@Odhiambo, Ubuntu wasn't necessary either according to me but look what happened there.
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Martin Mucheke <kmucheke@gmail.com <mailto:kmucheke@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi Skunkers, I was just wondering why we can't make our own OS. Preferably we could call it Kenix. It should be POSIX compliant so that it would get global acceptance. For the shel l BASH would be ok but another shell which is object oriented that can compete with microsofts powershell should be considered.The kernel is what should be 100% kenyan contributed by local developers. The rationale 4 a Kenyan os is one that can give the user a kenyan look & feel thro its gui . Anyway these r just my 2 cents worth of thoughts. Any takes. . Regards, Martin Mucheke
Me thinks there is no need for such an OS unless there is something specifically Kenyan that it's supposed to address. But it's good to have such a dream! If there are kernel hackers in Kenya, it would be worth their time contributing their expertise to the various FOSS projects that are already running. Forming and managing an OS devteam is no joke. Perhaps some localization experts can do a swahili language *NIX but that would just confuse the masses. How many people are running MS Windows in Swahili? Or even FB?
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