Re: [ubuntu-uk] Project Proposal

2006-10-15 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 13/10/06, Nicholas Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Being able to master a CD based on one of the Ubuntu flavours to create a more 'BCF' Centric response would be ideal. However there are 3 things which stop me. a. Technical background b. Knowledge of where and how to get

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Project Proposal - ?Biobuntu?

2006-10-14 Thread Michael G. Wilkins
Hello everyone on the list - a new member here, living in rural Pembrokeshire where I am happily retired with a younger wife, older malt whiskey, 5 Border Collies, 2 cats and chickens in the orchard. Maybe a brief intro before some ?Biobuntu? comments? I am an old code pusher/scientist

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Project Proposal

2006-10-14 Thread gord
I would say that their are a few large problems to overcome for anyone wanting to create such an alternative. Science in general is a rather large field, everything from ringing bells at dogs to quantum physics, fitting all the software that such a wide range of people would need onto a single CD

[ubuntu-uk] Project Proposal

2006-10-13 Thread Mark Forster
Ubuntu UKers I wanted to float the idea of a possible Ubuntu project here. Given the rationale of edubuntu I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of value to academic and industrial researchers. It could also be a set of