[Bug 1037530] Re: first run wizard missing after install

[Evertjan Garretsen]

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Title:
  first run wizard missing after install

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I've taken a look at the"installer design specification" and i think
  one major thing is missing. A post-installation wizard / first run
  wizard. This could be used to postpone actions wich the user does not
  want to do directly on installing or are not possible to do directly
  on installing.

  Some possible scenarios where this would be useful:

  Scenario 1:
  User wants to Install from sync, but password is stored in a password manager he or she cannot access just yet. Or the user forgot the password and can use the normal way of retreiving the password after install and provide it to the first run wizard.

  Scenario 2:
  User just wants to install quickly and postpones some installer options. The "post installation wizard" will notice this an will provide a way to do this at a later time when Ubuntu is already installed.

  Scenario 3:
  After installation in the future options could be provided to sync programm settings like: e-mailsettings, social-media settings, chat settings, .... Without having to alter the installation process

  Scenario 4:
  Detecting all kinds of network attached devices like printers, scanners, NAS'es 

  Scenario 5:
  Provide a way to introduce user to services like Ubuntu one if user is not already on it and help with signing up, same for software center account

  Scenario 6:
  We thank you for installing Ubuntu and we would like to ask you to contribute to the community by testing your system (this will also benefit the user itself for bugs will be reported to friendly.ubuntu.com) and if the user wants to do this run system-testing. Also a option could be provided in system-testing to report non working parts of the computer (for example i have a button on my Asus N56vm which is a quick-launcher in windows, this does not work in ubuntu, but it is nice for friendly.ubuntu.com to know an possibly create a bug-report automatically in launchpad.

  Scenario 7:
  More info about the way the community works and emphasize that everyone can contribute. Explain the ways the users can contribute like translating, reporting bugs, write code, spreading the word, etc.

  I think some of these things are not suitable in the installer, but
  are useful in a "Post installation wizard" which the user can run at
  the time he or she chooses. It could for example contain the options
  "Remind me later" and "skip this wizard".

  Some difficult choices during installation can be postponed

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: 263373e9342a36a14e3a0e16dabf7203
  CheckboxSystem: 4c773cd91921f9618cc2f1893bc1a87a
  Date: Thu Aug 16 13:34:58 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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