[ubuntu-za] Zabuntu

[Nic Roets]

Do you guys know about OpenStreetMap ? Pretoria & Cape Town well mapped,
with Jhb coming along nicely.

I've been working on my own viewer for OSM data :
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Gosmore

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:25 PM, William Kinghorn <williamk at dut.ac.za>wrote:

> Hi Hilton, Jonathan,
>
> "mapping software" - possibly co-ordinate with Paul Scott ( pscott
> @nospam@ uwc.ac.za ) look at
> http://gforge2.uwc.ac.za/projects/ubuntugis/
>
> William
>
> >>> Hilton Theunissen <hilton at inkululeko.co.za> 10/29/08 12:17 PM >>>
> Great idea Jonathan
>
> Kind regards.
>
> Hilton Theunissen
> Inkululeko Technologies
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>
>
> Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
> > Hi Ubuntero's
> >
> > Previously, there has been quite a few attempts to create a "South
> > African" Linux distribution that includes language packs and software
> > that may be specific to our region (mapping software, language tools,
> etc).
> >
> > Debian-based systems like Ubuntu are very modular, you hardly ever
> have
> > the need to create a complete new system to achieve a goal. By
> removing
> > or adding some packages you can easily change your installation to
> match
> > your needs. You can even change the role of a computer completely,
> like
> > turning a desktop computer into a server machine or vice-versa, simply
> > by modifying the packages that are installed.
> >
> > 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? I would like to make it
> easy
> > for many people to contribute, even non-technical people. An easy
> > project would be for a package that contains wallpapers with pictures
> > from around the country. This way all that you need to contribute is a
> > camera and the ability to send us the pictures.
> >
> > If there's enough interest, we could of course spin CD's of each
> release
> > that contain our most popular packages by default, although this
> > shouldn't be our ultimate goal at the moment in my opinion. We can
> also
> > have our repositories distributed on the Freedom Toasters and have
> them
> > mirrored locally.
> >
> > Am I talking crazy? Should we go ahead with this as an official
> > Ubuntu-ZA project? Would anyone be interested in contributing?
> >
> > -Jonathan
> >
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