Thanks to Colin and Evan’s efforts we now have daily images of a freedom-focused flavour of Ubuntu, “Gobuntu”. This is a call for developers who are interested in pushing the limits of content and code freedom - including firmware, content, and authoring infrastructure, to join the team and help identify places where we must separate out pieces that don’t belong in Gobuntu from the standard Ubuntu builds.
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mattflaschen
18 years 27 weeks 19 hours 1 min ago
This is consistent with Mark's
This is consistent with Mark's promise of a "Glossy GNU" version of Ubuntu, similar to the existing gNewSense project (http://gnewsense.org),
petercruickshank
18 years 27 weeks 18 hours 48 min ago
Although it duplicates the purpose
Although it duplicates the purpose of gnewsense, maybe having the magic Ubuntu name will be enough to make this one wildly successful. I know I'd like to have Gnash installed by default if it can replace flash for youtube.
mattflaschen
18 years 27 weeks 6 hours 12 min ago
Ubuntu is good at marketing, but
Ubuntu is good at marketing, but I don't think they'll publicize this heavily. Mark actually says it's primarily meant to make an easier base for gNewSense and similar distros.