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 answer :P. > > Sorry, still I do not get it? > > 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. > > > > > IMHO, the existing ubuntu distribution isn't a very good option for > > > > people with poor net connection or old PCs. Even without any thing > nifty > > > > running, ubuntu takes about 200mb of RAM on my system. At my home, I > > > > still use an old system with 256mb RAM. I believe similar would be > the > > > > case with many households. With such mem usage, system would just > crawl. > > > > It's just a thought, but I believe that it's very important to make > > > > ubuntu a bit leaner. > > Xubuntu? > > 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 between them. It's based > on GTK2 and relies on many gnome packages. It definitely uses "less" > resources but isn't that light. > > Fluxbox: There's already a fluxubuntu distribution. > > I'm not talking just abt different window manager but a better and > friendlier linux distro based on ubuntu. > > > Yes, you can use Ubuntu to create your own custom distros, may > > be using WMs like fluxbox which are comparatively lighter to a GNOME or > > KDE based Ubuntu. But, at the end of the day the question is who is > > going to maintain the packages for them? > > > IMHO, we can try contributing > > to existing packages and packaging them for the latest upstream version > > than doing something like this. > > > > > Yes, I was referring to development of new as well as improvement of > > > > existing features. there's still a lot of scope for improvement in > > > > ubuntu. > > Yes sure, If you have any new idea of a cool app propose it, there will > > be some one in this list who wants to join and make it. We had some > > projects started in our team, but as we have become more and more > > occupied with our job we are not able to be active. Would you like to do > > something? Please propose, we were here to help you :) > > > > Apparently, I'm wrong - the group focuses more on promotion rather > than > > > > development. > > > > > AFAIK, we have never done any promotion till now. I am eager to know > > what made you conclude on that? > > Disclaimer: The Ubuntu India Loco team has nothing to do with the "Ubunt > > India Promoters" group in Launch Pad, as of now. > > Thanks for that clarification. > > Cheers, > Vivek > > > > - -- > > With Regards, > > Parthan aka Technofreak > > > > [GPG] :0x2FF01026 > > [web] :http://technofreak.in > > [blog] :blog.technofreak.in > > [photos]:photos.technofreak.in > > [irc] :teKnofreak @ irc.freenode.net (#linux-india) > > [mobile]:BLR +919845446647 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFHlG+ok4vYYS/wECYRAi8/AJ4jHQvluTcR7oraC40V887NZuu/PwCeO+mU > > EzB+knP+K8CAFmwYyTw8Fug= > > =Axaa > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >
Hello If you are interested in developing an Indian Edition of ubuntu ref: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndubuntuTeam Looking Forward to your support.. -- Bhavani Shankar.R https://launchpad.net/~bhavi, a proud ubuntu community member. What matters in life is application of mind!, It makes great sense to have some common sense..!
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