[ossig] malaysian distros - embun

[Chyryll Zariss]

non-free codecs?

Patrick Cheong wrote:
> Embun [dew | d(y)oŏ| noun - /moisture condensed upon the surfaces of 
> cool bodies especially at night; something resembling dew in purity, 
> freshness, or power to refresh./] v1.1 is based on dapper drake and was 
> released 15 Dec 2006 in response to our 'postal services' feedback ~ 
> u-'buntu' to the layman meant 'tak jalan' :-P. We incorporated Malay 
> language/dictionary support for OOo, Chinese character support for 
> Firefox, non-free codecs, network-manager for out-of-the box GUI support 
> for wired and wireless networking and a myriad of UI changes to match 
> 'Embun's /purity and freshness./
>
> Embun v2.0 is scheduled for release mid-June and will be based on feisty 
> fawn. Included will be the enhancements incorporated into v1.1 as well as:-
>
> - Better support for Windoze file sharing (the default in dapper and 
> edgy had various 'bugs')
> - Antivirus for on-access protection
> - Firewall console
>
> Ezwan, I'd check my facts before shooting from the hip. Contributions 
> come in all forms and sizes ... even raising the visibility of OSS is 
> contribution with due credit given. We do not need to publicise our 
> contributions back to the community ...
>
> To get Embun, go http://www.xanadu.com.my/embun
>
> Forums are at http://embun.xanadu.com.my
>
> Patrick
>
> Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote:
>   
>> Who is this embun people?
>>
>> Any URL? Why most of OSS people with big ambition try to hide their
>> head in the sand?
>>
>> On 5/4/07, Raja Iskandar Shah <ris.riscniaga at time.net.my> wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>>  after ketupat linux, we had the mimos gnu linux. and a few others in
>>> between and after that..
>>>
>>>  now we have embun. there's a free live cd in this months' maiden issue of
>>> malaysian technology guide - MTG.
>>>
>>>  embun is based on ubuntu (not sure which version and which repository).
>>> cool stuff on it are malay and chinese language pack. add tamil and we would
>>> really have a cool desktop os for sekolah kebangsaan. jawi and arabic
>>> language / font packs will be good to have - and can be used to promote to
>>> the various sekolah agama. heard that mimos aims to do some project for
>>> these schools. i would guess the total number of chinese, tamil and agama
>>> schools is almost equal to the number of sekolah kebangsaan. i know that moe
>>> will be very interested - no one has approached them yet with a total
>>> solution for their requirements (including syllabus, interoperability, etc)
>>>
>>>  other things that embun could have done was malaysian based themes. not
>>> necessarily malaysian flags, but tropical colors and screens will be welcome
>>> over the arid ubuntu default themes.
>>>
>>>  if it had been me, i would have bla.. bla.. bla.. but i did not go out and
>>> do it. so, best wishes to the embun people.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Nicholas Adrian Suppiah wrote:
>>>  Right, it is something that is stuck to being Malaysia's most popular
>>> distro. I am sure if you check some older forums and newsgroup you can
>>> find more stuff.
>>>
>>> Then again, this is not an item usually discussed over tea!
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ossig-bounces at mncc.com.my
>>> [mailto:ossig-bounces at mncc.com.my] On
>>> Behalf Of Dinesh Nair
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 2:52 PM
>>> To: ossig at mncc.com.my
>>> Subject: Re: [ossig] Invitation for all Malaysian Linux community
>>>
>>> On Wed, 2 May 2007 01:47:10 -0700, Azhar Ahmad wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>  Skudai. When i mention about ajaran sesat, and ten wives thingy, my
>>> lecturer laugh at me. The he ask, where you get that info? Me? silent!
>>>
>>>  that was the original founder of ketupat linux. if your lecturer doesn't
>>> know this, then he's quite obviously clueless on ketupat linux's
>>> origins.
>>>
>>>
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