Brilliant Brainstorms is a weekly-ish summary of some of the best brainstorms from the Ubuntu Brainstorm site. In the beginning it may not always come exactly once a week or on the same day, but, if it becomes popular, it should become more regular.

I don’t think anyone likes making backups or checking on the health of their disk, but it is important. Having one GUI to do all of this and more would be great, as long as everything is presented in a way that non-geeks can understand.

Every few releases of Ubuntu, Canonical puts out an “LTS” (long term support) version. These releases are supposed to be more stable and are supported for longer. Unfortunately, you cannot directly upgrade from one LTS to another. That must be fixed.

Although I don’t know anyone who has actually lost data due to pulling out a flash drive too soon, that is not a good reason not to try and prevent it from every happening. I don’t know if it is technically possible to implement this idea at all, but, if it is, it would be great.

One of the best things about Linux is the ability to use a separate partition for /home. If Linux is going to expand, that feature must be available for the average user.

This is just a small thing that bugs me, but I hate it when a distro overwrites my bootloader.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I do not want to know that Linux Kernel 2.3.4.2.3.4.34.232.3.23.2.3.2.3.2…5454. was included in the latest release of Ubuntu. I want to know what that means for the average user. (OK, yes, I am exaggerating and Ubuntu is pretty good about explaining things, but still.)

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