Brilliant Brainstorms is a weekly-ish summary of some of the best/most interesting brainstorms from the Ubuntu Brainstorm site.

This week I am going to start something a little different. In addition to the ideas I think are best, I am also going to talk about some ideas that might seem good, but have a less obvious negative side to them. Feedback is appreciated, as always!

Not All Good

While at first it may seem that more artwork is better, and it usually is, I am not always in favor of branding the bootloader. After all, the bootloader is not part of Ubuntu. Right now, the bootloader on my computer is OpenSuse’s, but I run Ubuntu as my main OS. In a situation like this, I find the branding slightly annoying. That is why I favor having a professional, but not branded, bootloader.

Really Brilliant

This is a great example of the kind of innovation Brainstorm-like sites should promote. The idea is to periodically (and optionally) restore everything except your home folder to a “clean” image. Sort of like a less-extreme version of Windows SteadyState.

You might be wondering why I am highlighting a “fix this” “idea.” The reason is that this has been the most popular idea since the first few days of Briainstorm. Yes, it is easier to stay on top once you are on top, but any idea that stays up there this long has to get some attention.

Being able to instantly install a package and have a new theme on your desktop would be really cool and it looks like work is already underway.

To help users (like me) keep their systems clean, it would be nice to be able to just look through your Applications menu and say, “hey, I don’t need that anymore” and just right-click and uninstall.

Believe me, if you have lots partitions, it is a pain to try to figure out which is which based on their sizes alone, so naming them just a little better would help a lot.

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