Here is the real spanner, 1. I am a typical Kenyan. 2. I DONT WANT A NEW OPERATING SYSTEM, i just want the existing ones to work better. I want to be able to run dream weaver natively on linux, i want autocad to run on linux. 3. I want GIMP easier than fireworks. And i want it to have a better UI. 4. I want more fonts, more drivers on the fly and i want to be able on the fly to rip dvd's without having to download and install handbrake. 5. Anything IT related in swa is just NOT COOL, patriotic maybe. 6. I want all of the software free, i dont want ADS either, just software thats lean mean efficient and does what its meant to be. There you have it, plenty to do before your wayward ken*x projects. On 10/19/09, Joshua Amolo <joshua.amolo@gmail.com> wrote:
@Karunyu
Looking forward to it
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Peter Karunyu <pkarunyu@gmail.com> wrote:
@Joshua and Wash, There was a project to create locales for several indigenous african languages, it ended on october 5. See more details here http://www.it46.se/afrigen/ and http://groups.google.com/group/google-africa-community/browse_thread/thread/...
Those locales will be submitted to CLDR/Unicode, OpenOffice and GNU C Library. The list of companies that use CLDR are the who-is-who of the global tech industry, according to http://www.it46.se/afrigen/about.php.
I had a chance to translate some words/phrases to my mother tongue, so in future, it might not be so surprising to find Af-Helledi as one of the languages when installing *nix :-)
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>wrote:
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Joshua Amolo <joshua.amolo@gmail.com>wrote:
Why dont we try and develop a Swahili Language pack for existing OSs like Ubuntu, FreeBSD and those other flavors, not only will it be relevant to our Kenyan market but it will make an inpact in the East African region too.
@Joshua,
Look at it this way: How may skunk(ette)s are fluent Swahili speakers? If none of them is, then there'll be nothing to motivate such a project. From my Kenyan experience, these kubaffs are contented with English. Please remind me of the times when Kiswahili takes centre stage in KE. Take for instance if someone were to post here in Kiswahili, would you read it? For me, I simply click delete:-)
The direction Michuki has provided seems a lot more viable, and doable.
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