Brilliant Brainstorms is a (usually) weekly summary of some of the best/most interesting brainstorms from the Ubuntu Brainstorm site as well as various other Brainstorm-style sites.

The partitioning part of Ubuntu’s installation has gotten a lot prettier, but not a whole lot better. For example, there is a already a fancy bar that shows each partition in a different color, but the color does not correspond to the filesystem type. Worse, the default option suggests the user wipe out all existing operating systems. Just making the other option the default would be a big improvement.

Ubuntu provides professionally-printed CDs to LoCo teams (local Ubuntu user groups) to distribute, but these CDs usually don’t make it for the release day, when many install-fests and release parties are held. It would be great to ship the RC on a professional disc, since it is usually almost the same, but it is available earlier.

Just assigning one desktop background is enough for most people, but it would be even better to have the option of rotating your desktop background. And, although not a coding issue, it would also be great to have multi-screen wallpapers included out of the box for people with 2 or more screens.

It is easy to spend tons of time customizing your desktop and finding the perfect art, only to discover that the brown screen that appears before you reach your desktop looks horrible. Rather than having to change this, why not display a loading screen on the login page and then fade directly into the desktop.

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