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Idea #1523: A wizard to help new users know their way around ubuntu

Written by verb3k the 29 Feb 08 at 15:58. Category: Installation. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
New users of ubuntu often feel isolated and uncomfortable with ubuntu because they don't know their way around it. Such tasks as software installation and other areas are in dire need of brief introduction.

This should work as follows:

1-Boot the LiveCD

2-You are asked: "Choose your level:
A.Beginner B.Advanced"

3-If you choose "Advanced" you will proceed as usual.

4-If you choose "Beginner" a wizard opens and shows some valuable information like how software is installed in ubuntu and the like.
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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #1523
Written by verb3k the 29 Feb 08 at 15:58.
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blablum wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 18:53
And give the wizard a cute face, like a little clippy...

maybeway36 wrote on the 12 Mar 08 at 01:02
This should be done after instllation, IMO.

Mophead wrote on the 8 Apr 08 at 21:05
Perhaps this would be good as part of the help files. "Beginning to use Ubuntu."

cheesehead (Brainstorm admin) wrote on the 21 Jul 08 at 01:54
New install web page, help files, irc channel, YouTube videos, forums, Google, etc...we have enough help channels that we don't maintain.

New beginners already know what they want: e-mail, web, word processing, printing, etc. Just make it intuitive and easy. If you need to hold their hand, then they shouldn't be using that OS or app.

dekaru wrote on the 22 Nov 08 at 03:34
This could be a great idea. A complete n00b won't even know that you can't run EXE files on Linux.. they won't know anything about "repositories" or that a lot of applications can be installed through Synaptic.
They also don't know about restricted codecs, they just want to play music.

Ubuntu is a great mainstream distribution and very user friendly, but there is no guidance once the user has given the first step and there should be a little of a "Getting Started" wizard with a few tips about the main concepts which are different in Linux/Ubuntu.

And no, "google it" is not always the answer, as some new users don't know that they can google stuff (yes, it's true, I've seen 'em).

Craig73 wrote on the 23 Dec 08 at 04:30
This shouldn't be a help file - it should be a screen that pops up in front of their face when they first log in.

And also somewhere where they can single-click launch all the new user stuff
- turn on special effects
- add theme's
- import data from other apps
- highlights of this release.


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