[ossig] malaysian distros - embun

Sat May 5 20:35:52 MYT 2007

Different market needs

On 5/5/07, Chyryll Zariss <czar at chevna.com> wrote:
> 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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