The fate of Upstart

2014-11-28 Thread Ben Tinner
Hello

Recently, the developers of Ubuntu have decided to migrate the init system from 
upstart to systemd.
So, I would like to find out what will happen to upstart after Ubuntu complete 
its transition to systemd.
Will development of upstart be abandoned after the transition is completed?-- 
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Planning to create a new distro of Ubuntu.

2013-11-05 Thread Ben Tinner
On Mon Nov 4 12:41:29 UTC 2013, Daniel Holbach wrote:

>Are you planning to get the necessary packages into >Ubuntu itself? That
>might help make maintenance a lot easier.

The guys at MATE are currently attempting to upload the packages to Debian but 
as of now there is little progress into it.

The MATE repository have MATE packages for Ubuntu available, so I included the 
MATE repo for the packages.

Shall we pull all the MATE packages into the Ubuntu repo directly or we build 
the sources ourselves?

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Planning to create a new distro of Ubuntu.

2013-11-05 Thread Ben Tinner
On Mon Nov 4 12:41:29 UTC 2013, Daniel Holbach wrote:

>Are you planning to get the necessary packages into >Ubuntu itself? That
>might help make maintenance a lot easier.

The guys at MATE are currently attempting to upload the packages to Debian but 
as of now there is little progress into it.

The MATE repository have MATE packages for Ubuntu available, so I included the 
MATE repo for the packages.

Shall we pull all the MATE packages into the Ubuntu repo directly or we build 
the sources ourselves?

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Planning to create a new distro of Ubuntu

2013-11-02 Thread Ben Tinner
Hello


I am planning to create a new distro of Ubuntu which will have the GNOME 2 look 
and feel. For those of you who are subscribed to ubuntu-users, you would have 
heard about my plans to create this (Anyone interested in a "GNOME 2 look and 
feel" remix?).

Officially called Ubuntu MATE Remix, this will integrate the MATE Desktop 
Environment to the power and stability of Ubuntu. In fact, I already had a 
working prototype based on Saucy Salamander. You can download the prototype at 
https://shared.com/unqjauvtrj

Currently, there are a few issues with the prototype.

1. I do not know how to implement a GUI bootmenu in the Live CD (like the one 
used in the Ubuntu Live CD).
2. I do not know how to make the system to autostart the GUI, so the only way 
to start the GUI is to type 'startx' on the command line.

I will be generating another prototype based on Trusty Tahr soon.

After testing out my prototype, can you give me a few suggestions to improve 
the distro? I hope that this will be officially recognised and supported by the 
Ubuntu community.

Yours Sincerly,
Ben Tinner-- 
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