Tamil

Name	Tamil Nadu Software Professionals
Language	Tamil
Location	Chennai, crossing into Sri Lanka
About	120+ software professionals across different companies
Current work	Started translating Ubuntu GNU/Linux into Tamil
Contact info	Amachu.techie; smrpnm@yahoo.com
Inspiration	http://sevabharathi.org/

உலகெங்கும் வாழும் ஆறு கோடி தமிழ் நெஞ்சங்களை மகிழ்விக்க கனா காணும் ஒரு முயற்சியின் துவக்கம்..

சமர்ப்பணம் - சென்னையை மையமாக கொண்டு இயங்கும் தகவல் தொழில் நுட்ப பொறியாளர்களின் குழுமம்..

கணினி கற்க ஆங்கில அறிவு அவசியம் என்ற அவலம் போக்க ஒரு சிறு முயற்சி..

Hi,

This is just an initiative.

We are a group of Software Professionals located in Chennai, the Capital city of Tamil Nadu, India.

We have a total number of 120+ software professionals across different companies.

Visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/samarpanam/

Our plan is to take technology to the masses.

We have now crossed borders to reach Srilanka and has initated to start translating Ubuntu GNU/ Linux to Tamil.

Visit: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/TamilTeam

we are inspired by Sevabharathi an NGO in India.

Visit: http://sevabharathi.org/

We would like to take up this OLPC initiative to the masses of Tamil Nadu to begin with and then wish to expand it to whole of India.

Contact: smrpnm@yahoo.com

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This may help: PuppyLinux localization just had success with Tamil. See the PuppyLinux Forum. You may find that Puppy is very much suitable for NGO work.

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[IndLinux] is working on a Tamil distribution of Linux. Several Free Tamil fonts are readily available, including the Ankur fonts and Code2000. Tamil uses an INSCRIPT keyboard.

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Update: Coaching classes for Students on GNU/Linux started in T Nagar, Chennai. Total participants:7 We plan to first inculcate the computer knowledge in our students and once the Laptop is released officially we plan to hand it over to them.