On 14/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 13/10/06, Mark Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built > > with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of value to > > academic and industrial researchers. > Building a new ubuntu distro is a big step isn't it? > > Maybe it would be better to start of small, first of all make sure all > the needed packages are in the repositories, for now is going to have > to be universe. > And then create a package that pulls in all the science apps, similar > to ubuntu-desktop package.
Aside from just the science applications, doing this for other common sets of packages could be a real usability benefit for people new to ubuntu. Are there already meta packages for things like LAMP? How easy is it to get these things added to the repositories? Martin -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
