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

2008-02-13 Thread 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. > > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.co

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

2008-02-12 Thread 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

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

2008-02-12 Thread 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 displ

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

2008-02-12 Thread 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. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in

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

2008-02-07 Thread 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

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

2008-02-07 Thread Parthan SR
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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

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

2008-02-07 Thread 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 informa

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

2008-02-07 Thread 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 pr

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

2008-01-23 Thread 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

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

2008-01-23 Thread Parthan SR
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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

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

2008-01-22 Thread Bhavani Shankar R
> 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 ubun

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

2008-01-22 Thread Hardeep Singh
ut 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 ?

2008-01-22 Thread 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

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

2008-01-22 Thread 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

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

2008-01-22 Thread 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 f

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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

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

2008-01-21 Thread Parthan SR
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 n

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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. T

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 developm

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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? htt

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 pag

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 welco

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 ind

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 ha

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 differ

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 betwee

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 a

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 the

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

2008-01-21 Thread Parthan SR
-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? > > IMHO, the existing ubuntu distribution isn't a very good option for > > people with poor net connectio

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

2008-01-21 Thread 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 PRO

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

2008-01-21 Thread Vivek
On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 12:05 +0530, Parthan SR wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. > Welcom

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

2008-01-20 Thread Parthan SR
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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 >

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

2008-01-20 Thread 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 pr

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

2008-01-20 Thread Vivek
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