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

[Bhavani Shankar R]

On Jan 21, 2008 11:00 PM, Vivek Khurana <hiddenharmony at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Jan 21, 2008 4:51 PM, Vivek <viveksh2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Frankly I wasn't expecting so much resistance. Why is everyone so much
> > opposed to the idea of a new ubuntu flavor ? If Ubuntu muslim edition,
> > christian edition, satan , ultimate, fluxubuntu can co-exist then what's
> > the problem in a new Indian edition ?
>
> Because you guys have failed to provide anything which is unique and
> requires a new distro. What you guys are looking for is minor
> modification to existing distros and this can be attained by creating
> a package (most of the suggestions only require a config change)
>
> >
> > Ubuntu is not the only linux distribution. There are other -RedHat,
> > Mandriva, Debian, Gentoo ...and each has its own user base. If everyone
> > started to think like this then only 1 distro would be maintained
> > (*patched*), the rest would should be discarded. Infact if that was the
> > case then ubuntu itself should not have started (after all debian was
> > already available and ubuntu is its derivative).
>
>  They all exist because they package things differently. There are
> noticeable differences between ubuntu and debian.
>
> >
> > Distrbution is "just" an assembly of existing software ..so how can u
> > call this reinvention of wheel ? Moreover, I'm not talking of compiling
> > everything from scratch but only to use fewer ubuntu packages, and
> > certain modifications to make it more functional.
> >
>
>  Which modifications ? What you guys are suggesting can be atained by
> extending exiting distro, so why spend so much time trying to build a
> new distro, port security packages etc.
>
> > In any case these are my views and I'll be going ahead with these.
>
>  Sure, no one is stopping you from creating a new distro. If you have
> the time to create distro, maintain packages, troubleshoot problems,
> provide support and more importantly port security packages regularly
> ...
>  Are you game for this ?
>
> regards
> VK
>
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Yes.. By the term free I meant to say.. Ref:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gobuntu

http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html

and the whole distro should be based on only free software including the
translations...(which is of course free)
-- 
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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