[ubuntu-za] Zabuntu

[David Mark Bodmer]

haha, what are the chances id get an email like this while mapping Houtbay
on OSM.
a custom viewer and possilbly editor would be really cool, ill check it out.


On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Nic Roets <nroets at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you guys know about OpenStreetMap ? Pretoria & Cape Town well mapped,
> with Jhb coming along nicely.
>
> I've been working on my own viewer for OSM data :
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Gosmore
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:25 PM, William Kinghorn <williamk at dut.ac.za>wrote:
>
>> Hi Hilton, Jonathan,
>>
>> "mapping software" - possibly co-ordinate with Paul Scott ( pscott
>> @nospam@ uwc.ac.za ) look at
>> http://gforge2.uwc.ac.za/projects/ubuntugis/
>>
>> William
>>
>> >>> Hilton Theunissen <hilton at inkululeko.co.za> 10/29/08 12:17 PM >>>
>> Great idea Jonathan
>>
>> Kind regards.
>>
>> Hilton Theunissen
>> Inkululeko Technologies
>> Tel: +27 11 462 9124
>> Fax-to-mail: 086 604 2553
>> Mobile: +27 72 900800 1
>> E-mail: hilton at inkululeko.co.za
>> ****Please visit********
>> http://www.tuxlab.org.za
>> http://www.theingots.org
>> http://scns.uwc.ac.za
>>
>>
>> Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
>> > Hi Ubuntero's
>> >
>> > Previously, there has been quite a few attempts to create a "South
>> > African" Linux distribution that includes language packs and software
>> > that may be specific to our region (mapping software, language tools,
>> etc).
>> >
>> > Debian-based systems like Ubuntu are very modular, you hardly ever
>> have
>> > the need to create a complete new system to achieve a goal. By
>> removing
>> > or adding some packages you can easily change your installation to
>> match
>> > your needs. You can even change the role of a computer completely,
>> like
>> > turning a desktop computer into a server machine or vice-versa, simply
>> > by modifying the packages that are installed.
>> >
>> > There are still many good ideas out there and software that would be
>> > nice to have available for our local users. Instead of proposing a
>> > custom installation disc for these ideas and software, I propose we
>> set
>> > up a local Ubuntu repository for this, or even just a PPA in
>> launchpad.
>> > If a user wants to install a package containing a screensaver with
>> local
>> > pictures or a program that can teach them to speak isiXhosa, they can
>> > simply get it from our software repository. I've called it Zabuntu so
>> > far just so that it's called something, it can be called something
>> else,
>> > or even just the Ubuntu-ZA repository if people will be more
>> comfortable
>> > with something more formal.
>> >
>> > Will anybody be interested in contributing? I would like to make it
>> easy
>> > for many people to contribute, even non-technical people. An easy
>> > project would be for a package that contains wallpapers with pictures
>> > from around the country. This way all that you need to contribute is a
>> > camera and the ability to send us the pictures.
>> >
>> > If there's enough interest, we could of course spin CD's of each
>> release
>> > that contain our most popular packages by default, although this
>> > shouldn't be our ultimate goal at the moment in my opinion. We can
>> also
>> > have our repositories distributed on the Freedom Toasters and have
>> them
>> > mirrored locally.
>> >
>> > Am I talking crazy? Should we go ahead with this as an official
>> > Ubuntu-ZA project? Would anyone be interested in contributing?
>> >
>> > -Jonathan
>> >
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David Bodmer

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