gnubuntu (was Re: Recent Security vulnerability in Skype)

I might note that many of us in the US are finding servers maxed out due 
to Thanksgiving and many of us geeks playing with a day off work.  I 
changed to a European server and things went very well.

Harold
www.SawyerSphere.net

Daniel Robitaille wrote:

>>I really like the idea! Who knows how much effort it will take? Is the
>>current component scheme tight enough that gnubuntu would simply need
>>restricted and multiverse trashed, or is it a bit more complicated than
>>that?
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>there was a thread recently (on ubuntu-devel?) about vlc, and  if all
>(or portion of) of the package should be in universe, and the rest in
>multiverse.  I suspect some packages will be subject to debate
>depending where you draw the ideological line.
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>Personally I think that if a group goes through the effort to create a
>gnubuntu derivative, might as well go all the way and adopt a very
>strong stance of this.  If individual users are unhappy, then they can
>always use the normal Ubuntu without restricted/multiverse, or install
>individual debatable packages from Ubuntu on top Gnubuntu.
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>Daniel Robitaille
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