Strange filenames in Examples folder

[Wouter]

The filenames in the Examples folder of the live-cd must be quite strange for a new user. E.g:
oo-about-ubuntu-ru.rtf
oo-cd-cover.odg
wonderland_ch_01.spx

Why not change them to:
About Ubuntu [Russian]
CD Cover
Alice In Wonderland - Chapter 01

As this could be the first folder users are looking into, it should be as easy for the eyes and mind as possible, imho.

[Roshan Shariff (roshan.shariff)]

I agree. Why not use Linux's support for arbitrary filenames instead of limiting ourselves to lowercase characters, hyphens, and underscores.

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

It was done this way to group files by applications (like OpenOffice), though tastes will differ. We won't change the names for dapper, ut can revisit the topic for edgy.

[Wouter (woutervanwijk-netscape)]

I can understand that, but I think it's clearer for a first time user. It looks more polished I would say. Sad that the examples in Dapper aren't as polished as they could be. It would indeed be good to change them for edgy.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

Dapper has been released now, so I think it's time to revisit the topic. (I was just about to report a duplicate of this bug.)

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

The community team is preparing an update to the example content for Hardy so we should see this fixed in the process.

[Hew (hew)]

Same names still exist in Intrepid.

[Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)]

The correct way to group files by application in a folder is to set the folder to open in "View" > "Arrange Items" > "By Type" by default, not to give them crufty names.

[Endolith (endolith)]

If you're going to include examples, they should actually be *good* examples. Show that you can use spaces and Unicode characters in filenames. Organize them in folders based on their content, not based on the filetype.

[Endolith (endolith)]

How about this for structure and filenames?

.
|-- Derivatives of Ubuntu.doc
|-- Example files
| |-- About Ubuntu [Russian].rtf
| |-- About these files.odt
| |-- Aesop’s Fables, Volume 1 (Fable 1) - The Fox and The Grapes.spx
| |-- GIMP Ubuntu splash screen.xcf
| |-- Kubuntu leaflet (source).svg
| |-- Logos
| | |-- Kubuntu logo (source).svg
| | |-- Kubuntu logo.png
| | |-- Ubuntu logo (source).svg
| | `-- Ubuntu logo.png
| |-- Maxwell's equations.odt
| |-- Payment schedule.ods
| |-- Trigonometric functions.xls
| `-- Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase
| |-- Caravanacid - Patas de trapo.oga
| `-- Stop motion Ubuntu.ogv
|-- Kubuntu leaflet.jpg
|-- Presenting Kubuntu.odp
|-- Presenting Ubuntu.odp
|-- Ubuntu adoption case studies
| |-- Contact Air GmbH.pdf
| |-- Howard County Library.pdf
| |-- KRUU-FM Radio.pdf
| |-- Locatrix Communications.pdf
| |-- Oxford Archaeology.pdf
| |-- Skegness Grammar School.pdf
| |-- The Johns Hopkins University.pdf
| |-- University of Oakland.pdf
| `-- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.pdf
`-- Welcome to Ubuntu.odt

Then instead of being an "Examples" folder in the Home directory, it could be a "Welcome" or "Introduction" folder on the Desktop, for more visibility for newcomers, with Introductory files inside, and then more example files in a subdirectory.

I'm not sure if removing the file extensions is a good idea. Most are recognized fine by magic words, but some (Trigonometric functions.xls) are not.

[Endolith (endolith)]

This was fixed, but it still uses underscores instead of spaces. Why?

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Thanks a lot.

Uploaded and sitting in the archive admin queue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package example-content - 36

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example-content (36) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Timo Jyrinki ]
  * Change symlink into a .desktop file
  * Add I18N infrastructure for the .desktop file using Python (LP: #45489)
  * Move content from root to main and source directories
  * Update Standards-Version (no changes)
  * Update copyright file

  [ Keith Worrell ]
  * oo-derivatives.doc: Added Xubuntu and Edubuntu banners from respective
    web sites to represent distributions in the same manner as Kubuntu within
    the document preserving single page layout.
  * Added banners used in oo-derivatives.doc to ./logos
  * oo-about-these-files: Updated "current" version of OpenOffice
  * oo-presenting-ubuntu.odp: updated slide 3 screenshot to reflect
    a more modern clean ubuntu install
  * Corrected format of case_Wellcome.pdf,
    case_Howard_county_Library.pdf, case_OaklandUniversity.pdf,
    case_oxford_archaeology.pdf
  * Fixed typos (LP: #342362, #209776, #223382)
  * Changed footer logo in certain case files to be more consistant
    where appropriate.

  [ Endolith ]
  * renamed all files to have more recognisable names. (LP: #43558)

  [ Jorge O. Castro ]
  * main/About_These_Files.odt: Update with the new content.
  * Ubuntu_adoption_case_studies/Oakland_University.pdf: Rename pdf from
    "University of Oakland" to the correct "Oakland University".
  * Add winners from the Free Culture Showcase Competition:
    - Invocation.ogg by MoShang,
    - SpiritOfUbuntu.ogv by Robbie Ferguson,
    - CanadianClouds.jpg by m0deth.

  [ Daniel Holbach ]
  * debian/control:
    - drop po-debconf Build-Depends.
    - changed xs-vcs-bzr to vcs-bzr.
    - move python-distutils-extra to Build-Depends-Indep.
  * debian/copyright: updated.
  * main/About_These_Files.odt: more updating.
  * Changed spaces to underscores in Endolith's changes. Moved case studies
    in separate directory.
  * Ubuntu_Free_Culture_Showcase/CanadianClouds.jpg,
    Ubuntu_Free_Culture_Showcase/Invocation.ogg,
    Ubuntu_Free_Culture_Showcase/SpiritOfUbuntu.ogv: embed artist and license
    information.

 -- Daniel Holbach <email address hidden> Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:20:15 +0100

[Endolith (endolith)]

Why were spaces changed to underscores?