[Indic-computing-users] Rangoli live cd 1.0 beta released

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

Hi all,

Rangoli live cd 1.0 beta released.

Rangoli is multilingual Live CD from IndLinux.org based on Morphix
project (which is based on KNOPPIX & Debian). It boots directly into
the chosen language desktop as available on boot menus. This is a
demo & test release, primarily intended for testing out Indic stuff
and not for production use. A final version would be coming up by
Jan=E2=80=9906 end, which will also be the last of Rangoli live CD series=
.

Download ISO (688MB)
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=3D11495&package_id=
=3D118963&release_id=3D382271


Feedback welcome at feedback AT indlinux dawt org or on the
Indlinux-group lists You can also hop into #indlinux at
irc.freenode.net

This version of Live CD features the following
# Gnome 2.10
# KDE 3.4.3
# OpenOffice 2.0

Following languages are available as boot options
# KDE - Hindi, Tamil
# GNOME - Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi

This features work from following Language teams
# Bengali - http://www.bengalinux.org
# Hindi - http://www.indlinux.org/hindi
# Gujarati - http://www.utkarsh.org
# Punjabi - http://punlinux.sf.net
# Tamil - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tamilinix

Languages - Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya, Marathi not included since
they dont have near complete KDE/GNOME desktops. Telugu disabled for
font conflicts will be fixed in next release. Nepali and Dzongkha
also provided as demo purpose.

TODO:
# Lots of testing!!
# better splash screens
# indlinux themes for KDE & GNOME
# getting installer working
# add support for other langs.
# get scim working
# OOo customization
# Include Indic enabled Firefox.
# Lots of user documentation to write!

To volunteer/contribute join the indlinux-group list
or at IRC at #indlinux on irc.freenode.net

If someone likes to do some serious testing, mail feedback at
indlinux.org with address to send in a copy of the CD.

Karunakar

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