tip of the day?

[Shane Handley]

Could this be provided by a panel applet? Possibly active by default on 
a vanilla install. Tips could display on running gnome-panel.

This would serve the 'easy to deactivate/activate' area, applets are 
predictably right-click controllable.

Shane Handley

Dana Olson wrote:

>Well, I am certainly not new to Linux. I am not much of a developer,
>but I certainly would have no need for a tip of the day thingy.
>
>But, I think it is a fabulous idea for Ubuntu, so long as the tips are
>useful to new users, the thing is easy to de-activate and re-activate,
>and it doesn't have a frackin' paper clip or puppy dog mascot... A
>little gnome guy would be ok, though. ;)
>
>I would be willing to contribute some tips as well if this were to
>happen and help was needed.
>
>Dana
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>On 2/8/06, Joseph Method <tristil at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>+1
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>>I think there needs to be a broader conversation about user education
>>as a goal in Ubuntu. This seems to be the central crux of
>>disagreement, whether Ubuntu's goal is to create a user environment
>>that requires no special knowledge or training, or whether Ubuntu's
>>goal is broader--place it under the rubric of "empowerment". It's
>>possible to see the first goal as desirable as a means to encourage
>>adoption, without giving up the second as the ultimate goal. There is
>>also the consideration that there are many implicit skills in using
>>any operating system--in using a computer--that new users simply lack,
>>and that these need to be made explicit, in as many ways as possible.
>>I don't think it's so valid for someone reading a -devel list to say I
>>don't need this completely optional aid, so nix that.
>>
>>On 2/8/06, Alvin Thompson <alvin-ubuntu at thompsonlogic.com> wrote:
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>>>has anyone thought about adding a 'tip of the day' dialog in ubuntu
>>>dapper? it could pop up when you log in to gnome or print when you log
>>>in to the console, and should be trivial to implement.
>>>
>>>obviously, the first tip should explain that there's no root password
>>>and about 'sudo', since that's the most common new user question asked
>>>on the list by far. subsequent tips could explain other common questions
>>>or mention cool features that new users may not realize exist (like tab
>>>completion).
>>>
>>>just a thought,
>>>alvin
>>>
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