On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 01:57, Ra'id Al-Jamali wrote: > To start with, it is great that the initiative has been taken on the > creation of an Arabic Linux LiveCD. This will undeniably be the best > show-and-tell tool for showcasing the Free and Open Source model to > Arabic speakers. I do have a few comments to make, though however blunt > or terse they may appear, they imply no lack of appreciation for the > endeavour and especially those behind the scenes. > Thank you for your support. I appreciate all comments and feedback :)
> - Naming: As we know the letter 'P' does not exist in Arabic. Or at > least not any more (phonetically transformed into 'F'?). Perhaps it > would be more appropriate to adopt a name that could be correctly > scribed and pronounced in the intended language, eg Arabix (with a > 'ain)? > I agree. I will be changing it to Arabbix. I actually faced that problem when i was making an icon for this project :). > - Modularity: from my limited knowledge, Morphix - which I never tried - > would appear to be a more modular solution upon which customisation > layers can be built. If that is the case, then the issue of > maintainability should be simplified. The project certainly expresses a > core aim of increasing 'forkability' of the knoppix method. This way we > can probably have a two layer approach with a base Arabeyes 'library' > module containing fonts, bidi stuff, etc, followed by several optional > interface-centric modules sitting on top (GNOME, KDE, XFCE4, etc). > > Ra'id > We are not attached to KNOPPIX. I chose KNOPPIX due to its popularity, documentation availability and solid hardware detection. After all, we want it to work out of the box (CD ;)). I will take a good look at MORPHIX and get back to you on what i found out. Thanks for you feedback :) Anmar > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general -- Anmar Oueja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> arabeyes.org _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/general
