[LUNI] General Opinion question..

[Samir Faci]

don't get me wrong, I definitely see the use and appeal of Ubuntu CE.  I
can even see the market share/niche he's trying get into.  Like I said,
it's me being picky, but I'd much rather have this as an option in either
the install process or an easy setup process to enable the service rather
then having it default.  Again, it's just a pet-peave.

Mark:  I think someone mentioned another alternate project called Ichthux
as well.  http://www.ichthux.com/

Alright I'm done wit this topic.. back to other OSS/Linux/Whatever topics

If anyone wants to continue the debate email me privately, no need to
polute the list with this topic.
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Samir




> I had recently been asked to put together a method of protecting office
> computers from 'unacceptable material' being downloaded either
> unwittingly or not, within a local church.
>
> My research had led me to DansGuardian.  So I was pleased to see the
> posting about ubuntu CE, being a fan of ubuntu, this is a great step
> forward.
>
> In years gone by, I had promoted linux to various churches in the area,
> quoting the usual 'little risk of spyware etc' but then was dismayed to
> find certain issues arise, like the default choices of screensaver
> (including a now removed photo slideshow that pulled images off the web
> (and yes - at random, so porn ended up in full view)
>
> To have a distro that takes these issues into account is wonderful.
>
> Thanks for posting
>
> Samir Faci wrote:
>> Okay, so here goes:
>>
>> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/25/1427222
>>
>> Ubuntu Christian Edition.  It's a remap of Ubuntu, includes all the
>> stuff
>> that comes with Ubuntu plus christian/bible software plus DansGuardian
>> and
>> other web filtering products that block and sensor pornography and other
>> inappopriate material.
>>
>> What does everyone think of that?  I find it slightly.. annoying and
>> disturbing to use something so open as Linux and OSS to put out a
>> product
>> that's meant to censor.  Doesn't this go against much of the OSS
>> philosophy?
>>
>> Is it just me misreading this?  I might be overthinking it, we've had a
>> philosophy geek meeting at the lug lately, I might be still in that
>> mode.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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