. i wish i could make one with all its bells. just that i dont know Linux much 
. i wish you guys can take it up and build one .
Naya moad, i must say 
Ye forum hai ya ladai ka maidaan
why cant we make a Linux disto
. that seems to be a nice start . . the only hinderance here is my lack of Linux knowledge . . . but other Linux guys are experts , so that will get solved out . and regarding distribution digit can take care , i guess
mathiyayo?
. vayaru niranju. . embakkavum vittoo 
And yea,if you guys are thinking about producing a custom/tailored linux distro,count me in for that too
. now what do you say praka ..
. I can help with the distro building process. I am good at checklisting, theming, package consolidation, etc.
. . now thats the spirit i was looking for . . . get some team build up and get going guys . it will surely be a huge thing in life , just imagine the joy that you will be getting when someone is using your disto . . .
reason:u ppl will forget this project later.no one is gonna care after a day or two! ie,no apt,yum,dpkg,rpm,tbz et al.
. it will be a perfect indian recipe
. I am also willing to take part in this. It sounds interesting and good.
Not sure about 3rd Party codecs, but work on MacBuntu is already on!
One of my fren's at ubuntuforums.org with the username buu700 is working on this
. why worry about the output , let it roll out first , if its a flop or a hit is not in our hands .just look at mac4lin , did he actually know that its gonna be this famous ?
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I already gave you credit for thisNot sure about 3rd Party codecs, but work on MacBuntu is already on!
Btw, Linux and Gandhigiri... yes! That will work on this forum, I'm sure. I haf my full support
thanksyou guys rock man , just put yourself together , i am sure it will grow into something
so how about some obscure poetry with old hindi words thrown randomly here and there for linux?Sorry It should've read: You haf my full support!
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I am too in the team.so , how many are in the team ?
just infra , metal and pat . . what about praka -the dull human
am afraid , i cant format my ideas , my phone wont allow that
this is not offtopic. Ghandi built a nation. We build an OSSorry for the offtopic posts.. start a new thread for the custom distro one....
Let me edit the thread post to reflect this objective.
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good idea. But we will still keep those other themes as Alternative Extras.^^^ No mac or win themes. We'll enhance the Clearlooks theme
I too may be!
Its both. We build an OS. We create a revolution. Anyway, I wil still edit it.hey edit the whole topic and make it disto specific so it sinks with the discussion na
. ahem. . . well , i did not mean that way , but i feel we indians need one . if this can get popular , it will be great for our nation . . forget it , lets skip the dream part . lets do the work first .
Its not "another" distro. This is something Like Linux MiNT, or Ubuntu Ultimate Edition. The default ubuntu can be customised a lot, but this is just a precustomised one. We are basically going to sort packages into nessary and unnessary ones, add new ones that in other countries may be illegal, etc etc etc.
yes @Cyrus.it is better to see some custom softwares for Ubuntu or Fedora or as a source code package working as an addon for ur Linux.
For eg: I saw defrag(pydefragmenter) in ubuntu forums.it is small and useful rather than wasting ur energy for making a distro!.something useful for eg:ird's mac4lin will earn respect and fame easily,unlike some remastered distro.FYI,even a 10th class student made a distro long back called slynux,a fork of knoppix
For Indians,there is already BOSS linux,IndLinux etc.
. i support that
. pra , whats wrong in putting this one out mate . . . its not like it will make the biggest change in the world or the worst tragedy . lets just get the car out and roll na . . then we will see
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It's all about licensing. Today innovations in computers is hindered a lot more because of legalities than technicalities. Just look at the sheer number of big licences around and theif we dont get a web site ,why dont we make it unofficial just as a project kind of thing. if it takes up . then we will make a site
lets not say not supported , it will scare the noobs . . lets just say "its a project "kind of thing.
. and its like "if you like it , get it , but dont expect any support "to others .:-l. i dono , what do you think ???
Problem isn't whether it's commercial or not but the problem is how will you distribute it without violating IP laws?but its not even meant to be commercial , its just a trial hit. just like a custom flavour for lets say , digit team here
.. hey let me ask you something straight .
One click install to Essentials (drivers, codecs etc.), one click install for GUI Enhancement.. and more users will wanna try out Linux.
not exactly. this is more like GPLed community stuff.
, put something out, it will be fun and will be a good learning point ..
. give it a day or two . consider a poll, but am afraid of it cause of no of Linux users here . but most importantly DONT GIVE UP .nothing good comes to those who give up .. they will help you , those lazy bunch of peoples
.get going
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I just saw a guy called pushkar reading this thread*gigasmilies.googlepages.com/24.gifpush it out
hope we aren't hurting himmay be he will push this thread from now on
There are other roles too.
there's so much more I haven't covered as yet
Truem, it will be difficult to circumvent the laws and include proprietory components. There are ways around but require good knowledge of legal system eg. bundling of mp3 decoder in debian without violating DFSG so mp3's can be played out of the box in debian but the same can't be done by ubuntu, fedora, etc cos of for profit organisations beyond their distribution. You see that requires deep knowledge of laws which none of us have.Hitboxx said:
I need an offline package of the nVidia and ATi Drivers, prefereval a .deb or .bin containing all the drivers ever needed that automatically installs the right one. Anyting close available?
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I am not discouraging anyone. I said it's fine to go ahead and do it for gaining some experience with working of linux. But, most of the ideas I have seen here are either implemented somewhere or face restrictions, which will hamper the project in the long run.i see mehul reading the thread . . prepare for some discouragement
no offence mate
you are just being practical, and I appritiate that, but we still need to start from step one, and trying to release a simple(and powerful) distro for suiting all our needs is just for an experience.
A presentation on contributing to debian - *foss.in/2007/register/slides/Contributing_to_Debian_for_dummies_348.pdf
. i really did not mean to hurt you . sorry once again . . .
Debian from Scratch. See the html link on that page.
. . thanks .
I hope he's learnt something till now. I had introduced him to KDevelop and QT Designer.Inside info: Inspired by mehul, Charan is learning Qt!
I believe Harsh knows a bit(or maybe more) of GTKanyone here who knows gtk/cute programming
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anyone here who knows gtk/cute programming
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