On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Vikas Tara <v...@hamaralinux.org> wrote:
> Hi ilugc, > > I am planning a trip down to Chennai to talk to people about hamara > linux and > the hamara project generally. > > Hamara Linux is a new distribution tailored to the Indian market from > the perspective of language, design, usability and access. > > We are promoting design that users feel accustomed to, a way to reach a > larger audience and also stem cultural hegemony. We target intel as well > as ARM, to make access to the platform easier/cheaper. Native language > support - you will be able to find us using a search engine without > knowing how to read English. > > I will be in Chennai on Monday 22nd September and would really welcome > the opportunity to meet with like minded open source / linux enthusiasts. > > > > Regards > > > Vikas Tara > > -- > Founder - Hamara Linux > www.hamaralinux.org > www.twitter.com/hamaralinux > > _______________________________________________ > ILUGC Mailing List: > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc > ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: > http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines > That's great, but won't it be another fragmentation? For example Boss linux is practically used no where in India. It was funded by the Indian government, but did not get traction. But ofcourse gobverment is highly beuracratic and no real technicial would like to work under it. Why not develop packages for popular distros that will add our languages in user friendly manner, or urge people to participate in translation projects? Or tell people to improve linuxes power efficiency as India is really deficit in electricity. The best think would be a distro that lets us configure what ever we want, I think http://www.gnewsense.org/ did it, but I don't know its status now. But any way as the OS is getting stabilized, the only battle that's being fought in linux-for-normal-people world is the UI battle and Ubuntu is winning it all the time. If one says android, I would like to install Ubuntu touch on their tablet/phone. But I feel this will be a great student project to learn this OS. Your college will be proud of you. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
