[ubuntu-za] South African Ubuntu

[James Cuénod]

A lot of people who don't have internet access will not have access to DVD
drives though... I also like the idea of having a DVD I'm just throwing in
something that needs to be taken into consideration

On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Reenen Laurie <REENENL at pepstores.com>wrote:

> Far out!
>
> Sounds like South African Kubuntu is ready!  I love the idea of shipping
> it on a DVD... as the extra space can enable us to put a lot of extra
> goodies on it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-za-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Hannes Coetzee
> Sent: 11-November-2008 21:31
> To: Ubuntu South African Local Community
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] South African Ubuntu
>
> Maybe I should mention this - I've made my own disk from Kubuntu 8.04
> that I install for my friends, family and any clients that would like to
> use Linux. It's currently fits on a 1.7GB DVD and I made DVD and disk
> covers for it to print on disks and covers to make it look presentable.
>
> I've also added updates and a lot of useful and popular apps, games,
> icon themes, wallpapers and everything people usually ask me to add for
> them on top of the default install. I've added wvdial scripts for mobile
> phones and 3G USB modems and linked it to icons on the desktop. All the
> user have to do is click on an icon and he/she is online. I've added
> vnstat & a frontend to monitor bandwidth usage as well as a script and
> KProcOut to show the current dialup session's data usage in the taskbar.
>
> I also changed the usplash theme to kubuntu3d from kde-apps.org and
> changed the kdm theme. The list goes on and on.. Everyone I've given a
> disk to loved it and 95% of them are still using it. I use UCK to build
> the disk but there are a few serious bugs in it so I sometimes end up
> building the disk manually anyways.
>
> Regards
> Hannes
>
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