Ubuntu Earth

[buried]

I was just thinking, that If i made a Ubuntu, that cared for earth, simplicity and ease, and made something good for computers, with alot of codecs pre-installed.
Care for the world, while making it easy.
so I got it up and running and ver 0.1 (DragonuX)
and it'll be uploaded soon once I got sourceforge running.
I am looking for devolopers and maybe people who want to help.
thanks for Ubuntu. :)
Earth (http://www.1337scene.com/earth/)
-Officialy renamed to Earth or Project Linux Earth or just Project Earth :P
-Theme, Branding, Icons, GDM, everything changed.

[Antman]

Besides the backgorund pic, what makes this different than LinuxMint?

[buried]

Many other codecs pre-install (FFmpeg) Opera pre-installed, Update Manager replaced to Ubuntu's one, blender, google earth and filezilla installed.
there will be more in future releases.

[mips]

Just a suggestion that I think would apeal to many peopl. Take Ubuntu studio remaster it and include a lot of popular games on a DVD. I know people that love the old Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers edition.

[exploder]

buried, you need to remove all of the LinuxMint branding from your distribution. All of the tools are released under the GPL but you need your own branding if you plan to release a distribution.

[Thundera]

You can come help work on Thundera 1.0 Coyote lol.

[wolfen69]

buried, you need to remove all of the LinuxMint branding from your distribution. All of the tools are released under the GPL but you need your own branding if you plan to release a distribution.

you also cant use the name ubuntu. good luck to you.

[Tomatz]

you also cant use the name ubuntu. good luck to you.

You could get away with earthbuntu.

[Changturkey]

Maybe a minimal ubuntu install + *box + codecs + games?

[smartboyathome]

You could get away with earthbuntu.

No you can't, Canonical owns Ubuntu AND buntu. Also, buried, you aren't allowed to redestribute that stuff unless you pay for a license to redistribute it from each of the countries that owns it. Unless you are willing to do that for each one someone gets, it would technically be illegal to redistribute this.

[buried]

well yes Ubuntu belongs to Canonical.
so I'll rename the project to earth later :P
but why is there Ubuntu Studio (before it was owned by Canonical) and Ubuntu Ultimate?
so therefore I have rights to call it Ubuntu Earth, but I'm still renaming it.

[p_quarles]

Neither Opera nor Google Earth can be legally redistributed by third parties. You would need to get permission from the code owners or it would be a breach of copyright.

[buried]

ooh I'm lucky, I just edited Ubuntu Earth (renamed it to Earth and edited everything and I remove Opera and Google Earth :)

[r76]

Many other codecs pre-install (FFmpeg) Opera pre-installed, Update Manager replaced to Ubuntu's one, blender, google earth and filezilla installed.
there will be more in future releases.

Seeing as you just removed Opera and Google Earth, that doesn't leave much to set it apart from Ubuntu and a few things which are easy for anyone to install. Ubuntu even prompts users to download codecs when needed nowadays. You could save time and hassle just uploading your customised theme to gnome-look. Look at the hassle some distros have with releasing isos (bandwidth, servers etc.) - if the project is basically a customised Ubuntu, would you not be better off providing downloaded modifications than a whole distro? You seem keen and enthusiastic - why not help out on other projects packaging some of the stuff you feel Ubuntu is missing? :)

[buried]

Well that's my iniatial plan, but we're gonna make it more then just a "customised" ubuntu.
In Future releases, it's might be made from scratch.

[davidgutu]

When you make it, please include a free live cd to be shipped for free like Ubuntu does coz some of us have a dial up connection:)

[mips]

but why is there Ubuntu Studio (before it was owned by Canonical) and Ubuntu Ultimate?
so therefore I have rights to call it Ubuntu Earth, but I'm still renaming it.

You have no rights to use the name contrary to what you believe. Those projects approached Canonical and asked if they may use the Ubuntu name and that is the correct way of going about it.

[smartboyathome]

By the way, Ubuntu Ultimate is now known as Ultimate Linux, and Ubuntu Studio is now an official project. The reason they allow some distros to use the name "Ubuntu" and not others is because those distros use the same repositories as Ubuntu, nothing extra, and just ships with different packages installed.

[cmay]

hi
i love the idea.
its great.
i wish that you can have succes whit it. i have the same ideas and reasons
to begin whit but i dont have the developer skills to do such thing yet.
but i promise that if you get this done i will testdrive it and i proberly use it as well becouse the main reason i use linux is that it is free and ecological more right than so many other systems . peopel should have the freedom not to waste good old hardware if it can still be of some use. and the whole concept is something that we all need to take upon us someday sooner or later.

good luck and hope you get all the help and things you need to do this.

[MONODA]

I suggest that you also add things that people would need on a desktop computer. Maybe a few games, nexuiz, warzone2100 and battle for wesnoth, many codec, a choice between xfce, KDE and GNOME, compiz fusion with many plugins and compizconfg manager, Kontact and BasKet notepads, tomboy, Brasero, deluge, an easy way to share files over a network, gnome phone manager, cheese for webcams and that's all can think of now. Something similar to Dream linux's easyinstall application would be nice also.