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Dzongkhalinux: made in Bhutan
While the promise of integrating the Dzongkha Unicode system, developed since 1998 at a cost of US$ 523,000, in Microsoft Vista may be out of the window locals have come up with a much cheaper but more advanced software for Dzongkha computing.
Called Dzongkhalinux , the software enables to chat, write emails, surf Internet, play music or video, in Dzongkha.
Developed by the department of information and technology, with initial technical support from Sherubtse College and language support from dzongkha development authority, Dzongkhalinux, with the logo of a penguin draped in a monk’s robe, is a locally developed version of the free Linux operating system which supports Dzongkha computing for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, emailing , web browsing and chatting with all the interface commands and menus for the applications in Dzongkha.
The software was developed with assistance from PAN Localisation grant from International Development Research Centre, Ottawa in Canada administered through Centre for Research in Urdu Language Processing, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences in Pakistan. Developed at a cost of US$ 50,000, it is the most advanced Dzongkha computing software till date according to DIT. And it had the potential to grow further.
Source: Kuensel Online
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