Dear friends I have done voting to the components which i know leaving the unknown un attended. I am a beginner and i am a user not developer. My specific demand as a user are the following. 1. The file search options should be more user friendly like windows. I mean, provision for more than one search criteria should be given, and provision for copying files (in single or in group) from the search list to another place should be given. (Whenever I want to search some files and want to copy them to a memory stick, i have to see the search list and note down the path and go back to explorer to copy them individually.
2. Renaming option. In windows, you select any number of files together and just click rename for one file, the rest of the selected files will automatically change their names with serial number. This is necessary for managing photos. For example, I have 150 photos shot from wynad and it have the serial number provided by the camera. If I want to attach 'Wynad' to the file name of these files, In windows, i select these files and click rename and type wynad. it will result all the files will have wynad as name and there will be a sequential number. This is easy. 3. Formating option - It is quite often one need to format their pen drives as we used to do with our floppy drives. Now I have to go to ubuntu repository and find out a package and install and do. I think it should be the integral part of the distribution since it is an application people regularly need. 4. Printer drivers - Most of the printer drivers do not come with all features like 'fit to page', reduce to certain % and so on. This control options are absent in many printers under ubuntu. 5. Scanners - attaching a scanner to the computer is quite difficult in ubuntu, where you have to be genius to do so. can it be in a form of plug and play? 6. Font installation - It is very confusing and complex to install a font downloaded from net. Can there be any small application that will enable people to do font installation easily? 7. Photo manager - a simple application (like picture manager in windows) for easy conversion and file management of images (to resize, to compress, to convert)is necessary in linux too. Gimp is good but it is for experts only. 8. I would recommend to add "Picassa (linux version)" and "skype (linux) since picassa is good in image management and importing image from a scanner or camera and skype is preferred communication application. installing picassa in linux is easy, but skype need some technical hand to deal with sound and picture. 9. Like windows movie maker can there be any simple software attached to linux for users to make movies (most of the cameras now come with movie options and stills)? 10. Auto run CDs. - Nowadays we get many auto run Info CD/DVDs. They do not work with linux. How can we create autorun CDs for linux Any application for creating autorun CDs which will have option to run in windows and linux? 11. Lastly, Any facility for donating (simple donations, not credit card / paypal..)even small contributions (like sending SMS to contribute Rs.10/-) for linux community in Kerala (like your group)? This will pool good amount of money for open source software development and distribution plus, gives opportunity for all people to be part of it through sending a simple donation which is an sms away! this will gather mass support in propogating the idea of open source. I believe it is waste of time and resources to get free CD's of linux from Europe. That money can be saved if we can get those CDs free from Kerala itself leaving an option for the receiver to send one or two sms to a particular number which will take care of cost of the CD and postage. I don't know whether the features / functions I mentioned above are already covered in the application in the voting list. Please ignore such demands and advice me those. love and peace Shibu On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 12:11 AM, h4nnibal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi friends, > > I hope many of you in this group are aware of unofficial Ubuntu, > Debian and Arch repositories' mirror in College of Engineering > Trivandrum. We are willing to provide the repository to the public. It > needs time (official work). We are currently working for the DNS > registration. Most probably by new year we can give you a good news > too. > > As a part of it, we would like to remaster ubuntu/debian as per your > request and provide it to the public. We need honest voting from you > linux users to help us decide what all softwares to be included. > > Please vote honestly and provide suggestions. > > http://members.multimania.co.uk/hogmanay/ > > PS: I already sent this mail. But couldn't find it in my inbox nor the > new forum look. sorry if i am spamming. > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- Shibu K. Nair Thanal Keralam, India - 695 003 Tel - +91-9895182067 / +91-471-2727150 (o) / +91-471-2345962(R) "If you have come to help me, you can go home again. But if you see my struggle as part of your own survival, then perhaps we can work together." - Australian Aborgine Woman -- "Freedom is the only law". 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