On Jan 21, 2008 4:51 PM, Vivek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Frankly I wasn't expecting so much resistance. Why is everyone so much > opposed to the idea of a new ubuntu flavor ? If Ubuntu muslim edition, > christian edition, satan , ultimate, fluxubuntu can co-exist then what's > the problem in a new Indian edition ?
Because you guys have failed to provide anything which is unique and requires a new distro. What you guys are looking for is minor modification to existing distros and this can be attained by creating a package (most of the suggestions only require a config change) > > Ubuntu is not the only linux distribution. There are other -RedHat, > Mandriva, Debian, Gentoo ...and each has its own user base. If everyone > started to think like this then only 1 distro would be maintained > (*patched*), the rest would should be discarded. Infact if that was the > case then ubuntu itself should not have started (after all debian was > already available and ubuntu is its derivative). They all exist because they package things differently. There are noticeable differences between ubuntu and debian. > > Distrbution is "just" an assembly of existing software ..so how can u > call this reinvention of wheel ? Moreover, I'm not talking of compiling > everything from scratch but only to use fewer ubuntu packages, and > certain modifications to make it more functional. > Which modifications ? What you guys are suggesting can be atained by extending exiting distro, so why spend so much time trying to build a new distro, port security packages etc. > In any case these are my views and I'll be going ahead with these. Sure, no one is stopping you from creating a new distro. If you have the time to create distro, maintain packages, troubleshoot problems, provide support and more importantly port security packages regularly ... Are you game for this ? regards VK -- The hidden harmony is better than the obvious!! -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
