yeah, we should focues on Localisation instead. as an example, we could take our point of view to Indonesia which has their (*our) language everywhere more than Bahasa.
(p/s: Their language are OUR language as Indonesian Language is Melayu Riau language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_language) hihihihi, however, localisation for Bahasa is mandatory. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 8:00 PM, Ahmed Noor Kader Mustajir Md Eusoff < [email protected]> wrote: > Good info.. saya pun tgh planning utk bt distro utk digunakan, senang nak > bt keje... > > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:08 PM, simpleLinux <[email protected]> wrote: > >> +1. for that case We'll take note. >> >> p/s I made another distro :P just for fun. >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Boh Yap <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> hi, >>> >>> All this talk about building a Malaysian(?) distro has intrigued me >>> ... so I did a quick search and LWN (Linux World Net) has this list of >>> distribuitions... >>> >>> http://lwn.net/Distributions/ >>> >>> some are categorized for specific purposes such for Edu, desktop and >>> server. >>> There are some such as Linux From Scratch (LFS) which allow to build >>> your own Linux. >>> >>> IMHO - building your own Linux is great, and a good learning >>> experience, but to put it out in the wild and encourage others to use >>> it, is a very different and great responsibility. It you look at the >>> above list, many of the distros are not updated regularly (many of >>> them show last update/release as 2009! - that's 2 years behind). As a >>> user, will I go for those distros? Probably not. A lot of them could >>> have started with good intentions or because their creators wanted to >>> 'scratch an itch', but its takes a lot of effort and resources to >>> continue MAINTAINING a distro..... and if your community of >>> --contributors-- don't reach a critical mass or it does not have some >>> form of final support, that distro will fail to be maintained and.... >>> is just like another vehicle abandoned at the roadside. >>> >>> Rather I think efforts should be focussed on providing 'localisation' >>> (credos to the local Debian, Fedora?, Ubuntu? ...etc guys..) and >>> creating and packaging specialised apps (like a special package for >>> Malaysian primary schools) for for the main distros. >>> >>> This is just my 2 cents worth. I don't mean to discourage, just to make >>> aware. >>> Like they say: "Let a thousand blossoms bloom"** >>> >>> PS >>> ** this slogan is chosen with irony: its used by Mao's Cultural >>> Revolution in China, and had disastrous consequences! >>> >>> -- >>> #------- >>> regds, >>> >>> Boh Heong, Yap >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >>> http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >>> >>> MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 >>> >>> MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification >>> http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> *Fariz Luqman* >> The Chairman of SimpleLinux >> Visit: http://www.simplelinux.tk >> Fb: http://facebook.com/simpleLinux >> >> "There IS a Malaysian Linux Distro" >> >> --- >> Facebook: facebook.com/farizluqman >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from and detail about this group >> http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information >> >> MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 >> >> MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification >> http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert >> > > > > -- > Ahmed Noor Kader Mustajir Md Eusoff > http://mustajir.org > http://launchpad.net/~sir.ade > http://l10n.gnome.org/users/sir_ade/ > http://drupal.org/user/184579 > > -- > To unsubscribe from and detail about this group > http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information > > MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 > > MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification > http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert > -- *Fariz Luqman* The Chairman of SimpleLinux Visit: http://www.simplelinux.tk Fb: http://facebook.com/simpleLinux "There IS a Malaysian Linux Distro" --- Facebook: facebook.com/farizluqman -- To unsubscribe from and detail about this group http://portal.mosc.my/osdc-my-mailing-list-information MOSC2011 http://fb.me/mosc2011 MOSC Survey 2011 Awareness Of OSS Certification http://survey.mosc.my/mosc-survey-2011-awareness-oss-cert
