Re: [FarsiLinux] New member & suggestions

[Arash Bijanzadeh]

Hi,
We want to simplize the use of farsi in linux. We  may an installable distro 
and packages.
Right now we are trying to find a base for our distro. Surely all of us like 
it to be debianbase but there is two major problem. First is the installer 
and hd-detection proccedure which are not user friendly in debian. The other 
problem is conservative POV of debian guys in contrust with the newly added 
features that we want them all for farsification.
So if the sarge installer is good enough I think we can't stick to the stable 
release of debian as base of our distro. Maybe we should use the testing 
version for our base?

RedHat on the other hand always contains the most new versions of linux 
applications; and not to forget that in Iran it is really easier to buy CDs 
than download them from repositories.
Any way for now I am working on knoppix remastering, considering its 
installation script it could satsfy us for know and we have time to test 
Libranet.
I have another suggestion. We can create one extra CD for distros included the 
most needed thing for farsification, fonts, farsiKDE and ... ; all packaged 
and ready to install plus a shell script to make things more easier.
I suggest creating this plusCD for RedHat that has the best xft rendering and 
default utf8 locale and for debian. RedHat needs  fonts and farsiKDE rpms and 
a way to get ride of it's nasty Desktop.
For Debian we need other packages like new X and xft and ...

What do you think?
On Monday 28 July 2003 23:40, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> On Sunday 27 July 2003 11:28, Arash Zeini wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have added Matthias, who is currently staying with us, to the list.
> > He had quite interesting news regarding the new installer in Debian.
>
> Which I would also love to be informed about.
>
> OK, it is apparent what I am trying to acomplish. Sending email after
> email, trying to get as much information as possible from you guys, to
> cover what I have missed during my absence. :-)
>
> > We may be able just to go with Debian from beginning.

>
> Lovely news. However one that is hard for me to beleive. Considering
> that sarge's installer is still heavy into development, as is far from
> stable. Ofcourse I might be wrong, as Matthias seems to be the expert
> here.
>
> It seems I have to downbload sarge iso images one of these days, to
> personaly test it's installer.
>
> Cheers