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[Shane Fagan <shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I thought about this a lot but instead of a welcome center id love if
we had a nice tutorial that walks you through how to use unity. So
when you open a fresh install it would ask you if you want the walk
through and then do a series of animations showing how to open the
dash, maybe the shortcut keys, how to use the indicators. So like do
some nice arrows and large tooltips saying what to do. I think the
idea of a welcome center is interesting but I think it wouldnt be as
polished as a tutorial showing them how to use everything, although in
the welcome center it would be really awesome to have a FAQ since lots
of users do get stuck on the same things.

--fagan

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Niklas Rosenqvist
<niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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