Ubuntu desktop configuration wizard (suggestion)

[Sascha Morr]

> I'm new to Ubuntu and I'm missing an important feature:
> 
> Ubuntu desktop configuration wizard
> 
> After the Installation (which is very nice) the user gets the GDM login
> screen and then the Gnome 2.10 desktop.
> 
> But what to do next? There are some things most desktop users will try
> to do after a brand new installation like installing more applications
> and codecs for audio / video, web-plugins, desktop environment settings,
> mounting eventually available windows partitions and so on.
> 
> Users which are new to Linux/Ubuntu/Gnome have to learn, try and search
> to get all these things working which is sometimes good because they
> really learn a lot but I believe most users want to use the system in
> a short time and not spend a bunch of hours searching the web about
> how to do general things after an installation.
> 
> "This should just work" - a graphical wizard that starts after the
> first login to Gnome and asks the user "do you want to use packages
> from the universe and multiverse? explanation ..." would be great.
> 
> Explanation is important but should not be too long - users want to
> work with the os and the applications they usually don't want to learn
> how there are working.
> 
> The wizard should then change settings and execute an apt-get update
> in the background while the wizard asks the next questions.
> 
> Sure this wizard has to be optional and should be as intuitive as
> possible because some people could get annoyed of being asked stupid
> (in their mind) questions by the wizard. So the first question could
> be "Are you a new user to Linux / Unbutu / Gnome?" and based on this
> answer the wizard should pre-select the questions it asks the user.
> 
> An expert could exit the wizard and do everything on his own if he
> wants to so he has affort of one click.
> 
> What do you think about that?

hello,

this is a very good idea! Such a wizzard could install the needed 
languages Packages too. It could ask the user about using universe, 
multiverse or only main repository. Maybe it could change the central 
repository in sources.list to a local repository near the user.

cheers
Sascha