Dear All,
It gives me a great pleasure to inform you that Madan Puraskar
Pustakalaya, the Nepal Country Component of the PAN Localization Project
has made two important software releases on May 25, 2008. Please find
below the information about the release.

_NepaLinux 3.0 released_

Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP), Lalitpur, PatanDhoka, Nepal has released yet
another version of NepaLinux, (NepaLinux 3.0) on May 25, 2008.
NepaLinux is a localized Debian and Morphix based GNU/Linux Distribution in
Nepali. It is a Free Open Source Software released under the GNU General
Public License(GPL). MPP has been conducting development works of NepaLinux
since the year 2004. It is being developed under the PAN Localization
Project, which is a software localization initiative in some ten countries of
South and South East Asia. The project is supported by the International
Development and Research Center (IDRC), Canada and administered through the
Center for Research in Urdu Language Processing (CRULP),
National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), Pakistan. So far
three different versions of NepaLinux 1.0, 1.1 and 2.0 have
been released respectively in December 2005, October 2006 and June 2007.

NepaLinux 3.0 like the previous NepaLinux 2.0 version, features two separate CDs
with respectively GNOME and KDE Desktop environments and
a combined DVD containing both of these. Some of the chief attractions of this
version are the two new applications, respectively,
the Nepali Text-to-Speech Application and Nepali Sabdakos. Among other useful
packages included in this version are offline English dictionary and
several other useful educational tools like Gcompris, TuxType, Nepali Spell
Checker and KTouch typing tutor. For detailed information on technical
specifications, please visit the link _http://nepalinux.org
<http://nepalinux.org/>_

_Nepali Office CD Released_

Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya (MPP) released the Nepali Office CD. This consists of
the localized OpenOffice.org suite in Nepali along with
a few other useful Free and Open Source Software like Gimp, Gcompris, TuxType,
FireFox, Thunderbird etc. The Nepali Spell Checker is also
integrated in the OpenOffice.org suite. This Spell Checker has the capabilities
of spell checking and providing suggestions to around 6 million Nepali
words. The Nepali Office CD is believed to be an important tool for helping to
migrate to Free and Open Source Software solutions.

Regards,
Bal Krishna Bal
Project Manager
PAN Localization Project
Nepal Country Component
Lalitpur, PatanDhoka
Nepal