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[Greg Ryman <ryman.greg@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a new user tour I don't think we should focus on installing .deb's. In
fact, using dpkg or apt is far too in depth to be handled in this tour. I
think the software center should be the focus for installing anything.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Jason Cook <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I think we should show how to install from the Software Center as well as a
> .deb.
>
> On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Alexander Lancey <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I had used Mousepad as my example, since it's not very large, and if the
>> user chooses to launch it, they will not have a confusing UI. But it
>> would be easiest to just have our own application with a single message
>> ("This is a sample application"), as long as we can do the "Where is it"
>> thing in the Software Center.
>>
>> On Mon, 2010-09-20 at 17:23 -0400, Jason Cook wrote:
>> > I agree. I think it would be best to install a dummy package, not an
>> > actual application. If we do try this, I suggest having the
>> > application be removed on the next boot event as it is unneeded
>> >
>> > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Alexander Lancey <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote:
>> >         I'd feel safer if it was a dummy package or a text editor or
>> >         something,
>> >         since if the user doesn't want to/can't install it, the tour
>> >         continues.
>> >
>> >
>> >         On Tue, 2010-09-21 at 08:48 +1200, Jason Schwarzenberger
>> >         wrote:
>> >         > I was just thinking. Instead of a sample package that means
>> >         nothing as
>> >         > a install a package tutorial, have the user install a
>> >         package
>> >         > containing the following tours.
>> >         >
>> >         > Just my idea today :P
>> >         >
>> >
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Greg Ryman