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Linux based SW suite in Indian languages

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PUNE: Contributing towards community efforts in developing a software suite based on GNU and Linux in Indian languages, Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has launched its `Janabhaaratii' project. Titled "Localization of free/ open source software: development, deployment and community building”, the project aims to contribute to community efforts in developing a software suite based on GNU/Linux in Indian languages.

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The Technology Development in Indian Languages (TDIL) group of the Department of Information Technology has funded this project. The objective is to invite, build and support community initiatives to produce and disseminate free and open source software systems, applications and content.

According to C-DAC officials, the project has been modeled to suit Indian languages and find applications in diverse areas such as home use, mass applications, education, rural areas, info kiosks, cyber cafes, e-governance and content creation.

The project inherits and will enhance the access and usability of the resources and capabilities garnered by C-DAC in Indian language technologies over the last 15 years. C-DAC, Mumbai is at the forefront of Indian language technology mission with its Indix project for making GNU and Linux operating systems specifically intelligent about Indic scripts and provide the world with a more generic approach to deal with these complex scripts.

Further, the project stands on the shoulders of several teams working on the localization of GNU/Linux, namely, the IITs, IIITs, Indlinux, ankurbangla, HBCSE (TIFR), FSF India, and Corporations like IBM and so on. Several Resource Centers supported by the TDIL have also stacked up a large amount of localization resources. The project envisages the threading together of these efforts, to present to the community a suite of software components in ready usable form through Open Source under GPL/LGPL licenses.

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