Voting for packages, was: Ubuntu is under attack

[Derek Broughton]

Asif Lodhi wrote:

> Hello Mike,
> 
> On 12/18/05, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com
> <ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 08:43:00 -0500
>> From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier at digitaltorque.ca>
>> Subject: Re: Voting for packages, was: Ubuntu is under attack
> 
> I would like good apps Scribus, Inkscape, Sodipodi, Blender, Nvu,
> educational packages, Fluxbox, etc. on the installation CD so that
> everything that a common home user likes to play  with gets installed
> by default when one installs Ubuntu.

You _must_ be joking.  I haven't used _any_ of those.  I installed Scribus
last week and _might_ use it - it looks like it could be useful.

> A nicer GUI such as FluxBox would be a compelling reason for
> them to convert to Ubuntu.

You might like it, but it's not what the "common home user" is looking for.
-- 
derek