[ubuntu-in] What happened to ubuntu-in development ?

[Vivek]

On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 12:05 +0530, Parthan SR wrote:
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> Vivek wrote:
> > Namaskar to all members,
> >
> > I've just joined the mailing list in hope of being able to offer some
> > help in the development of the Indian Edition of Ubuntu.
> Welcome. But, what do you mean by Indian Edition of Ubuntu?
Indian Edition means ubuntu edition made especially for India. Wasn't
difficult to answer :P.
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.

> >  However, I've
> > been out of luck in finding any useful information about the project.
> > There does exist a Ubuntu LoCo page but all it talks about is adding
> > support for regional languages, translation ? Is that all that is there
> > on the agenda ?
> Localization and local language support is considered to be important
> and an important venture for Loco Teams.
> > Is there no interest in development of new features ?
> > new functionality (or more usable/discoverable) not found in other
> > ubuntu distributions ?
> Either? A lot of our members are involved in various Ubuntu related
> development and contribution. Can we know what you actually mean by
> that? You mean developing new 

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.

> >
> > Please enlighten me if the project is more than mere lang support.
> The project also focuses on increasing contribution to Ubuntu, localized
> support and help, etc.
Hmm..I though, the idea was to make ubuntu specialised for Indians.
Apparently, I'm wrong - the group focuses more on promotion rather than
development.

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> - --
> With Regards,
> Parthan aka Technofreak
> 
Cheers,
Vivek

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