This idea is the same as I've already posted http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/9895/. But I was very surprised when they marked it as a duplicate of idea http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/68/ which is obviously for developing some GUIs, while my idea is only asking for inclusion of already existing in the repository package network-manager-pptp in default install (its absence makes pkunzip.zip-like trouble for many users), so I had to open the same idea again and ask not to mark it as duplicate of any GUI development-related ideas.

Most Internet users in Russia, Ukraine and Israel and specifically over 80% of internet users in Moscow and St.Petersburg connect to the Internet via PPTP VPN connection (for example, users of largest Moscow providers Corbina Telecom and NetByNet Holding). Since the package network-manager-pptp, which allows PPTP connection configuration, is not included in the default installation, they need to connect the Internet under Windows or Mac OS X, download the package, resolve the dependencies manually and install it under Linux. This makes it vertually impossible for an average Internet user to switch to Linux after using Windows on home PC, and that's why the ISPs do not provide support for Linux.

There are some fork Ubuntu-based Russian distributions such as Runtu (www.runtu.org) that include the package by default, but I think it would be better it it was included in the mainstream Ubuntu release.

Probably other tools needed for Internet connections such as Wi-Fi drivers etc also should be installed by default.

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