Well I don't mind playing planeshift (http://planeshift.it/) :P you know for Demonstration
On Dec 26, 2007 9:58 AM, moayyad sadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose we are going to distribute Ubuntu > > there are two kinds of people > those who classify people into two kinds and those who don't, > just kidding! people who have xDSL Internet connection and those who don't > > for the first kind of people we should show them > who to use synaptic > how to use add/remove menu item from applications menu (main menu in Gnome) > how to show extra application, which are not supported directly by > ubuntu, restricted drivers > how to add medibuntu.org repository and their GPG > from GUI or through the following two commands > # sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list > Then, add the GPG Key: > # wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo > apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update > > tell them about the sites like http://help.ubuntu.com/ http://ubuntuforums.org > ubuntuME google group ..etc. > > tell them the name and the function of main software > Drivers: > nVidia (glx-new, glx, legendary) > ATI > Themes and Desktop candies: > SphereCrystal and/or nuvola > cursers > gdesklets > do any one know about multimedia hotkeys > GL Desktop: > all compiz related, gnome-compiz-manager or something like that > > Wine: > wine and we tell them how to configure it > (what is the new name for winex, I don't suggest it, I suggest wine) > > Multimedia: > Gnome baker (DVD/CD RW) > Gnome CD Master (CD RW) > gst plugins: ugly ffmpeg pitfdll (and the codecs) and maybe nonlinear > xine or gxine > mplayer > flash # player > realplayer > Graphics: > Inkscape > Blender > fontforge > > Multimedia Advanced Editors: > EasyTAG, > ubuntu-studio > Subtitleeditor, > Avidemux, DeVeDe, DVD::rip, sweep, audacity,..etc. > (mencoder and transcode will be installed by dependency) > ...etc. > > Games (no GL): > frozenbubbles, super tux, (a must) > solarwolf, heroes, pingus, (good games) > enigma, atomix, (good puzzles) > freecraft (a must for strategy lovers) > abuse (platform jump, shooting ..etc. ) > barrage (becomes boring later) > Games (needs GL): > tuxracer (a must, but what's its new name ?) > Armegatron or GlTron (same, I suggest the first) > FooBillard or Billard GL (same idea, I suggest the first) > Gl117 (I don't love this kind of games but some do, it's a) > Crack Attack, Chromium, GNUbik puzzle (not good looking but they are > good time killing) > Trackballs or both [neverball and neverputt] (I suggest the later two) > ############# > # I did not try those below but they seems good, you choose > Alien Arena, Open Arena, Enimylines7, > WarZone 2100 (for strategy lovers) > Torcs or Trigger > 3D RPG games: (I consider them all pooring but anyway) > Egoboo > Arkrpg and some of its games > Chess (with GL): > add the 3D support to the already installed glchess (I don't know the > package name) > maybe dream chess but any one use synaptic to search for chess > Dos Emu and Doom: > Dosbox (we tell them how to make it fast) > lxdoom (or any other doom, and we tell them where to put the .WAD) > > Qemu: Qemu and its kernel module (only for advanced people) > and we tell them about pcsx (I tried it and it works for me) > and at last > Development basic and basic docs: > missing info pages > gtk2+devel ..etc. (other by dependency) > Development advanced: > anjuta (or whatever, I don't use IDEs) > Servers: > mysql, apache2, hdcp, etherial, ..etc. > > > and for those who don't have those ADSL Internet like almost every body! > (this is the idea behind shipit because if people in 3rd world have > good Internet they would download linux) > so I suggest we prepare off-line packages for them before the feast, > ready to be taken on their flash Memories or CDs > using this procedure (before the meeting) > > preparing those extra files is simple, one install a fresh ubuntu 7.10 > PC and leave it (ignore any update) > then open synaptic then check kubuntu-desktop and make sure that > dependencies include Kaffein, amaroK > and add koffice > then after installing them, type > mkdir -p ~/pkgs/kde > sudo mv /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb ~/pkgs/kde/ > sudo chown myname ~/pkgs/kde/* > > then move that folder to a flash or something like that then > someone should remove ubunto and reinstall it to get a fresh clean > ubuntu (or let some one do it on another PC) > or even better not to use synaptic but use apt-get --download-only > apt-get --download-only install kubuntu-desktop ...etc. > then MOVE (not copy) the cache to a folder named KDE on the flash > memory, and we still have a fresh clean ubuntu > > then from a clean ubuntu we do the following: > for every software section I have mentioned we make a folder and put > all the packages there > (ie. installing then moving or installing them with --download-only > flag then move them) > KDE/ > Games/ > Wine/ > Multimedia-Basic/ > Multimedia-Advanced/ > ..etc/ > > anyway, this is size efficient because most games have same dependency > (SDL ..etc.) > and most multimedia have common gst.. mplayer, mencoder,..etc. > > and in the feast we show people how to install them by typing > sudo dpkg -i [without enter] > then go to "Games" folder and drag and drop the packages to > the command line then press Enter > > and in case there were some dependency failure I type > find ./ -iname 'lib*something*' > > and I suggest having the new Arabeyes fonts 2.0 ready and having > and having flash plugin tarball as the deb package only work on-line > > that's all, so who is going to do this homework > we may divide it on many of us, > we should do it right, ie. on an out-the-box-ubuntu 7.10 PC or PC64 > (Note: I don't have Internet, I can't help you, > but I did it before on my Ubuntu 7.04, I downloaded several packages > on a system that have net then get it to my home and I installed > whatever I want from them) > > > > > -- Ala'a A. 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