New User - First impressions

[Allan Kelly]

Dear Quynh Vu Do,

Thankyou! The filter was exactly what I needed. I have never noticed that
before, being a command-line sort of chap.

I wonder if it's possible to have the the "Education" category installed as
a Unity icon?
Pretty much all the new-user issues I experienced would be solved by that.

Cheers, al.

On 22 March 2013 14:20, Quynh Vu Do <vdquynh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
> 2013/3/22 Allan Kelly <allankelly at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi, I'm a long-time Linux user (over 10 years), father and IT
>> professional. My children, aged 6-12, are well used to using Linux. I've
>> just installed edubuntu 12.04.
>>
>> My immediate impression is "what is the difference between this and
>> ubuntu?" - to be honest I can't find any! I think a casual user would give
>> edubuntu about 5 minutes before deleting it. I know what I'm doing, and I
>> got pretty frustrated!
>>
>> Why? Well, the reason I installed it was to give my children an
>> environment filled with educational games and things they need for school.
>> Instead, they get the Unity bar filled with standard office and system
>> settings icons. Finding the educational programs is not possible without
>> knowing what you're looking for. All I could find is gCompris (and which
>> casual user would guess that!?), and that I found by the totally
>> unintuitive "Dash home" -> "Show all applications".
>>
>>
> I have also installed Edubuntu 12.04 but under an LTSP scheme and I do not
> have the Unity desktop. By default I have a classic Gnome desktop with
> menus.
>
> maybe you have to look at the different possible choices that are offered
> at the moment of installation to get this setup.
>
> BTW with Unity and the Dash you can filter applications by categories and
> you certainly have a actegory for educational software under Edubuntu.
>
> Best regards
>
> --
> Vu Do Quynh (M.)
> Hanoi, Vietnam
> Blog personnel: Choses vues et vécues... <http://vdquynh.blogspot.com/>
>
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