Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On 2/12/08, 74yrs old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Yesterday, I found solution, by installing Fedora-8 which  *display
> Kannada fonts correctly* - which I never expected.
> At present Ubuntu does not display Kannada fonts correctly.
>
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yes.. Newer version of fedora rocks..

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[74yrs old]

Only Yesterday I had installed Fedora 8.
It is observed that  Character Map used in Ubuntu is different from
Character Map used in Fedora. That much I can say.
Since I am newbie to Linux, I am not in position to locate where the bug
lies.and as such I  suggest  you to use Live Fedeora8 and compare with
Ubuntu.
I hope Ubuntu will rectify earlier.

On Feb 12, 2008 4:01 PM, Parth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Feb 12, 2008 3:17 PM, 74yrs old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Yesterday, I found solution, by installing Fedora-8 which  display
> Kannada
> > fonts correctly - which I never expected.
> > At present Ubuntu does not display Kannada fonts correctly.
>
> If possible can you specify what Fedora uses to display Kannada font
> correctly. If possible can you file a bug regarding the same? Thanks
> in advance
>
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Parth]

On Feb 12, 2008 3:17 PM, 74yrs old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yesterday, I found solution, by installing Fedora-8 which  display Kannada
> fonts correctly - which I never expected.
> At present Ubuntu does not display Kannada fonts correctly.

If possible can you specify what Fedora uses to display Kannada font
correctly. If possible can you file a bug regarding the same? Thanks
in advance



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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[74yrs old]

Yesterday, I found solution, by installing Fedora-8 which  *display Kannada
fonts correctly* - which I never expected.
At present Ubuntu does not display Kannada fonts correctly.
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[74yrs old]

I am 75yrs old senior citizen. For a long time I am depending on Mswindows.
I am NEWBIE to Linux.  Unfortunately NOT programmer, but as user only.
As encouragement and as a hobby I am trying to use ubuntu and other distros
to have hands on experience.
In fact, I am using  only phonetic (like baraha) in MSwindows
to type in Kannada etc. For overaged person like me it is difficult learn
inscript either MSwindows or Linux...


On Feb 7, 2008 7:41 PM, Parthan SR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> 74yrs old wrote:
> > In the interest of  linux users of all Indian languages,
> > it is suggested that _/Ubuntu India Local Community/_ to approach  Sri
> Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan  for his
> > help/valuable guidance  to create Baraha in Linux. His contact
> information (as in BarahaIME1.0) are furnished below:
> >
> > /*Contact information*/
> >
> > /*If you want any help regarding Baraha or you have any
> suggestions/comments, _feel free to contact_... */
> >
> > /*Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan
> > e-mail:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] */
> >
> Dear (whom so ever you are) 74yrs old,
>
> We have been noticing of your repeated mails on "Baraha system". Though
> we accept the fact that it might be of importance, which me might fail
> to see, what makes us wonder is why you aren't volunteering to take
> whatever you are asking us to do. If you already have a knowledge about
> the system you are speaking of, please start the work on it and we will
> try to help whatever we can.
>
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Parthan SR]

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74yrs old wrote:
> In the interest of  linux users of all Indian languages,
> it is suggested that _/Ubuntu India Local Community/_ to approach  Sri
Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan  for his
> help/valuable guidance  to create Baraha in Linux. His contact
information (as in BarahaIME1.0) are furnished below:
>
> /*Contact information*/
>
> /*If you want any help regarding Baraha or you have any
suggestions/comments, _feel free to contact_... */
>
> /*Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan
> e-mail:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] */
>
Dear (whom so ever you are) 74yrs old,

We have been noticing of your repeated mails on "Baraha system". Though
we accept the fact that it might be of importance, which me might fail
to see, what makes us wonder is why you aren't volunteering to take
whatever you are asking us to do. If you already have a knowledge about
the system you are speaking of, please start the work on it and we will
try to help whatever we can.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[74yrs old]

In the interest of  linux users of all Indian languages,
it is suggested that *Ubuntu India Local Community* to approach  Sri
Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan  for his
help/valuable guidance  to create Baraha in Linux. His contact information
(as in BarahaIME1.0) are furnished below:

*Contact information*

*If you want any help regarding Baraha or you have any suggestions/comments,
feel free to contact... *

*Sheshadrivasu Chandrasekharan
e-mail:- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Feb 7, 2008 2:55 PM, Ramnarayan. K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> On Jan 23, 2008 4:29 PM, 74yrs old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > *Reg: support for major  Indian Languages:*
> > At  present,  baraha  type(phonetic keyboard layout - for all Indian
> > languages)  used  in MSwindows  are not  available  in  Linux or  Ubuntu  In
> > Kannada,  fonts are not  displayed  properly nor phonetic keyboard (similar
> > to baraha of MSwindows) available  in  Ubuntu
> > It would be nice to develop stable baraha type in Linux for all Indian
> > languages earliest possible. for which users will be thankful to you all.
> >
>
> Ah finally a real life problem for some of the over eager developers to
> work on
>
> any takers to this "challenge"
>
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Ramnarayan . K]

On Jan 23, 2008 4:29 PM, 74yrs old <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> *Reg: support for major  Indian Languages:*
> At  present,  baraha  type(phonetic keyboard layout - for all Indian
> languages)  used  in MSwindows  are not  available  in  Linux or  Ubuntu  In
> Kannada,  fonts are not  displayed  properly nor phonetic keyboard (similar
> to baraha of MSwindows) available  in  Ubuntu
> It would be nice to develop stable baraha type in Linux for all Indian
> languages earliest possible. for which users will be thankful to you all.
>

Ah finally a real life problem for some of the over eager developers to work
on

any takers to this "challenge"

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[74yrs old]

*Reg: support for major  Indian Languages:*
At  present,  baraha  type(phonetic keyboard layout - for all Indian
languages)  used  in MSwindows  are not  available  in  Linux or  Ubuntu  In
Kannada,  fonts are not  displayed  properly nor phonetic keyboard (similar
to baraha of MSwindows) available  in  Ubuntu
It would be nice to develop stable baraha type in Linux for all Indian
languages earliest possible. for which users will be thankful to you all.


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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Parthan SR]

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Bhavani Shankar R wrote:
> @Kingsly..
> Let me put it straight..
> I was not telling I am contributing to Gobuntu.. I was just saying Its
based on the Gobuntu Idea
> with support for major  Indian Languages.. Let me put these questions
to you:
> Do you contribute to ubuntu actively enough?
> If yes.. Show me your Launchpad page with any sort of contribution..
> If no, why dont you open up a page and start active contribution rather
than finding holes in doughnuts..?
> If you decide not to contribute then tell me the reason as to why are
you here with a ton of criticisms for whatever the others do?
> If you tell you are under work pressure cant do it on a regular basis I
will show you a number of examples in our community who are working but
still actively contributing to debian and ubuntu in whichever way they can..
> Lastly, Dont flame, If you dont have the time on your hands to
contribute.. Please let interested people contribute.
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> It makes great sense to have some common sense..!
And will you ever read the Mailing List Guidelines and follow
netiquettes  of  chopping off  parts from previous mails and quoting 
only directly related parts to which you are answering? Half of your
mails end up in admin's box because you are including too much quoted
content in your replies.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Jan 22, 2008 7:56 PM, Hardeep Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I've been a member of this group for a few weeks now, this is my first
> mail
> to the group. I got acquainted to Linux only a few months back and i've
> tried Ubuntu 7.04, Xubuntu, Mandriva and Ubuntu 7.10 (which is currently
> dead again, lol). Its nice to know we have so many Developers in this
> group
> who can really 'create' stuff.
>
> To me, an Indian version of Ubuntu sounds like a nice idea (i know its
> easier said than done) but I think we Indians should get something to brag
> about on Linux front. An Indian version may not necessarily mean the same
> Distro recoloured to Orange, White and Green, if the brainies around here
> can create something thats stable, innovative, easy to use, free and
> branded
> as INDIAN, I'm sure Indian PC retailers who give away pirated Windows
> copies
> to PC buyers (there's no other easy choice) would easily convert to Linux,
> making this distribution an Instant hit and the creators, instantly
> famous.
>
> Come to think of it, how many Indians (and I mean Mass market average
> users
> here) you know who have linux on their PCs and know how to use Linux, i
> think its a huge opportunity and people here can utilize it. :-) But
> again,
> its just my opinion, if you feel its too much for a first mail, sorry.
> lol,
> :-))
>
> Regards,
>
> Hardeep Singh
>
>
>
> - Original Message -----
> From: "Kingsly John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Ubuntu India Local Community" 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?
>
>
> > +++ Bhavani Shankar R [2008-01-22 09:52:40]:
> >
> >> Yes.. By the term free I meant to say.. Ref:
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobuntu
> >>
> >> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> >>
> >> and the whole distro should be based on only free software including
> the
> >> translations...(which is of course free)
> >
> > Which brings the question again .. why do you need another distro? How
> > will
> > it be different from Gobuntu ?
> >
> > Why can't you contribute whatever "Indian" stuff you guys are harping
> > about for the past week to Gobuntu ..
> >
> > Did you try to contribute to Gobuntu?
> > If No, why not ?
> > If Yes, Did you get rejected ?
> > If you got rejected, what was the reason for rejection?
> >
> > Kingsly
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@Kingsly..
Let me put it straight..
I was not telling I am contributing to Gobuntu.. I was just saying Its based
on the Gobuntu Idea
with support for major  Indian Languages.. Let me put these questions to
you:
Do you contribute to ubuntu actively enough?
If yes.. Show me your Launchpad page with any sort of contribution..
If no, why dont you open up a page and start active contribution rather than
finding holes in doughnuts..?
If you decide not to contribute then tell me the reason as to why are you
here with a ton of criticisms for whatever the others do?
If you tell you are under work pressure cant do it on a regular basis I will
show you a number of examples in our community who are working but still
actively contributing to debian and ubuntu in whichever way they can..
Lastly, Dont flame, If you dont have the time on your hands to contribute..
Please let interested people contribute.
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Hardeep Singh]

Hi Guys,

I've been a member of this group for a few weeks now, this is my first mail 
to the group. I got acquainted to Linux only a few months back and i've 
tried Ubuntu 7.04, Xubuntu, Mandriva and Ubuntu 7.10 (which is currently 
dead again, lol). Its nice to know we have so many Developers in this group 
who can really 'create' stuff.

To me, an Indian version of Ubuntu sounds like a nice idea (i know its 
easier said than done) but I think we Indians should get something to brag 
about on Linux front. An Indian version may not necessarily mean the same 
Distro recoloured to Orange, White and Green, if the brainies around here 
can create something thats stable, innovative, easy to use, free and branded 
as INDIAN, I'm sure Indian PC retailers who give away pirated Windows copies 
to PC buyers (there's no other easy choice) would easily convert to Linux, 
making this distribution an Instant hit and the creators, instantly famous.

Come to think of it, how many Indians (and I mean Mass market average users 
here) you know who have linux on their PCs and know how to use Linux, i 
think its a huge opportunity and people here can utilize it. :-) But again, 
its just my opinion, if you feel its too much for a first mail, sorry. lol, 
:-))

Regards,

Hardeep Singh



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From: "Kingsly John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?


> +++ Bhavani Shankar R [2008-01-22 09:52:40]:
>
>> Yes.. By the term free I meant to say.. Ref:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobuntu
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
>>
>> and the whole distro should be based on only free software including the
>> translations...(which is of course free)
>
> Which brings the question again .. why do you need another distro? How 
> will
> it be different from Gobuntu ?
>
> Why can't you contribute whatever "Indian" stuff you guys are harping 
> about for the past week to Gobuntu ..
>
> Did you try to contribute to Gobuntu?
> If No, why not ?
> If Yes, Did you get rejected ?
> If you got rejected, what was the reason for rejection?
>
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek Khurana]

On Jan 22, 2008 6:22 AM, Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


>
> Did you try to contribute to Gobuntu?
> If No, why not ?
> If Yes, Did you get rejected ?
> If you got rejected, what was the reason for rejection?
>

 A try, catch and finalize block is more suitable than so many conditions :p



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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Gaurish Sharma]

I think instead of making another Distro or flock based upon Ubuntu, i 
suggest to make a addon pack with all customizations required for Indian 
context like codecs( as bundling codecs is legal in india) and other 
such which may be later decided upon. for example we can look at Ubuntu 
studio.
By this we would have the following advantages:-

1) Don't have to care about maintaining packages, fixing bugs & most 
important providing security updates

2) what all customization you would require can be done with the 
resources we currently have

I would suggest, a add on cd upon existing Ubuntu install ion but  
remaining compatible with Ubuntu will be a challenge.

maybe i am wrong somewhere( please correct me), but i am not so 
experience as you guys are, so i can't code :(


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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Kingsly John]

+++ Bhavani Shankar R [2008-01-22 09:52:40]:

> Yes.. By the term free I meant to say.. Ref:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobuntu
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> 
> and the whole distro should be based on only free software including the
> translations...(which is of course free)

Which brings the question again .. why do you need another distro? How will
it be different from Gobuntu ? 

Why can't you contribute whatever "Indian" stuff you guys are harping about for 
the past week to Gobuntu .. 

Did you try to contribute to Gobuntu?
If No, why not ?
If Yes, Did you get rejected ?
If you got rejected, what was the reason for rejection?

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Jan 21, 2008 11:00 PM, Vivek Khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2008 4:51 PM, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Frankly I wasn't expecting so much resistance. Why is everyone so much
> > opposed to the idea of a new ubuntu flavor ? If Ubuntu muslim edition,
> > christian edition, satan , ultimate, fluxubuntu can co-exist then what's
> > the problem in a new Indian edition ?
>
> Because you guys have failed to provide anything which is unique and
> requires a new distro. What you guys are looking for is minor
> modification to existing distros and this can be attained by creating
> a package (most of the suggestions only require a config change)
>
> >
> > Ubuntu is not the only linux distribution. There are other -RedHat,
> > Mandriva, Debian, Gentoo ...and each has its own user base. If everyone
> > started to think like this then only 1 distro would be maintained
> > (*patched*), the rest would should be discarded. Infact if that was the
> > case then ubuntu itself should not have started (after all debian was
> > already available and ubuntu is its derivative).
>
>  They all exist because they package things differently. There are
> noticeable differences between ubuntu and debian.
>
> >
> > Distrbution is "just" an assembly of existing software ..so how can u
> > call this reinvention of wheel ? Moreover, I'm not talking of compiling
> > everything from scratch but only to use fewer ubuntu packages, and
> > certain modifications to make it more functional.
> >
>
>  Which modifications ? What you guys are suggesting can be atained by
> extending exiting distro, so why spend so much time trying to build a
> new distro, port security packages etc.
>
> > In any case these are my views and I'll be going ahead with these.
>
>  Sure, no one is stopping you from creating a new distro. If you have
> the time to create distro, maintain packages, troubleshoot problems,
> provide support and more importantly port security packages regularly
> ...
>  Are you game for this ?
>
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Yes.. By the term free I meant to say.. Ref:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobuntu

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

and the whole distro should be based on only free software including the
translations...(which is of course free)
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

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Vivek wrote:
> Frankly I wasn't expecting so much resistance. Why is everyone so much
> opposed to the idea of a new ubuntu flavor ? If Ubuntu muslim edition,
> christian edition, satan , ultimate, fluxubuntu can co-exist then what's
> the problem in a new Indian edition ?
This is not resistance. This is how things work in the FOSS world. If
you want people to participate in something which you call "new", prove
us it is new and worth putting our time in that. Else, we know things
which work and we will rather put our time on it to make it work better.
Because we have been contributing to Ubuntu since Warty days, we know
how mammoth a task is to maintain such a project and keep it going. We
do not want to start another Ubuntu fork for just the sake of few and
let it be orphaned in future.
>
> Ubuntu is not the only linux distribution. There are other -RedHat,
> Mandriva, Debian, Gentoo ...and each has its own user base. If everyone
> started to think like this then only 1 distro would be maintained
> (*patched*), the rest would should be discarded. Infact if that was the
> case then ubuntu itself should not have started (after all debian was
> already available and ubuntu is its derivative).
Ubuntu started because people felt Debian was not good enough for a
not-exposed-to-linux desktop user. They wanted to make a desktop which
still takes the best things of Debian but in rather a simplified
your-grandma-can-use-it form. Mandrivia, Debian, Gentoo, Fedora are
gaints as a project as Ubuntu is. Do you have any clue about how much of
contribution goes into each of that project? How much the contributors
struggle to keep them alive and updated? Do you know the
"we-want-more-contributors" cry from each of the project? If you have
any clue of that, you will think a dozen times before wishing to start a
new distribution, even if it is a fork of something.
>
> Distrbution is "just" an assembly of existing software ..so how can u
> call this reinvention of wheel ? Moreover, I'm not talking of compiling
> everything from scratch but only to use fewer ubuntu packages, and
> certain modifications to make it more functional.
Distributing is not just taking bits and pieces from here and there, put
it together and give it. If that's your idea about distribution, then am
afraid people in this list are not even going to hear more about new
distribution from you. Ubuntu is not formed from debian by just taking
packages from Debian and assembling it together. We have a unique
development process, which is similar yet quire different from that of
Debian.

If you talking about forking certain projects and creating a new Ubuntu
derivative, by adding these packages instead of Ubuntu ones then please
be specific about what are those, what things you do not feel good about
it, can't those be done in the Ubuntu package itself? if not why? Who
are the probable users of your new derivative? who is going to maintain
the packages in future? what is the infrastructure to maintain them? How
are you going to expose and motivate people to use your derivative than
the standard Ubuntu distribution which is much more supported and has a
huge user and developer base? We have been a part of Ubuntu community
for long and we know what's up with such a project.

Every project has shortcoming, we have to rather see how to fill it up
rather than forking until and unless the project is not flexible enough
to do so. IMHO, Ubuntu has always been flexible with its contributors
and users.
>
> In any case these are my views and I'll be going ahead with these.
You are welcome to and good luck.

@Bhavani Shankar,
I agree with your idea of a completely "Free" Ubuntu derivative, but
there already exists one. But, there are few questions regarding real
time state of such derivatives, especially for Indian users for whom all
they want is play songs, play movies which are in prop format. How are
you going to satisfy them with your "Free" distribution? If they aren't
you focus, who is?

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek Khurana]

On Jan 21, 2008 4:51 PM, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Frankly I wasn't expecting so much resistance. Why is everyone so much
> opposed to the idea of a new ubuntu flavor ? If Ubuntu muslim edition,
> christian edition, satan , ultimate, fluxubuntu can co-exist then what's
> the problem in a new Indian edition ?

Because you guys have failed to provide anything which is unique and
requires a new distro. What you guys are looking for is minor
modification to existing distros and this can be attained by creating
a package (most of the suggestions only require a config change)

>
> Ubuntu is not the only linux distribution. There are other -RedHat,
> Mandriva, Debian, Gentoo ...and each has its own user base. If everyone
> started to think like this then only 1 distro would be maintained
> (*patched*), the rest would should be discarded. Infact if that was the
> case then ubuntu itself should not have started (after all debian was
> already available and ubuntu is its derivative).

 They all exist because they package things differently. There are
noticeable differences between ubuntu and debian.

>
> Distrbution is "just" an assembly of existing software ..so how can u
> call this reinvention of wheel ? Moreover, I'm not talking of compiling
> everything from scratch but only to use fewer ubuntu packages, and
> certain modifications to make it more functional.
>

 Which modifications ? What you guys are suggesting can be atained by
extending exiting distro, so why spend so much time trying to build a
new distro, port security packages etc.

> In any case these are my views and I'll be going ahead with these.

 Sure, no one is stopping you from creating a new distro. If you have
the time to create distro, maintain packages, troubleshoot problems,
provide support and more importantly port security packages regularly
...
 Are you game for this ?

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek]

Frankly I wasn't expecting so much resistance. Why is everyone so much
opposed to the idea of a new ubuntu flavor ? If Ubuntu muslim edition,
christian edition, satan , ultimate, fluxubuntu can co-exist then what's
the problem in a new Indian edition ? 

Ubuntu is not the only linux distribution. There are other -RedHat,
Mandriva, Debian, Gentoo ...and each has its own user base. If everyone
started to think like this then only 1 distro would be maintained
(*patched*), the rest would should be discarded. Infact if that was the
case then ubuntu itself should not have started (after all debian was
already available and ubuntu is its derivative).

Distrbution is "just" an assembly of existing software ..so how can u
call this reinvention of wheel ? Moreover, I'm not talking of compiling
everything from scratch but only to use fewer ubuntu packages, and
certain modifications to make it more functional.

In any case these are my views and I'll be going ahead with these.


 



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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Roshan]

On Monday 21 January 2008 10:56, Vivek wrote:

[some-info]
I'm not a active contributor, I express my simple thoughts below. 

> Is there no interest in development of new
> features ? new functionality (or more usable/discoverable) not found
> in other ubuntu distributions ?

I assume, if development has to be considered, and if one is technically 
inclined, one could rather, send patches for existing bugs that have 
remained un-patched. Ofcourse, one would have to submit them directly 
to the developers / people associated with the software. 
They probably believe in "Show me the Code" :)

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Lut4rp]

> different wallpaper, different theme, sounds & possibly diff icon.
> Different default services, different default set of installed
> packages.Indian calendar + list of holidays.  Claws as default client
> rather than hte evolution monster... and many others.

Have you seen this project page? http://ubuntu-in.org/wiki/UbuntuIndiaSystemLook

> I'm not talking just abt different window manager but a better and
> friendlier linux distro based on ubuntu.

Im sorry, but if this is the case, then its a _totally_ new thing
altogether. As Parthan clarified earlier, maintaining new packages
itself is a mammoth task. Creation of a new distro altogether? Its
re-inventing the wheel. But, then again, if you _do_ have the
manpower, time and will to do so, you might find takers for your idea
:) just my opinion!

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek Khurana]

On Jan 21, 2008 2:35 PM, Bhavani Shankar R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2008 7:54 PM, Vivek Khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 21, 2008 2:13 PM, Bhavani Shankar R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have put up couple of my ideas on the project page:
> > >
> > > http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Projects#Projects
> > >
> > >  Have a look... any comments welcome..
> >
> > Going by the requirement put up on the wiki, I think you should
> > contact indlinux team instead.
> > Also, when all the language packs/translations are available then why
> > we need a different distro. We can dummy package which will force
> > installation of required language packs/translations/fonts etc and
> > setup the user preferred language as default, during post install
> > config.
> >  IMHO i do not see any reason to create a new distro.
> >  Ubuntu packagers can shed more light into this.
>
> OK.. But I m looking for a free variant of ubuntu  like Gobuntu...which
> meets FSF's 4 freedoms..

 Well if we take the package's route, then same package will work on
gobuntu too. All work regarding Indian localization is already FREE
(correct me if I am wrong)

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Jan 21, 2008 7:54 PM, Vivek Khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2008 2:13 PM, Bhavani Shankar R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I have put up couple of my ideas on the project page:
> >
> > http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Projects#Projects
> >
> >  Have a look... any comments welcome..
>
> Going by the requirement put up on the wiki, I think you should
> contact indlinux team instead.
> Also, when all the language packs/translations are available then why
> we need a different distro. We can dummy package which will force
> installation of required language packs/translations/fonts etc and
> setup the user preferred language as default, during post install
> config.
>  IMHO i do not see any reason to create a new distro.
>  Ubuntu packagers can shed more light into this.
>
> regards
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OK.. But I m looking for a free variant of ubuntu  like Gobuntu...which
meets FSF's 4 freedoms..

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek Khurana]

On Jan 21, 2008 2:13 PM, Bhavani Shankar R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have put up couple of my ideas on the project page:
>
> http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Projects#Projects
>
>  Have a look... any comments welcome..

Going by the requirement put up on the wiki, I think you should
contact indlinux team instead.
Also, when all the language packs/translations are available then why
we need a different distro. We can dummy package which will force
installation of required language packs/translations/fonts etc and
setup the user preferred language as default, during post install
config.
 IMHO i do not see any reason to create a new distro.
 Ubuntu packagers can shed more light into this.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Jan 21, 2008 6:56 PM, Vivek Khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2008 1:06 PM, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Why does it have to be India specific? Why shouldn't the rest of the
> world
> > > benefit from your ideas?
> >
> > Why can't be India specific ? Even if it is (will be) designed to be
> > India specific, it's still open source - anyone can have it.
>
>  Dear, this is what we are asking you to do. "Jot down what you think
> is India specific by creating a wiki page. If you can show us that
> there is considerable difference between standard *buntu distros and
> your feature request, we can have a discussion on how to implement
> your suggestions"
>
>  But first tell us what is India specific ?
>
> regards
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I have put up couple of my ideas on the project page:

http://www.ubuntu-in.org/wiki/Projects#Projects

Have a look... any comments welcome..
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek Khurana]

On Jan 21, 2008 1:06 PM, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Why does it have to be India specific? Why shouldn't the rest of the world
> > benefit from your ideas?
>
> Why can't be India specific ? Even if it is (will be) designed to be
> India specific, it's still open source - anyone can have it.

 Dear, this is what we are asking you to do. "Jot down what you think
is India specific by creating a wiki page. If you can show us that
there is considerable difference between standard *buntu distros and
your feature request, we can have a discussion on how to implement
your suggestions"

 But first tell us what is India specific ?

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 17:39 +0530, Kingsly John wrote:
> +++ Vivek [2008-01-21 05:54:38]:
> 
> > Have u tried XUBUNTU ? It's touted to be lightweight alternative to
> > ubuntu but my personal experience has been very different. Most of the
> > time it relies on Gnome packages. Other than a different window
> > manager , and thunar there's not much different between them. It's based
> > on GTK2 and relies on many gnome packages. It definitely uses "less"
> > resources but isn't that light.
> 
> XFCE doesn't *depend* on any Gnome Packages, now if you need a particular
> gnome package.. obviously those will depend on Gnome packages.
xubuntu is more than just XFCE. Ever used xubuntu wihtout gnome-vfs ?
firewall in XFCE (there's firestarter but again it has *gnome* deps)??
> 
> Creating a distro isn't a trivial task.. involves a LOT of overhead in
> packaging/testing/QA etc... just look at the different levels of "polish" in
> the various *buntu distributions itself.

That simply means you're not interested. Linux mint began as an ubuntu
fork.

> 
> > Fluxbox: There's already a fluxubuntu distribution.
> > 
> > I'm not talking just abt different window manager but a better and
> > friendlier linux distro based on ubuntu.
> 
> Why don't you list what you think is broken with Ubuntu and work with the
> "official" developers to get things fixed? 
Did I mention anything broken ? 

> 
> Why does it have to be India specific? Why shouldn't the rest of the world
> benefit from your ideas? 

Why can't be India specific ? Even if it is (will be) designed to be
India specific, it's still open source - anyone can have it.


> 
> Don't let imaginary lines in the sand limit your ideas.
What was that for ???

> 
> The reason the localisation effort seems to be highlighted is because someone
> from China or Brazil isn't qualified to be doing "Indian" language
> translations.
another reason "could" be that nobody's doing any development work.
> 
> There are Indians contributing to Ubuntu under various roles.. 
I don't doubt that 

> but they
> don't need to do it under Ubuntu-IN, 
why ? are they prevented from doing so ? most likely they share they
vision/ideas and hence want to join the effort.

> because it's more efficient to directly
> work with the main developers than to work independently of them.
That's untrue. A team has to share the goals in order to work
efficiently. If you don't agree with the mainstream developers then it's
better to branch.
 
> 
> Kingsly
> 
Are u always so cynical ? :D


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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Kingsly John]

+++ Vivek [2008-01-21 05:54:38]:

> Have u tried XUBUNTU ? It's touted to be lightweight alternative to
> ubuntu but my personal experience has been very different. Most of the
> time it relies on Gnome packages. Other than a different window
> manager , and thunar there's not much different between them. It's based
> on GTK2 and relies on many gnome packages. It definitely uses "less"
> resources but isn't that light.

XFCE doesn't *depend* on any Gnome Packages, now if you need a particular
gnome package.. obviously those will depend on Gnome packages.

Creating a distro isn't a trivial task.. involves a LOT of overhead in
packaging/testing/QA etc... just look at the different levels of "polish" in
the various *buntu distributions itself.

> Fluxbox: There's already a fluxubuntu distribution.
> 
> I'm not talking just abt different window manager but a better and
> friendlier linux distro based on ubuntu.

Why don't you list what you think is broken with Ubuntu and work with the
"official" developers to get things fixed? 

Why does it have to be India specific? Why shouldn't the rest of the world
benefit from your ideas? 

Don't let imaginary lines in the sand limit your ideas.

The reason the localisation effort seems to be highlighted is because someone
from China or Brazil isn't qualified to be doing "Indian" language
translations.

There are Indians contributing to Ubuntu under various roles.. but they
don't need to do it under Ubuntu-IN, because it's more efficient to directly
work with the main developers than to work independently of them.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Jan 21, 2008 4:24 PM, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 15:40 +0530, Parthan SR wrote:
> > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> > Hash: SHA1
> >
> > Vivek wrote:
> >
> > > > Indian Edition means ubuntu edition made especially for India.
> Wasn't
> > > > difficult to answer :P.
> > Sorry, still I do not get it?
>
> different wallpaper, different theme, sounds & possibly diff icon.
> Different default services, different default set of installed
> packages.Indian calendar + list of holidays.  Claws as default client
> rather than hte evolution monster... and many others.
>
> > > > IMHO, the existing ubuntu distribution isn't a very good option for
> > > > people with poor net connection or old PCs. Even without any thing
> nifty
> > > > running, ubuntu takes about 200mb of RAM on my system. At my home, I
> > > > still use an old system with 256mb RAM. I believe similar would be
> the
> > > > case with many households. With such mem usage, system would just
> crawl.
> > > > It's just a thought, but I believe that it's very important to make
> > > > ubuntu a bit leaner.
> > Xubuntu?
>
> Have u tried XUBUNTU ? It's touted to be lightweight alternative to
> ubuntu but my personal experience has been very different. Most of the
> time it relies on Gnome packages. Other than a different window
> manager , and thunar there's not much different between them. It's based
> on GTK2 and relies on many gnome packages. It definitely uses "less"
> resources but isn't that light.
>
> Fluxbox: There's already a fluxubuntu distribution.
>
> I'm not talking just abt different window manager but a better and
> friendlier linux distro based on ubuntu.
>
> > Yes, you can use Ubuntu to create your own custom distros, may
> > be using WMs like fluxbox which are comparatively lighter to a GNOME or
> > KDE based Ubuntu. But, at the end of the day the question is who is
> > going to maintain the packages for them?
>
> > IMHO, we can try contributing
> > to existing packages and packaging them for the latest upstream version
> > than doing something like this.
>
> > > > Yes, I was referring to development of new as well as improvement of
> > > > existing features. there's still a lot of scope for improvement in
> > > > ubuntu.
> > Yes sure, If you have any new idea of a cool app propose it, there will
> > be some one in this list who wants to join and make it. We had some
> > projects started in our team, but as we have become more and more
> > occupied with our job we are not able to be active. Would you like to do
> > something? Please propose, we were here to help you :)
> > > > Apparently, I'm wrong - the group focuses more on promotion rather
> than
> > > > development.
> > >
> > AFAIK, we have never done any promotion till now. I am eager to know
> > what made you conclude on that?
> > Disclaimer: The Ubuntu India Loco team has nothing to do with the "Ubunt
> > India Promoters" group in Launch Pad, as of now.
>
> Thanks for that clarification.
>
> Cheers,
> Vivek
> >
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Hello
If you are interested in developing an Indian Edition of ubuntu ref:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndubuntuTeam

Looking Forward to your support..


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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 15:40 +0530, Parthan SR wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> Vivek wrote:
> 
> > > Indian Edition means ubuntu edition made especially for India. Wasn't
> > > difficult to answer :P.
> Sorry, still I do not get it?

different wallpaper, different theme, sounds & possibly diff icon.
Different default services, different default set of installed
packages.Indian calendar + list of holidays.  Claws as default client
rather than hte evolution monster... and many others.

> > > IMHO, the existing ubuntu distribution isn't a very good option for
> > > people with poor net connection or old PCs. Even without any thing nifty
> > > running, ubuntu takes about 200mb of RAM on my system. At my home, I
> > > still use an old system with 256mb RAM. I believe similar would be the
> > > case with many households. With such mem usage, system would just crawl.
> > > It's just a thought, but I believe that it's very important to make
> > > ubuntu a bit leaner.
> Xubuntu? 

Have u tried XUBUNTU ? It's touted to be lightweight alternative to
ubuntu but my personal experience has been very different. Most of the
time it relies on Gnome packages. Other than a different window
manager , and thunar there's not much different between them. It's based
on GTK2 and relies on many gnome packages. It definitely uses "less"
resources but isn't that light.

Fluxbox: There's already a fluxubuntu distribution.

I'm not talking just abt different window manager but a better and
friendlier linux distro based on ubuntu.

> Yes, you can use Ubuntu to create your own custom distros, may
> be using WMs like fluxbox which are comparatively lighter to a GNOME or
> KDE based Ubuntu. But, at the end of the day the question is who is
> going to maintain the packages for them? 

> IMHO, we can try contributing
> to existing packages and packaging them for the latest upstream version
> than doing something like this.

> > > Yes, I was referring to development of new as well as improvement of
> > > existing features. there's still a lot of scope for improvement in
> > > ubuntu.
> Yes sure, If you have any new idea of a cool app propose it, there will
> be some one in this list who wants to join and make it. We had some
> projects started in our team, but as we have become more and more
> occupied with our job we are not able to be active. Would you like to do
> something? Please propose, we were here to help you :)
> > > Apparently, I'm wrong - the group focuses more on promotion rather than
> > > development.
> >
> AFAIK, we have never done any promotion till now. I am eager to know
> what made you conclude on that?
> Disclaimer: The Ubuntu India Loco team has nothing to do with the "Ubunt
> India Promoters" group in Launch Pad, as of now.

Thanks for that clarification. 

Cheers,
Vivek
> 
> - --
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

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Vivek wrote:

> > Indian Edition means ubuntu edition made especially for India. Wasn't
> > difficult to answer :P.
Sorry, still I do not get it?
> > IMHO, the existing ubuntu distribution isn't a very good option for
> > people with poor net connection or old PCs. Even without any thing nifty
> > running, ubuntu takes about 200mb of RAM on my system. At my home, I
> > still use an old system with 256mb RAM. I believe similar would be the
> > case with many households. With such mem usage, system would just crawl.
> > It's just a thought, but I believe that it's very important to make
> > ubuntu a bit leaner.
Xubuntu? Yes, you can use Ubuntu to create your own custom distros, may
be using WMs like fluxbox which are comparatively lighter to a GNOME or
KDE based Ubuntu. But, at the end of the day the question is who is
going to maintain the packages for them? IMHO, we can try contributing
to existing packages and packaging them for the latest upstream version
than doing something like this.
> > Yes, I was referring to development of new as well as improvement of
> > existing features. there's still a lot of scope for improvement in
> > ubuntu.
Yes sure, If you have any new idea of a cool app propose it, there will
be some one in this list who wants to join and make it. We had some
projects started in our team, but as we have become more and more
occupied with our job we are not able to be active. Would you like to do
something? Please propose, we were here to help you :)
> > Apparently, I'm wrong - the group focuses more on promotion rather than
> > development.
>
AFAIK, we have never done any promotion till now. I am eager to know
what made you conclude on that?
Disclaimer: The Ubuntu India Loco team has nothing to do with the "Ubunt
India Promoters" group in Launch Pad, as of now.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek]

FREE as in FOSS ?? that's not a very bright idea. Other than forced
idealogical conflict, there' no benefit of FOSS. can't imagine using my
system without any multimedia support.

Vivek


On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 11:28 +0530, Bhavani Shankar R wrote:
> 
> 
> On Jan 21, 2008 10:56 AM, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Namaskar to all members,
> 
> I've just joined the mailing list in hope of being able to
> offer some
> help in the development of the Indian Edition of Ubuntu.
> However, I've
> been out of luck in finding any useful information about the
> project. 
> There does exist a Ubuntu LoCo page but all it talks about is
> adding
> support for regional languages, translation ? Is that all that
> is there
> on the agenda ? Is there no interest in development of new
> features ?
> new functionality (or more usable/discoverable) not found in
> other
> ubuntu distributions ?
> 
> Please enlighten me if the project is more than mere lang
> support.
> 
> Thanks
> Vivek
> 
> 
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> Yes I have started it.. I thought It would be a completely FREE
> variant of ubuntu with all the major language support but no sort of
> response from other members of the team.. So I am busy with Ubuntu
> Media Center Development and answering to peoples questions on the
> anser tracker and the forums... 
> Cheers.
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 12:05 +0530, Parthan SR wrote:
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> Vivek wrote:
> > Namaskar to all members,
> >
> > I've just joined the mailing list in hope of being able to offer some
> > help in the development of the Indian Edition of Ubuntu.
> Welcome. But, what do you mean by Indian Edition of Ubuntu?
Indian Edition means ubuntu edition made especially for India. Wasn't
difficult to answer :P.
IMHO, the existing ubuntu distribution isn't a very good option for
people with poor net connection or old PCs. Even without any thing nifty
running, ubuntu takes about 200mb of RAM on my system. At my home, I
still use an old system with 256mb RAM. I believe similar would be the
case with many households. With such mem usage, system would just crawl.
It's just a thought, but I believe that it's very important to make
ubuntu a bit leaner.

> >  However, I've
> > been out of luck in finding any useful information about the project.
> > There does exist a Ubuntu LoCo page but all it talks about is adding
> > support for regional languages, translation ? Is that all that is there
> > on the agenda ?
> Localization and local language support is considered to be important
> and an important venture for Loco Teams.
> > Is there no interest in development of new features ?
> > new functionality (or more usable/discoverable) not found in other
> > ubuntu distributions ?
> Either? A lot of our members are involved in various Ubuntu related
> development and contribution. Can we know what you actually mean by
> that? You mean developing new 

Yes, I was referring to development of new as well as improvement of
existing features. there's still a lot of scope for improvement in
ubuntu.

> >
> > Please enlighten me if the project is more than mere lang support.
> The project also focuses on increasing contribution to Ubuntu, localized
> support and help, etc.
Hmm..I though, the idea was to make ubuntu specialised for Indians.
Apparently, I'm wrong - the group focuses more on promotion rather than
development.

> 
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> 
Cheers,
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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Parthan SR]

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Vivek wrote:
> Namaskar to all members,
>
> I've just joined the mailing list in hope of being able to offer some
> help in the development of the Indian Edition of Ubuntu.
Welcome. But, what do you mean by Indian Edition of Ubuntu?
>  However, I've
> been out of luck in finding any useful information about the project.
> There does exist a Ubuntu LoCo page but all it talks about is adding
> support for regional languages, translation ? Is that all that is there
> on the agenda ?
Localization and local language support is considered to be important
and an important venture for Loco Teams.
> Is there no interest in development of new features ?
> new functionality (or more usable/discoverable) not found in other
> ubuntu distributions ?
Either? A lot of our members are involved in various Ubuntu related
development and contribution. Can we know what you actually mean by
that? You mean developing new software?
>
> Please enlighten me if the project is more than mere lang support.
The project also focuses on increasing contribution to Ubuntu, localized
support and help, etc.

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Re: [ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Jan 21, 2008 10:56 AM, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Namaskar to all members,
>
> I've just joined the mailing list in hope of being able to offer some
> help in the development of the Indian Edition of Ubuntu. However, I've
> been out of luck in finding any useful information about the project.
> There does exist a Ubuntu LoCo page but all it talks about is adding
> support for regional languages, translation ? Is that all that is there
> on the agenda ? Is there no interest in development of new features ?
> new functionality (or more usable/discoverable) not found in other
> ubuntu distributions ?
>
> Please enlighten me if the project is more than mere lang support.
>
> Thanks
> Vivek
>
>
>
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Yes I have started it.. I thought It would be a completely FREE variant of
ubuntu with all the major language support but no sort of response from
other members of the team.. So I am busy with Ubuntu Media Center
Development and answering to peoples questions on the anser tracker and the
forums...
Cheers.
-- 
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What matters in life is application of mind!,
It makes great sense to have some common sense..!
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