[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu India Distribution

[Parthan SR]

Anand Chitipothu wrote:
> So, I started building a new distribution with the following.
> * A/V codecs bad and ugly
> * flash plugin (from adobe)
>   
Am afraid whether it is legal or illegal to package this into a CD.
IIRC, they are from non-free portion of the repository
which is the reason why they're not included in the Ubuntu CD.
Neither do any other distribution distributes them in their CDs.
> To save space on the CD, I removed foreign language support and some
> other less important packages.
>
> I'm also thinking of creating a companion CD with some packages to
> help people with no/slow internet connection to add additional
> packages easily
[1] There is already a Ubuntu DVD which contains lot more of the 
required apps than the CD.
All the apps required by you would be mostly covered in it.
[2] AFAIR, IndLinux was involved in some similar kind of effort. Gora 
can spell more light on this.

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With Regards,

Parthan "technofreak"
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