This is a really bad idea.  Installing the codecs easily would be fine
with me.  Installing Adobe Flash is an awful idea.  First, the license
for Adobe Flash is not even close to reasonable.  You give up the right
to make proper backups of your system, for example.  Second, Adobe Flash
exposes your system to many vulnerabilities and more are discovered
frequently.  I don't even run Adobe Flash, and don't miss it.  If the
goal is to get Youtube working out of the box, there are better
alternatives.  Firfox 4, which is in Natty supports WebM and Youtube is
moving to that, anyway.  For the old flash videos, a combination of
Greasemonkey, gnash and a greasemonkey script do a pretty good job of
Flash and could be polished up a bit.

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Title:
  Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when
  installing Ubuntu should be selected by default (aka "make Youtube
  work")

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