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[Alexander Lancey <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like what we're going for with the Ubuntu Tour

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-tour

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Shane Fagan
<shanepatrickfagan@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> 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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