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Linux Localization And E-governance

Posted by Hemos on from the using-it-in-the-best-way-possible dept.

BhondaiPola writes "The Telegraph has an interesting article about the works of a Bengali Linux localization group. The article speaks of the potential areas in which localization can be implemented, especially, E-governance. Most of the stuff is known to us, but the article should serve as a nice introductory article for anyone new to the issue. And I liked the screenshots of the localized GNOME in the website of the group."

10 of 102 comments (clear)

  1. FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP, bitch!

  2. hat trick by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    third fp today

    NIGGER NIGGER NIGGER!

    # ease try to keep posts on topic.
    # Try to reply to other people's comments instead of starting new threads.
    # Read other people's messages before posting your own to avoid simply duplicating what has already been said.
    # Use a clear subject that describes what your message is about.

  3. hmmmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Blah blah blah blah blah COOL SCREENSHOTS.

    Are we just trying to kill servers for fun?

  4. YOU FAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    roffle

  5. MPAA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is coming after them for that Matrix Reloaded movie file. I tipped them off.

  6. Is the English Alphabet boring? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I totally dig the look of foreign alphabets, from kanji and katakana to cyrillic (which looks like western letters in a mirror, try it sometime) and devangari and arabic (which can be really intricate because so much artistic focus was put into calligraphy for religious reasons).

    So, to non-western slashdot readers I ask, does the western alphabet look as boring to you as it does to us natives, or is it similarly exotic to you?

  7. Re:incidental link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's on the front page of my local rag.

    I had to dig to find any mention of the innocent Afghanis killed by an al Qaida bomb.

    Controlled, indeed. But, by who, and with what agenda?

  8. Re:How much localization is available in Windows? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perhaps you can do it by changing the resource of EXEs.

  9. Re:incidental link by Noodlenose · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Flamebait?

    That, my friends, was an intelligent and rather insightful remark, worth a couple of points.

    Mod parent up!

  10. Don't want a flame war, I'm just curious... by peter_gzowski · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    why choose GNOME to do this? Is there no Bengali support in KDE? I'm just wondering if there was a prevailing reason. On a side note, I like the Totem screen shot in the pictures. Why isn't there a KDE media player based on Xine, dammit?!?

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