Public bug reported:
In the attached screenshot, the "Ready to go"-tab of the Welcome Screen shows a
relatively logical selection of software. However, on my last installation of
Ubuntu 18.04.1, I was shown completely arbitrary and (to me, working as an
administrator for public systems) unknown software choices.
The only two programs I could recognise were Command & Conquer Red Alert 2
(only because I've played this game back in the late 90s) and Inkscape, which
was however oddly placed alone on the second page.
It's good to display new suggestions for yet unknown software to the user, but
without explanations, a whole page of just very specific software is quite
useless, especially to newcomers.
Since the Welcome Screen is mainly aimed at new users, I'd suggest at least one
of the rows to contain popular software that a common user is likely to
recognise from other systems to be aware of the additions especially through
Snaps, e.g. VLC, Discord, Spotify, GIMP, Blender and other common software.
** Affects: gnome-initial-setup (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apps arbitrary software welcome welcome-screen
** Attachment added: "Example of a (relatively) reasonable selection of
software suggestions (maybe even too common)."
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1790359/+attachment/5183709/+files/screenshot.png
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Title:
"Ready to go"-tab displays mostly arbitrary software
Status in gnome-initial-setup package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
In the attached screenshot, the "Ready to go"-tab of the Welcome Screen shows
a relatively logical selection of software. However, on my last installation of
Ubuntu 18.04.1, I was shown completely arbitrary and (to me, working as an
administrator for public systems) unknown software choices.
The only two programs I could recognise were Command & Conquer Red Alert 2
(only because I've played this game back in the late 90s) and Inkscape, which
was however oddly placed alone on the second page.
It's good to display new suggestions for yet unknown software to the user,
but without explanations, a whole page of just very specific software is quite
useless, especially to newcomers.
Since the Welcome Screen is mainly aimed at new users, I'd suggest at least
one of the rows to contain popular software that a common user is likely to
recognise from other systems to be aware of the additions especially through
Snaps, e.g. VLC, Discord, Spotify, GIMP, Blender and other common software.
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