Hi > I am making a custom distro with 2 principle > 1) Include Application which are mostly used, so that anybody can use it > without > 2) Changing GUI behavior so that it won't look confusing to new users. > > Target Audience is - School Child up to 12th class > > You can help me in giving suggestions -- > Please not that I do not need suggestion which says ( "use 5 DVD of Debian > Or have those on harddisk and no need to do all these things")
You could make one keeping the Indian user in mind. Its worth an effort. > 1) Suggesting Application which you installed after installing OS. > You can send me list of all installed applications to my email id > on debian/ubuntu system > #dpkg --get-selections > youname_list_of_installed_app.txt > on redhat/fedora > #rpm -qa > youname_list_of_installed_app.txt > (from - > http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-get-list-installed-software-reinstallation-restore.html > ) Debian has been packaging a popularity contest package with its distro since last couple of versions which shall help it know which packages are most used ones. The software mails debian anonymously the list of packages installed with frequency of use etc every week. This helps it know which packages should go to DVD/CD. You might find the statistics useful:- http://popcon.debian.org/ > 2) After making iso image, you can run and play with it to give more > suggestion. Sure. Best Regards Gajendra -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
