[ossig] malaysian distros - embun

[Raja Iskandar Shah]

i am not related to either of the 2 distros.

if it had been me, i would have created a script (like automatix) to 
turn plain vanilla ubuntu into embun, and maintained a repo for specific 
components (like themes / icon sets) for malaysia which are not 
available in the main ubuntu repo.

alternatively, i can also copy from how the other ubuntu variants 
(xubuntu, edubuntu, kubuntu) does it.

imho, i would agree with going with one's own branding. edu-buntu in 
malay connotes educationally challenged (buntu pendidikan). embun is a 
nice name. if the developer hopes to build up services around the 
distro, then some form of branding / packaging is required for building 
customer awareness / interest / loyalty bla.. bla.. bla..

for these reasons, we have ubuntu and not debian shuttleworth's 
edition... ;P







Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote:
> Hmm..
>  
> I cannot see the point of having Embun Linux or Chevna Linux, compared 
> to having *Ubuntu Malaysian Edition*, which I think will cover all 
> bases, be it home user, government, education, business, etc.
>  
> We are re-inventing the wheels here, and we are duplicating our effort.
>
>  
> On 5/7/07, *Patrick Cheong* <patrick.cheong at gmail.com 
> <mailto:patrick.cheong at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     See Raja Iskandar Shah's email earlier...
>
>
>     Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan wrote:
>     > On 5/5/07, Patrick Cheong < patrick.cheong at gmail.com
>     <mailto:patrick.cheong at gmail.com>
>     > <mailto:patrick.cheong at gmail.com
>     <mailto:patrick.cheong at gmail.com>>> wrote:
>     > > We do not need to publicise our
>     > > contributions back to the community ...
>     > >
>     >
>     >
>     > And why you (or Embun developer) make that kind of decision?
>     >
>     > Unless you think your contribution to Ubuntu is too minor to be
>     > publicised, then if that is the case, you should promote Ubuntu
>     > compared to create a new distribution.
>     >
>     > I will again repeat the same question that I have asked to
>     Chevna Linux:
>     >
>     > What are the features of your distro that make it different from
>     other
>     > distro?
>     >
>     > I hope I can get the answer.
>     >
>     >
>     > --
>     > Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan
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