Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Free and Open Source Software resources

Events by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-08-13 04:13 PM

Sri Lankan Free/Open Source Software related events

News by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-08-13 03:58 PM

Sri Lankan Free/Open Source Software news

Lanka Linux User Group by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-06-03 02:45 PM

The main objective of LKLUG is to promote the use and adoption of Linux and FOSS applications in Sri Lanka. It was started during the Linux for Educational and Commercial Environments workshop conducted by learn in July 1998, with 40 members and 5 advisors. The users interchange their experiences through the mailing list.

Status of FOSS in Sri Lanka by Chamindra de Silva — last modified 2005-06-03 02:44 PM

The following presentation gives a brief overview of the status of FOSS penetration and contribution in Sri Lanka. It was recently presented in the 5th Asia OSS Symposium in Beijing, China. [last update March 2005]

Lanka Software Foundation by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2004-08-17 11:46 AM

Lanka Software Foundation (LSF) is a non-profit foundation whose mission is to encourage Sri Lankan developers to participate in global open-source software projects.

Sri Lanka FOSS Contribution by Chamindra de Silva — last modified 2005-08-29 01:31 PM

This page lists all the FOSS projects that Sri Lankans have been involved in either being the principal authors or where a substiancial amount of code / community contributions are been by Sri Lankas

Sri Lanka FOSS Vendors and Export Companies by Chamindra de Silva — last modified 2005-10-07 01:28 AM

The following gives a list of Sri Lanka FOSS vendors and export companies supporting the adoption and growth of FOSS in Sri Lankan industry.

Localization (L10N) by Chamindra de Silva — last modified 2005-06-03 05:42 PM

Sri Lanka's official languages are Sinhala, Tamil and English. Whilst Linux has been localized for the later two by other countries no Sinhala OS existed until this project started. Current features include Sinhala font, Sinhala rendering, Phonetic keyboard input, Spell checking and Sinhala locale for SL.

Wiki by Khairil Yusof — last modified 2005-09-13 02:06 PM

 

FOSS Organizations by Dhanesh.K.K — last modified 2006-09-29 01:35 PM

Provides the list of major FOSS organizations in Sri Lanka

Google supports FOSS in Sri Lanka by Dhanesh.K.K — last modified 2006-10-13 01:49 PM

Google, the popular Internet search engine company donated $25,000 to the Lanka Software Foundation (LSF) in recognition of their open source software development efforts. LSF is a not-for-profit organization that facilitates global open source projects and has been a stepping stone for many local software developers