more, Ubiquity Slideshow for Ubuntu

[Dennis Fisher]

This is first ever reply to a mailing list, so please forgive me if I
bungled it up somehow.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Dougie Richardson
<dougierichardson at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 2009/6/15 mac_v <drkvi-a at yahoo.com>:
> > Something Like a "Familiarize yourself to Ubuntu" menu item in the
> > System menu:
>
> If the user is having difficulties finding their way around the menu
> structure then they are unlikely to look under System for a guide.
> Would that not be better suited to an icon on the desktop?  After all
> the circumstance we're discussing is a new user presented with a clean
> desktop wanting to know what to do next - is an icon on the desktop
> saying something like "New to Ubuntu? Start here!" not more intuitive?

I agree with the icon on the desktop (or some other
easily-discoverable place to replay the slideshow)  for a secondary
reason also. If you buy a computer pre-installed with Ubuntu from Dell
or if you get a computer from a friend with it pre-installed, you will
never see the slideshow during the install because you won't see the
install process at all. This would keep the slideshow accessible to
those people who probably will need it even MORE than people with
enough know-how to install in the first place.

--
Dennis Fisher