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Idea #14963: Theme Wizard

Written by tonyzbj42 the 29 Oct 08 at 18:31. Related project: Live CD installer. Status: New
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The impression I get around the Internet is that people either love or hate the default brown theme in Ubuntu.
While we all know that this is easily changed, first impressions do count, so I've had this thought. I don't know if this has already been suggested.
Looking at Linux Mint's way of an introduction 'wizard' when the operating system is first used, how about a similar wizard in Ubuntu where a new user can choose from a pre-selection of themes (blue, dark, etc. in a window similar to the background selection pane (or something).
I think this would prevent the derogatory comments that are being made about in places about Ubuntu being brown, and post install wizards of different nature are not uncommon these days (Pardus, etc.).
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14963
Written by tonyzbj42 the 29 Oct 08 at 18:31.
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Solution #2: 1st Time Boot Up Wizard Menu
Written by adamknox the 15 Sep 09 at 04:51.
I think that after the first installation (or boot in, if it is just a new user), a simple wizard should boot up. Most importantly this wizard should have an "Ask me next time" button.

This wizard can allow the person to pick from a few color themes (I think four is a nice round number) or/and be redirected to user created content online. I think there should be a few matching background images to choose from for each color theme.

I could see this evolving into an option where the user finds a background online and then colors are pulled from the image to create a color theme, but this would still be a huge first step!


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Aphoxema wrote on the 29 Oct 08 at 18:53
This reminds me of all the times I installed Slackware and the KDE wizard came up, I was new the GNU/Linux at the time and that whole thing really captured me, it made me feel like I really did have choices instead of being bound to what I would get by default.

Now, I adore the Ubuntu theme, and I ended up not using KDE anymore because too many options drove me crazy, but I can really appreciate the option to choose a different color scheme, decoration and controls from the get-go.

sharara wrote on the 30 Oct 08 at 09:56
I'm totally agree with you, as a user I like to choose my own theme while I'm installing Ubuntu.

adamknox wrote on the 13 Oct 09 at 05:26
Having an easy link to user created content would be sweet. Searching around on line, and then figuring out how to implement them is confusing.


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