Thank you for reassigning the bug.

Yes, the info should really be in the documentation, too.

I have filed this from practice. Many support requests deal with (new,
aka ex windows) users that have installed ubuntu not able to easily
collaborate with other users on their ubuntu installation.

The explanation screen is almost empty when setting up the initial user
account, and the question arises in new users "What,... is this good
for?" The info should not prevent people to get though the installer as
quickly as possible. But it will set the caucious first time installers
right on track, just when they have taken the time to install their
system. (They won't read docs on this later on, but complain about not
being able to collaborate on ubuntu.)

It might be possible to make this even more brief, if for example group
directories will be created with new groups by default.

"ubuntu is linux for humans"
It's not about how to fiddle with unix file permissions, but how to collaborate 
in an debian/ubuntu setting.

FYI the issue of "users not belonging to users group" is now separated out into 
Bug #253103
(Please comment if you think that that is a bug that needs fixing, as there is 
some hesitance.)

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