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