Theme Photos Now on Ubuntu Front Page

[Christian Casimir]

I do understand your point. I was just trying to contribute to the 
general discussion, as there seem to be philosophical stakes somehow 
with Ubuntu. Yet, I do understand things are far more complex than that !

Have a good day,

Christian C.


fluberman a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for your response. I agree with you in some degree, but the
> context here is about the use of ubuntu in educational institutions. I
> personally believe that ubuntu is a good distro as an alternative
> solution for replacing ms-windows. That's why I promoted it to my
> colleagues. You said that there are cultural differences here. Fine, we
> knew it already, but to use ubuntu with that default theme as a standard
> OS in our schools/universities is still inappropriate. I don't want to
> enter into political or religous discussion here, but I just want to
> give an analogy.  Endorsing ubuntu with that semi-naked people as
> default theme to our schools/universities, is similar to endorsing
> muslim headscarf to French schools. French government says that
> headscarf is a religous symbol, on the other hand I'm sure that our
> officials would say the default ubuntu theme is nudity and pornography,
> which should be banned from schools/universities. 
> 
> I personally like ubuntu and use it. I just feel sorry if such a good
> distro may not be used in schools/universities because of this issue.
> With 200 millions of population, I would consider Indonesia as a
> potential "market" for ubuntu.