Indeed... the real shame is that Unity was stopped... it was by far
the best DE I've used over the years (except for maybe old-school
WindowMaker back in the day).


On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 3:05 AM Adolfo Jayme <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It’s a shame this never got addressed when Unity was still relevant.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Triaged => Won't Fix
>
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> Title:
>   None of the slides in Ubiquity give ANY info on how to actually USE
>   Unity
>
> Status in ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu package in Ubuntu:
>   Won't Fix
>
> Bug description:
>   Binary package hint: ubiquity
>
>   I'm doing a desktop install test of Natty and was looking through the
>   slide show and I realized that there is not a single slide warning
>   users that they're about to be faced with a desktop system that no one
>   has ever really used before.
>
>   Unity on netbooks doesn't really count as I think this impacts a far
>   greater number of first time users and will make for a rather
>   unpleasant experience.
>
>   Honestly, I've been using Ubuntu for years and even I have a hard time
>   using Unity.  I can't even being to imagine what a new user or
>   unseasoned user will think when presented with Unity for the first
>   time with no warning or introduction.
>
>   There really should be at least 3 or 4 slides introducing Unity and
>   giving basic usage instructions.  At least enough to get the users
>   going once they finish installing and realise that they no longer have
>   the menu structure and UI format that they are most likely used to.
>
>   Any chance we can get some extra slides in there?
>
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> component=main; status=Won't Fix; importance=Undecided; assignee=None;
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  None of the slides in Ubiquity give ANY info on how to actually USE
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