature, can I do that?
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Where are the new desktop & server features documented?
When a new edition is coming out, I always find the new features in detail.
Not only there is Unity and cloud support, in much more detail, like sometimes Fedora used to tell when a release coming ...
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Missing Features in Ubuntu 12.04
I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, and 2 new features that I have seen advertised on various websites are not on my version:
Individual wallpapers on login screen
Privacy options in ...
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Feature request: Dictionary lens and audio output hotkey [closed]
These are two killer features IMHO and would give Ubuntu more of those brilliant little details that win new people over and keep old users happy.
Dictionary lens: I sure miss the dictionary panel ...
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Name of newly created user missing features in ubuntu 12.10 [closed]
Hi I am not very experienced with user management in ubuntu.
I needed to create a new user to manage my application server so following some instructions online, this is what i did:
I became root
...
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Really Good Video Editor for Linux [duplicate]
I need to find out about a good movie editor. I need one that has a lot of features. Any ideas?
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How can I add features to Ubuntu like “Full Screen” as in OS X [closed]
How can I add features to Ubuntu like "Full Screen" as in OS X So I want to make my own distribution of Ubuntu, but I want to add features to it as well. Some of these features would involve changing ...
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Disabled OpenGL and when i reenabled it, I couldn't reactivate features
Through to a test on gaming performance I disabled OpenGL and all of its features and lost me multi workspaces (I had 4) I reactivated it, rebooted my pc and still don't get all its features back. ...
