Voting for packages, was: Ubuntu is under attack

[Phillip Sc. Boegh]

> On 12/19/05, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
>> Asif Lodhi wrote:
>> > 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.
>
> You never know, he could just be sarcastic against the original wail
> that postfix and mailx was 'missing'.
Which must be a detail.
And with the same time you have spend on writing this - you can with the
right repositories install it by:
sudo apt-get install Scribus Inkscape Sodipodi Blender Nvu Fluxbox
and that's it.

However the more time-demanding optimizations could be automized better
with scripts such as:
old_computer.run could start optimizations like that of xubuntu
edu_computers.run could start optimizations like that of edubuntu
new_computers.run could start optimizations for complete new computers
with at least 2.6.12_686 kernels, ACPI, all hdparm parameters for all
drives, etc.selftests for ATI or Nvidia screens etc (with possible stop if
you need propiotare software - of cause).
The scripts has to be explaned carefully so you know what you are doing
first.

Regards

Phillip