I love GNU/Linux but after many years and forks It still lacks some usability features.

Ubuntu cooks a very interesting operative system because it isn't targeted only for geeks but for people, obviously these suggestions aren't Ubuntu only but involve many communities and people which cooperate to improve this wonderful operative system.

Usability, coherence and powerusers support

1 Copy with ctrl+c and ctrl+⇧+ c coherence

GNU/Linux chose to copy from Unix and Windows, which isn't bad if the implementation is smart, but sometimes you have to break something if you want implement a feature correctly.
Cut-and-paste shortcut on Linux is CTRL+C and CTRL+V everywhere but the terminal which is CTR+⇧+C CTRL+⇧+v. In OSX the CTRL+C is used to stop the applications in the terminal (as an ol' school UNIX boy and Super+C (⌘+C) to copy everywhere)

2 tab midlle close in gtk

Nowdays all web browsers have tabs and everywhere you can close a tab with middle click (clicking the wheel), but since 2007 this features have been reported with a lot duplicates and it has been closed but not resolved :(

3 Terminal autowrap

If you want and autowrap console, you have use an hack :(

Hardware Support

Some years ago managing a server at home was something geeky, something for hackers who wanted to control a web server. Now the evolution of the high tech goes toward the buzz word "Cloud Computing" whatever it means to You, it will involve also the non professional consumer because the data are moving from the Personal Computer to a multitude of devices like tablet, smartphone or media center.

Cloud Services

Often Cloud Computing means services, You can choose to run Microsoft Office, Libre Office (the new OpenOffice.org) or Google Docs, You can own phisically a server or You can buy a remote one (per year or for the time You use it). It depends which is the layer You want to control.

Now lets see some cool reasons why You should consider to manage an home server.

The control and Your Privacy

When you use an external service, You can't control really your data, somebody at Google could read your data, your search queries without your permission and without You will be ever notified. Yes you could add some cryptography on top of your data but it will be harder to access to this data when You are not with your PC (in this case HTTPS could protect the connection but it doesn't protect your data on the remote server).

un momento di ispirazione ci viene in mente un progetto web rivoluzionario, nell'ambiente di sviluppo quasi tutto funziona, quindi vogliano iniziare a condividere su un server pubblico il suo output e il suo sviluppo con persone fidate, che fare?

myproject-local (_running-branch_) ⇆ ☁ myproject.git → myproject (master)

Copiare i file via ftp/ssh/sftp ? nah.. ogni volta vengono sovrascritti molti file uguali, si rischia il timeout e poi non è detto che le configurazioni usate in locale siano le stesse che si usano in remoto.
Rsync ? Già meglio, va bene per le sincronizzazioni o backup, ma non ha le versioni dei file e a volte è più il tempo che perde a generare l'indice dei file cambiati che non tanto il loro trasferimento.
Git ? Siiii! Con qualche accortezza lo si può usare per sincronizzare un progetto tra più persone e mantenere il versioning dei file, vediamo come.

A lot of ultrabook PCs are coming, but which is the best ultrabook of there? I tried the Macbook Air 11'' and I'm surprised how it is well supported by Ubuntu Linux "out of the box".

• Multitouch gestures (3 fingers move window, 4 finger show dock)
• 2 finger scroll (You have to enable it via Mouse settings)
• Unity/Compiz 3D effects
• Webcam (just install "Cheese" via Ubuntu Center)
• Standby/Wake up
• Keyboard backlight, audio, brightness regulation

Unfortunatly one big feature of the MBA is the precise and responsive Multitouch Track Pad. Ubuntu support several features via uTouch, but the rest of the ecosystem is not so ready (e.g You need Touchégg emulation or some other hackish tools to bind the multitouch gestures inside the apps, and 2 finger scrolling is not enabled by default).
Applications like the web browser Chrome run as smooth as osx at the benchmarks, the unique difference is that the video driver provided by Linux doesn't support WebGL.

Sembra un dejà vu, qualcuno si ricorda ancora dei primi netbook con Linpus Linux o il Dell Mini 9 che venivano venduti nei supermercati?

Poi invece di spingere Ubuntu, la distribuzione di GNU/Linux più alla portata di tutti, c'é stato il ritorno a Windows (in versione starter e rimborso di Windows), ma ora i tempi sembrano di nuovo maturi, da Mediaworld è arrivato un nuovo netbook con Linux che è venduto a 199€

Specifiche

Netbook: Asus Eee PC 1011PX
Processor: Intel Atom N455 1.60Ghz
Ram: 1gb
HDD: 250gb
Graphics Adapter: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
Display: 10.1'', 16:10, 1024x600 pixel, no glossy
Batteria: 3 celle
Peso: 1.1kg