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luridguy (m)
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am looking at it right now and it looks promising for now all i have to say is its about time some one came out with our own version........... am not a linux user but am really looking foward to giving wazobia linux a try and to think it comes in hausa yoruba and igbo
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Ynot (m)
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This is great. I've been wondering when someone will take the intiative to do something like this. Asian countries(South Korea and Japan inclusive) have OSs, even windows in their native languages. It helps in technological developement. One suggestion though; i think they should try and upload the image/iso file. The bandwidth excuse will not prevent people from downloading and using their product. They should take a leave from the UBUNTU Project. I will try to pass the word around here too.
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skima (m)
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This is great!  |
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c0dec (m)
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damn! i've always wanted to do that. i even had my own custom-made LFS-distro. kudos to leapsoft anyway. |
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oasis
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Nice work. More info here http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=wazobiaI've always questioned the need for all these linux distributions popping up all over the place though. Some of them are just a waste of energy. I say this because I won't spend time on something, unless I have something new to offer, or there is a demand for it. So, the question becomes, what is wazobia offering, or what demand is it trying to fill? The Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo deal is cool. At the end of the day, would somebody working on wazobia be employable globally, since it's most likely to be in a native Nigerian language? |
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Ynot (m)
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Oasis
I think i understand your concern. There is this saying from my part of Nigeria: "Our own is our own". I work with *nix on professional level and i've tried most of the flavors out there; both live Cds and installation distribution. Though they have the same kernel, each differs in interface, modules, specific application etc...
Believe it or not, people unconsciously or otherwise process information in their native language. I guess the inclusion of the major Nigerian language is another way to entice people to do their computer works in their mother tongue. It may not be a big issue for those currently living Nigeria, but it is for me.
I can't wait to spook my co-workers on Monday when i boot my systems with ndeewo on the welcome screen.
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joftech (m)
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The inclusion of Nigerian languages was started by the guys at gnome (hence the usage), you can read about read about it here . Just like the Yoruba Google page, the fad is not really going to catch up. 100% of people that have access to a PC can read and write basic English that can help them to navigate their way through, so i see no reason for all these languages. And i will be stupid to dump some well known distro that i have been using for a relatively new one. All these forks are damn simple to do only that you must have some good tux know how. Making a Linux distro is like putting a puzzle together, the solutions are ready made. Naija need better stuff than re-inventing the wheel. |
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Jio (m)
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Why pay for a distro when I can get Fedora Core with very good community support for free every 6 months??? Nice work.
The Yoruba, Hausa, Igbo deal is cool. I don't know about Hausa though, since these people don't exactly value western education.
What's your beef with the Hausas? This comment is racist to me. Due you have documented facts to back up your claim or it's just your perception of the Hausa people??? |
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oasis
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What's your beef with the Hausas? This comment is racist to me. Due you have documented facts to back up your claim or it's just your perception of the Hausa people??? Actually, the question is, can you prove otherwise? Just like the Yoruba Google page, the fad is not really going to catch up. 100% of people that have access to a PC can read and write basic English that can help them to navigate their way through, so i see no reason for all these languages.
I think the effort is laudable, since it puts Nigeria's name next to something other than 419. But as far as people actually adopting wazobia linux, I just don't see it happening. |
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c0dec (m)
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I think the effort is laudable, since it puts Nigeria's name next to something other than 419. But as far as people actually adopting wazobia linux, I just don't see it happening.
with the help of the government, it can. and i hope it does. |
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niyyie (m)
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Does anyone has an idea of the cost of this 'Nigerian OS'?
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Cactus (m)
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It is very shameful that someone will use a turn a free OS into a paid OS and also a paid support. All you people that are proud its a disgrace.
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blackweaver (m)
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You know i think it can go only so far because of the followership that i takes to
support a linux distro -and it's commercial again! hey i don't even use redhat
and i know that it works well how are you going to persauade me to use
wazobia?
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