<div dir="ltr">Jonathan, I think this is a great idea. One of the things I was frustrated with as a new Ubuntu user was, "what do I do now." And I think having this screen to let users know what apps are installed and how to get other apps will help significantly. The screen needs to have an easy way to exit. I hate the Welcome screen in Windows XP, because it doesn't offer a one-click exit for those of us who have installed it dozens of times. This is definitely on the right track. <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 7:49 PM, Jonathan Judah Ben-Joseph <<a href="mailto:jbenjos@fau.edu">jbenjos@fau.edu</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello folks, I have an idea for for an Ubuntu out of box experience. I wrote a blueprint for it here: <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-doc/+spec/ubuntu-oobe" target="_blank">https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu-doc/+spec/ubuntu-oobe</a> Here is the general idea I am going for (not to scale!) _________________________________________ | | | | ________ | Welcome! | | |UBUNTU | | Ubuntu has been | | |LOGO | | installed on your PC. | | --------- | | | | | | | New to Ubuntu? | | | Click here to get | | | started. | |_#1__________|_#2______________________| Quadrant #1 and #2 will be different colors. Any comments, suggestions? -Jonathan -- ubuntu-doc mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-doc@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc</a> </blockquote></div> -- Mike Edwards <a href="mailto:mikeua89@gmail.com">mikeua89@gmail.com</a> </div>