Public bug reported:
I've taken a look at the"installer design specification" and i think one
major thing is missing. A post-installation wizard / first run wizard.
This could be used to postpone actions wich the user does not want to do
directly on installing or are not possible to do directly on installing.
Some possible scenarios where this would be useful:
Scenario 1:
User wants to Install from sync, but password is stored in a password manager
he or she cannot access just yet. Or the user forgot the password and can use
the normal way of retreiving the password after install and provide it to the
first run wizard.
Scenario 2:
User just wants to install quickly and postpones some installer options. The
"post installation wizard" will notice this an will provide a way to do this at
a later time when Ubuntu is already installed.
Scenario 3:
After installation in the future options could be provided to sync programm
settings like: e-mailsettings, social-media settings, chat settings, ....
Without having to alter the installation process
Scenario 4:
Detecting all kinds of network attached devices like printers, scanners, NAS'es
Scenario 5:
Provide a way to introduce user to services like Ubuntu one if user is not
already on it and help with signing up, same for software center account
Scenario 6:
We thank you for installing Ubuntu and we would like to ask you to contribute
to the community by testing your system (this will also benefit the user itself
for bugs will be reported to friendly.ubuntu.com) and if the user wants to do
this run system-testing. Also a option could be provided in system-testing to
report non working parts of the computer (for example i have a button on my
Asus N56vm which is a quick-launcher in windows, this does not work in ubuntu,
but it is nice for friendly.ubuntu.com to know an possibly create a bug-report
automatically in launchpad.
Scenario 7:
More info about the way the community works and emphasize that everyone can
contribute. Explain the ways the users can contribute like translating,
reporting bugs, write code, spreading the word, etc.
I think some of these things are not suitable in the installer, but are
useful in a "Post installation wizard" which the user can run at the
time he or she chooses. It could for example contain the options "Remind
me later" and "skip this wizard".
Some difficult choices during installation can be postponed
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-10.10-generic 3.5.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-10-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: 263373e9342a36a14e3a0e16dabf7203
CheckboxSystem: 4c773cd91921f9618cc2f1893bc1a87a
Date: Thu Aug 16 13:34:58 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed
boot=casper quiet splash --
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
(20120425)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise running-unity ubiquity-2.10.16
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first run wizard missing after install
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