[ubuntu-za] Zabuntu

Thomas Fogwill thomas.fogwill at meraka.org.za
Wed Oct 29 10:25:14 GMT 2008


Hi Jonathan

On Wed, 2008-10-29 at 12:13 +0200, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
> There are still many good ideas out there and software that would be
> nice to have available for our local users. Instead of proposing a
> custom installation disc for these ideas and software, I propose we set
> up a local Ubuntu repository for this, or even just a PPA in launchpad.
> If a user wants to install a package containing a screensaver with local
> pictures or a program that can teach them to speak isiXhosa, they can
> simply get it from our software repository. I've called it Zabuntu so
> far just so that it's called something, it can be called something else,
> or even just the Ubuntu-ZA repository if people will be more comfortable
> with something more formal.
> 
> Will anybody be interested in contributing? 

Good idea - you can count me in.  Consider me a technical contributor,
so (time permitting) my contributions would be mainly focused on
packaging, development, etc.

Regards
Thomas

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