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[Ayatana] Ubuntu welcome center

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Subject: [Ayatana] Ubuntu welcome center
From: Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 12:43:06 +0200
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Hi! I've been thinking about the discussion at UDS concerning the problem with fitting extra content on only one CD. There has been some debating on whether Ubuntu should stick to it's one CD policy or go with a DVD sized installation image or multiple CD's. I myself haven't attented UDS I've just read about it on blogs.

Anyway, the problem seems to be that the 700 MB that one CD offers is very limiting for the Ubuntu developers to be able to ship more default programs, e.g. Unity 2D, though it's also good in forcing developers to create lightweight programs. There are also negative sides to start with a DVD sized image since everyone doesn't have access to a DVD-writer but almost everyone with a computer has a CD-writer. And people have never been fans of having to insert new CD's during installation so I have to proposed two solutions to this problems and my favourite is the "Ubuntu Welcome Center".

Today Windows greets you with a "Welcome Center" on a fresh install and gives the user some options to do some basic configurations with the system. Hardcore users often just closes it and never opens it again but for first time users I believe it could be very helpful. If Ubuntu created a Welcome application with the options to download "Ubuntu Extras" - meaning a meta package with more "default" programs which can't be fit in the "one CD"-installation image. Together with an option to install the "Ubuntu Restricted Extras" which many new users have a hard time figuring out it even exists since it's not mentioned anywhere except for in forums and blog posts. Maybe this can be grouped with some basic configuration options like launchers for the user settings and appearance settings applications.

The other solution I propose which shouldn't really be discussed in Ayatana is to offer one CD-installation image for default Ubuntu, and one DVD-image for "Ubuntu Extended" which could also be installed through the Software Center or the "welcome center".

What do you guys think about the "Welcome Center" idea?

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