Linux for India

Objective:

• Showcase the capabilities of Linux for i18n and l10n
• Linux console and Indianization
• Desktop/GUI enviornments and Indianization
• Increase awareness about need to localize Linux to Indian languages

Target Audience:

• General public
• Companies and Developers
• Current and Would be open source developers

Demo Lineup:

• Multilingual Linux system
• Indianized Linux console
• Indianized GUI applications
As of now
• GtkICQ (I18nized and auto adapting - C Hanish Menon)
• GEdit
• GFtp
• GnomeMsg (Nick hill)

Total no. of machines:

• 1 Intel machines
• Other machines in the network having Indianized apps

Hardware Config:

• A Celeron or PII
• 64MB RAM Preferred

Network Config:

• The machine should be on the network

Floor space required:

• Enough Space for 1 machines.
• Ample standing place for visitors and 2 volunteers

Power Requirements:

• Power for at least 1 Machine
• Energizers for atleast 2 volunteers :-)

Handout material for interested visitors:

• I18n and L10n support in linux
• Issues when localizing to Indian languages

Poster designs:

• Linux penguin surrounded by Indian scripts along with a punchline after discussion

Volunteer Requirements:

• People with basic knowledge of Linux and its Desktop enviornments
• People who can talk about I18n, L10n and Indianization issues

Volunteer Status:

1. C Hanish Menon (Group co-ordinator)
2. Naveen Kumar R (shown Interest)
3. M K Saravanan (on Nov 4th)