Unfortunately, it's just not possible to know what the passwords are for
the accounts you're importing without a lengthy decryption process.
Some usernames from other operating systems are also invalid in Ubuntu,
such as ones with spaces.  In addition to this, the bottom portion of
the the UI also allows you to consolidate the number of users on the
system by letting you import multiple accounts into a single account.
Still, I'd be willing to forfeit that ability and get rid of the bottom
portion of the UI entirely if the other issues did not exist.

The next page (user setup) already lets you do what you suggest.  That
is, you can either select an existing imported user, or create a new
one.  But as I said in my previous comment, this is not easily
discoverable in its current form and either the text should be changed
or the two choices (use an existing user or type in a new one) should be
more cleanly separated, in my opinion.  This is something that can be
considered for 8.04.

No worries about coding abilities.  You'll find that there are plenty of
people involving themselves in the community in a big way by filing or
triaging bug reports, writing specifications, or helping other users.  I
appreciate your, and others, input on the design of migration-assistant.

Thanks.

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complicated ubiquity migration + user import
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