Display a "Welcome to Kubuntu" on first boot

[Scott Kitterman]

On Wednesday, November 09, 2016 08:27:23 PM Valorie Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 7:10 PM, Clay Weber <clay at claydoh.com> wrote:
> > On Thursday, November 10, 2016 2:00:48 AM EST Clive Johnston wrote:
> >> There was some discussion at the end of Yakkety Yak, about maybe
> >> following
> >> the lead of Linux Mint and having a welcome screen on first run which
> >> would
> >> act as a signpost to resources and places to get help or how to
> >> contribute.  I personally like this idea and decided to look into it.
> >> 
> >> I grabbing the code and hacked a bit to basically make it more Kubuntu
> >> branded and pointing to our resources.  So this is were I am up to.
> >> 
> >> https://s16.postimg.org/jngn4afb9/Kubuntu_Welcome.png
> >> 
> >> What do you guys think? Do you like the idea?
> >> 
> >> Clive
> > 
> > Kubuntu has historically refrained from having these pop up and first-run
> > items, and I do not see a reason to change from this policy.
> > 
> > However, having content that appears in the default Folder View plasma
> > widget would be a perfect place for this.
> > 
> > If this sort of item is ever to be added, then really is should be written
> > in qml :)
> > 
> > --
> > Clay Weber
> 
> Hi Clay, I don't recall discussion of providing something like this,
> in the past. Can you recall when it was discussed, and why it was
> decided against?
> 
> In my opinion, the past is one data point. I'd like to see reasons for
> and against. I see:
> 
> Pro - increases our branding, points to help and also to ways to grow
> the community
> 
> Con - it is one more thing we need to maintain

Jonathan was extremely anti first-run dialogues since I got involved in the 
project.  You all are, of course, free to change it, but AFAIK, Kubuntu has 
been no first-run since ~the beginning.  Personally, I've always liked that.

Scott K