Hi folks Colin Watson and Evan Dandrea have been working to get Gobuntu off the ground. We now have daily CD image builds available for Gobuntu, and have started a new mailing list for discussions specific to Gobuntu development:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Gobuntu-devel Here are some Gobuntu FAQ's: What is Gobuntu? Gobuntu is a new flavour of Ubuntu that is aiming to apply the strictest possible interpretation of the Free Software Foundation's "Four Freedoms" [1] to all content, both code and media, on the disk. The Gobuntu install disk should include nothing that is not modifiable and redistributable, and for which source elements are not completely available. For example, if a PDF is on the disk, then the original document should also be available with modification rights. How does Gobuntu relate to Ubuntu? Gobuntu is a flavour of Ubuntu, just as Kubuntu and Xubuntu are flavours of Ubuntu. Gobuntu development happens as part of the broader Ubuntu project and shares the same archive, so work done to identify problematic content in the archive and split that up benefits users of Ubuntu and Kubuntu as well. What hardware will Gobuntu support? At this stage, we recognise that Gobuntu will work with relatively few laptops and desktops, because of the widespread use of binary-only firmware. Running Gobuntu on your laptop will be quite an achievement! But we are working with hardware manufacturers to encourage them to make it possible to use their hardware with an entirely free platform. Where is the wiki and the website? Coming soon! For the moment, the community will meet on the gobuntu-devel mailing list. Thanks very much to Colin and Evan, and we welcome participation from other folks interested in building a purely-free reference platform for other projects like gNewSense! [1] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html -- ubuntu-devel-announce mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce
