[Indic-computing-users] Re: Showcasing Indian language support in OpenSource stall at Linux Bangalore/2002

[Guntupalli K. <kar...@fr...>]

Hi,
 below is text of mail sent to lb2...@li... for
taking space in stall.
 Pl. give ur feedback on what all we could do.

*************
We would like to apply for a stall in OpenSource stall at LB/02. This
will be the Localisation section in the stall ( whats the name of the
stall ?). Below is short description of what we expect to do.

Who are 'we' ? 
 Members of various Localisation groups viz will try to have at least
1 member from each team.

  IndLinux (Hindi,Marathi) - http://www.indlinux.org
  Kannada  - http://kannada.sourceforge.net/
( Following teams invited - but participation not yet confirmed )
  Bengali - http://www.banglalinux.org/
  Tamil   - http://www.tamillinux.org/
  Malayalam - http://malayalamlinux.sourceforge.net
  LLI     - http://lli.linux-bangalore.org

Our goal
 Showcase whats available wrt Indian language support on Linux
including distros like Redhat 8.0, Mandrake 9.0 etc.
 Create awareness about Localisation into Indian languages.
 
Requirements
 Hardware : 1-2 PCs - min config. Celeron 300 or above, 128MB ram,
CDROM, LAN card
 Software : Redhat 7.3/8.0, Mandrake 9.0, Gnome 2, KDE 3.x, XFree86
4.2

( if possible ) access to CDRS data to collect demographics of those
visiting localisation stall & talks and email localisation newsletter 
 
What we will do
 Have 10-15 min sessions explaining to delegates what is localisation,
what they can do & how to join in.
 Possibly distribute 1 pager containing breif on localisation on one
side & links to team pages on other side.

Demos: following demos could be shown
 - Gnome 2 desktop in Hindi
 - Tamil KDE desktop
 - Malayalam support - fonts, renderers
 - Bangla support - fonts
 - Kannada translations
 - Chatting in indian languages using Gaim 2 (Jabber as backend)
 - E-mail in indian languages using Balsa 2, K-Mail
 - Indian languages on web using Unicode - using Mozilla/Konqueror
 - Using unicode editor  Yudit.
 - Using Gtranslator for translations
 - IndLinux Hindi installer (based on Redhat 8.0)
 -  .... Awaiting more ideas from others
 
Thats all for now - maybe will add more to this once I get feedback
from other teams.
*****************

Regards,
Karunakar

-- 
Hating people is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat -
Anon

------------------------------------
*  Linux Bangalore/2002            *
*  Technology for a Free World     *
*  December 3/4/5, 2002            *
*  http://linux-bangalore.org/2002 *
------------------------------------