> I'm a user of Ubuntu and I try to promote it whereever I go. Recently > I have been working with a school to covert their systems to Ubuntu > and here are some problems that I faced. > > * Standard Ubuntu Distribution doesn't play mp3 files > * Doesn't come with all Indian fonts (there are some by default but > more needs to be installed) > * Adding packages is painful when there is no/slow internet connection. >
You can try Linux Mint. It comes with all the software you want pre-installed. (except language support). > Only way to overcome this problem seems to have a distribution with > most of the required software available out-of-the-box. > > I looked around to see if there is anybody is doing the same. There > were some initiatives like this[1], but looks like there are not under > active development. > (Please let me know if there is any such work in progress) > > [1]: https://launchpad.net/~ind-ubuntu > > So, I started building a new distribution with the following. > > * language support for all Indian languages (language-support-te, > language-support-kn, ...) > * all indian fonts (ttf-telugu-fonts, ttf-kannada-fonts etc.) > * A/V codecs bad and ugly > * flash plugin (from adobe) > * indic-input-extension to firefox > > To save space on the CD, I removed foreign language support and some > other less important packages. > > I'm also thinking of creating a companion CD with some packages to > help people with no/slow internet connection to add additional > packages easily. > > If you have are interested to participate or have any > suggestions/comments, please let me know. > > Anand > Regards, Sameep http://www.thelinuxblog.co.cc -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
