------------------ Speaker: Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan, Media Lab Asia.
Date: 18th October, Friday
Venue: KReSIT, Room No.301 , IIT Bombay. Time: 3.30 PM
Title: Ind Linux/Computing for the masses
Abstract ======
For digital technology to reach the masses, the technology has to speak the common man/woman's language. Sadly, most software, operating systems and applications sold in India are in English. To break this logjam and the market, Indlinux.org is localizing Linux in Indian languages and plans to distribute it free of cost across India. A localized version of Linux in Hindi is in an advanced state of development and will be demonstrated during this talk.
The talk with be in two parts; the first part consisting of an overview by Venkatesh (Venky) Hariharan and Prakash Advani, co-founders of the project. This will be followed by a demonstration of the software and a brief overview of what localisation involves by G Karunakar, which will cover:
o Internationalization & Localisation basics. o The POSIX o GNU Gettext model o The toolkit approaches o How it all fits in. o What we are doing o Fonts development o Input methods o Translations o Current areas of work o Areas you can contribute/do o QT / KDE o Mozilla o OpenOffice
Conclusion Q & A
For more information about IndLinux, see www.indlinux.org -----------------------