post-install wizard for restricted formats?

[Ed Sutherland]

Thomas Templin wrote:

>On Tuesday 05 April 2005 15:59, David Feldman wrote:
>  
>
>>Ubuntu is a great distro. That it manages to remain cutting-edge
>>and easy to install and use at the same time is impressive, and I
>>like what's been happening to the look & feel in Hoary.
>>
>>Yet I still couldn't recommend it as a good choice for users who
>>want to try Linux but don't have a savvy helper around to get it
>>    
>>
Hoary is just a whisker away from being a mainstream MS alternative. 
I've given several Linux distributions (including Suse and Linspire 5.0) 
trial periods as an alternative on my work computer and Ubuntu came the 
closest to the right mix. My problem was the continued disconnect 
between application developers and operating system. A simple task of 
viewing a PDF file with Adobe PDF reader within Firefox required too 
much research. This is an area where some wizards need to be created.

Ed