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[Jeremy Bicha <jeremy@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>> 2011/5/14 Niklas Rosenqvist <niklas.s.rosenqvist@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> I haven't heard about the Ubuntu Tour project earlier and I think it's
>>>> great initiative! It will be very helpful for new users and people migrating
>>>> from other operating systems. But this still doesn't solve the problem with
>>>> more default applications and how people should learn about the
>>>> ubuntu-restricted-extras package.
>>>>
>>>> How about a simple application that shows some useful information and
>>>> also provides the user with a launcher for the Ubuntu Tour application? I
>>>> made a mockup of how this could look like:
>>>> http://i.imgur.com/pQkYj.jpg

The restricted extras cannot be shipped with Ubuntu nor should they be
overtly encourage to install during install or first boot.

The Ubuntu Extras or whatever you call it already exists as the
Featured Apps section on the front page of the Ubuntu Software Center.
The problem  with making this a one-click metapackage is that there
are a lot of different opinions on what should go there. Should
Evolution/Thunderbird (whichever won't be default in 11.10) be there?
Should Gimp? How about additional games? But which ones?

I highly encourage the Ubuntu Tour proponents to look at the Help
already shipped in Ubuntu 11.04 (which unfortunately is a bit hidden
in the Dash but that should be better in 11.10). A decent amount of
what is wanted may already be possible with that framework. Please
talk to the Ubuntu Documentation Team to reduce duplicating effort.

As an example, the Help tells how to install Flash or play commercial
DVDs, but telling users to blindly install a bunch of non-free codecs
doesn't reflect our values nor our legal responsibilities.

Jeremy Bicha