Sinhala

english | සිංහල

Enable Sinhala rendering

• Copy lklug.ttf font to /usr/share/fonts
• execute

fc-cache -fv

Enabling Sinhala keyboard

• Edit /etc/sysconfig/keyboard and add the following

KEYTABLE="us"
XKB_MODEL="olpc"
XKB_LAYOUT="en,lk"
XKB_VARIANT="olpc"

• Edit ~/.kbd file and add the following

XKB_VARIANT="olpc -option grp:alt_shift_toggle"

• Restart the Sugar by using Ctrl+Alt+erase
• Now you can toggle between sinhala and english keyboards by using "Alt+Shift" key combination

Sinhala Linux supports the Sinhala script and Sinhala language of Sri Lanka by creating Sinhala-enabled versions of applications for merging into Debian and other distributions. Sinhala fonts and keyboards are in Debian and other Linux distributions.