Suggestions on packages to add to Ubuntu "main"

[Davide Pesenti]

Il giorno lun, 11-10-2004 alle 23:38 -0400, Tim Hull ha scritto:
> Here's my new proposal of packages to add to Ubuntu CD, after using 
> Ubuntu a little more and hearing everybody's input in the previous thread.
> 
> Add:
> Kernel-headers and image for 686
> Kernel-source and kernel-tree (since sometimes kernel source is needed 
> to compile drivers from source)
> Anything else required for compiling device drivers

Since, if i understand it right, Ubuntu is a desktop-driven
distribution, why include these?

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> Also add (to restricted)
> ltmodem/slmodem/hsfmodem drivers (and any other winmodem drivers)

this is a good point

> Captive - NTFS drivers for RW access to NTFS

i don't understand this neither... :)

ps. thanx for the great work, really :)

	davide