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poolie
Asked: 2012-02-03 16:53:07 +0800 CST

Where should people give feedback on Ubuntu?

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Many people have opinions or want to give feedback about Ubuntu. If they are simple bugs with a crash or display corruption, that's fine, they can file in Launchpad.

But, comments about the design or concept of the system are more problematic. They come up all over the place, such as "https://askubuntu.com/questions/64887/some-unity-feedback" in other places that are not really about Unity.

Ideally the answer will be a place where the comments

  • will actually be read by the design team
  • will tend to encourage people to read the existing comments and not post the same thing again and again
  • perhaps will tend to bubble up good solutions rather than strange ideas
  • will not be annoying to people who are trying to use that place for something else
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5 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    As of 2020, the best place to give general feedback is in https://discourse.ubuntu.com/.

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  2. It all depends what kind of bugs you found.

    Here are a few possible problems you can run into and these are the packages against which you can open a bug

    • Dash, Panel, HUD, Expo, Launcher issues --- unity, compiz
    • Kernel specific thing -- Linux
    • If you get errrors when running application, then you should log bugs against glib if the error messages show something like glib, gio, peas. The bug triagers will assign them to correct ones

    If you want to discuss something related to desktop related functionality like System Settings, Applications inclusion etc, then send a mail to [email protected]

    If you want to help out in QA related regression testing, then as you mentioned [email protected] is the best place.

    I would recommend against spending time on brainstorm. There are better ways to provide user feedback.

    If your question is related to foundations of ubuntu like udisk, glib etc, then it is better to post it on [email protected]

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  3. Best Place to improve Ubuntu:

    brainstorm.ubuntu.com.

    Suggest your ideas and ways to improve..

    You can also join Ubuntu Team at launchpad also: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise

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  4. Just got a reply from Brainstorm team (I submitted some feedback regarding Unity design)

    "Unity has an active, ongoing process of designing improvements. You can participate directly in the Unity design process - Unity welcomes lots of different types of participation.

    A very good explanation of how to get involved is at http://design.canonical.com/2012/02/the-unity-design-process-and-how-you-can-play-a-part-in-it/ .

    Since Unity discusses such improvements internally among participants instead of through Brainstorm, I'm closing this idea in Brainstorm. "

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  5. If you have some programming skills then you can help in fixing bug at Launchpad. You can also help translate ubuntu in your language at launchpad.

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