Increasing user base of Ubuntu desktop.

[Stephen Satchell]

On 3/20/22 11:59 PM, Amit wrote:
> Older people and first time users (who don't have much prior experience of
> using computers and also who don't know about different ubuntu flavors)
> will type something like "download ubuntu" in google search to download
> ubuntu.
> 
> When you do this, currently, you will reach the download page of ubuntu
> 29.04.4 lts.
> 
> Most of them will download this image without further research.
> 
> And the GUI in this image does not have applications menu.

Think you have a typo there.  When I try that search I get 20.04.4 
instead of 29.04.04 -- which (the former) is what I'm running.

During my transition from CentOS to Ubuntu, I found a web page of 
recommended customization tasks for a new install.  One of them is the 
Gnome plug-in that provides the categorized drop-down applications menus 
in the top bar that I believe you are referring to.  So the capability 
is there for a full installation via the GUI software installer after 
reboot, but not so much for a launch from a thumb drive or DVD-ROM using 
the distribution ISO.

Amit, are you recommending that Canonical add that plug-in as part of a 
default install/instance of 20.04 et al?