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RE: New tamil linux site
could somebody update me on the stage of localisation wrto other indian
languages ?
Specifically,
has KDE / GNOME any other Win Manager come up with lang support for
any other indian language ?
competitively, does win2k offer indian language support ?
Regards
Shourya
#-----Original Message-----
#From: M K Saravanan [mailto:mksarav@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
#Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 2:14 PM
#To: Indian Linux User Group - Chennai
#Cc: linux-india-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
#Subject: [LIG] New tamil linux site
#
#
#kindly go thru the following mess.
#-- mks --
#
#********************************************************************
#M K Saravanan,
#Member Research Staff,
#The AU-KBC Centre for Internet & Telecom Technologies,
#Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University,
#Chromepet, Chennai 600 044.
#Tamilnadu, INDIA
#
#Tel (O): 91 44 2417885 Email: mksarav@xxxxxxxxxxxx
#Telefax (O): 91 44 2402711 URL : http://mksarav.tripod.com
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#
#
#---------- Forwarded message ----------
#Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 16:58:20 +0900
#From: Dr. V. Venkataramanan <venkat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
#
#Hello and Greetings.
#
#We are glad to present a new website http://www.tamillinux.org It is
#mirrored at http://www.os4.com/tamil
#
#This is an unifying effort of all linux efforts toward localizing to
#tamil language. The site is both from the developer and the
#user point
#of view. While we provide a platform for the linux developers to
#discuss their work, we also make their work available to the common
#user. Simply put, we aspire to make this a one-stop resource
#point for
#all your tamil linux needs.
#
#The site contains, as of now, a lot of introduction to linux,
#user tips,
#how-tos, tutorials and other documents. It also has pointers to other
#linux resources. We plan to build up on it. Also all tamil linux
#programs and utilities are available for the user from a single page
#(ftp access is also possible). This is expected to grow further. We
#plan to add discussions in the near future. All tamil material are
#presented in dynamic TSCII fonts (no need to install any fonts).
#
#Simultaneous to this, we are also setting up a Tamil Linux Project at
#SourceForge (sourceforge.net), this is a consortium of
#multinational IT
#companies such as VA Linux, HP, IBM, etc. This project space will be
#made use for all developments. Everyone is welcome to join this. The
#project related discussions are currently at www.egroups.com/tamilinux
#
#Some of you may be aware; the recently released K Desktop Environment
#(KDE) for linux and unix operating systems version 2.0
#supports tamil as
#one of the languages. This for the first time in any indic
#languages an
#operating system user interface is available. We are proud that tamil
#leads the way here. Mr. Sivakumar has planned and executed
#this project,
#with the support of some volunteers. Thus it is possible to
#do most of
#your daily computer tasks -like editing, drawing, web browsing, ftp,
#dial up connection, file management, in tamil interface. Linux as you
#may be knowing is a powerful multiuser, multitasking,
#operating system -
#even linux power operations like user and network management, task
#scheduling, etc. can now be done in tamil. KDE also comes with an
#office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation,
#illustration),
#siva and others are currently adding tamil support to this also. An
#easy guide to setting up a working tamil computer is presented
#in the site.
#
#Another elegant and powerful desktop for unix-like systems, GNOME is
#also now starting to wear tamil look. Mr. Dinesh Nadarajah is leading
#the group. tamillinux.org houses both these projects. Mr.
#Sivaraj has
#written a powerful console support to tamil. A few of us have also
#written documentation for these. We welcome you to use and
#enjoy all these.
#
#Mr. Maniam of iDNS.com, singapore has helped us in getting the domain
#name registered and ensured initial web support. Mr. P. Asokan of
#Chennaionline (aaraamthinai) has provided additional web and ftp
#facilities. We are grateful to them. A voluntary initiative
#like this
#needs a lot of participation, even nontechnical volunteers can help in
#documentation and translation. We look forward to your
#support. If you
#maintain a pointer to the websites, please include tamillinux.org also.
#
#Now we welcome to the site http://www.tamillinux.org . Please convey
#your suggestions and opinions. Thank you,
#
#Dr. V. Venkataramanan
#Tokyo, Japan 9th Nov. 2000
#venkat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
#
#PS: This is mailed to you/the group with a sincere hope that it may
#interest you. We apologise if this is irrelevant to you.
#
#Forward this mail, if you think someone/group might be
#interested. Thanks.
#
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