[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu India Distribution
Anand Chitipothu
anandology at gmail.com
Mon Jan 26 12:48:55 GMT 2009
>> * Standard Ubuntu Distribution doesn't play mp3 files
>
> Why does a school needs to play mp3 files?
The teachers like to show some movies and play some songs to the children.
>> * Doesn't come with all Indian fonts (there are some by default but
>> more needs to be installed)
>
> What is wrong with using only one font per language?
The default Telugu font is not the best available.
>> * Adding packages is painful when there is no/slow internet connection.
>
> You are correct. Ubuntu is not one stop solution for all use cases. If
> you want most of the packages to be available on CD then you should
> use Debian.
I don't like to confuse the users to call what they already knew as
Firefox as IceWeasel and so on.
> If you want to use ubuntu in school then you should use edubuntu and
> try to customize it.
I looked at Edubuntu and find that it is heavier than Ubuntu.
I felt that it is more convenient to take Ubuntu and add educational
software to it.
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