Document Actions
Let us salute the Linux localisers (India)
Linux distributions for the consumer desktop may be imperfect; but Indian developers have already created some compelling applications, especially in local languages.
Even as the Redhats, the SUSEs and the Sun Javas of the Open Source distribution business are getting their act together, application developers who create the compelling content that sits on top of the Linux bedrock have not been idle. India has been, a prolific place when it comes to creating Linux tools and applications, particularly when it comes to Indian language computing.
Indeed the combination of increasingly affordable desktop and laptop hardware with an open source operating system may well lower the threshold of entry and enable thousands of potential users to enjoy the benefits of PC and Internet in the language with which they are most comfortable — their mother tongue.
Source: The Hindu
