Hi,
below is text of mail sent to lb2-oss-expo@... for
taking space in stall.
Pl. give ur feedback on what all we could do.

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We would like to apply for a stall in OpenSource stall at LB/02. This
will be the Localisation section in the stall ( whats the name of the
stall ?). Below is short description of what we expect to do.

Who are 'we' ?
Members of various Localisation groups viz will try to have at least
1 member from each team.

IndLinux (Hindi,Marathi) - http://www.indlinux.org
Kannada - http://kannada.sourceforge.net/
( Following teams invited - but participation not yet confirmed )
Bengali - http://www.banglalinux.org/
Tamil - http://www.tamillinux.org/
Malayalam - http://malayalamlinux.sourceforge.net
LLI - http://lli.linux-bangalore.org

Our goal
Showcase whats available wrt Indian language support on Linux
including distros like Redhat 8.0, Mandrake 9.0 etc.
Create awareness about Localisation into Indian languages.

Requirements
Hardware : 1-2 PCs - min config. Celeron 300 or above, 128MB ram,
CDROM, LAN card
Software : Redhat 7.3/8.0, Mandrake 9.0, Gnome 2, KDE 3.x, XFree86
4.2

( if possible ) access to CDRS data to collect demographics of those
visiting localisation stall & talks and email localisation newsletter

What we will do
Have 10-15 min sessions explaining to delegates what is localisation,
what they can do & how to join in.
Possibly distribute 1 pager containing breif on localisation on one
side & links to team pages on other side.

Demos: following demos could be shown
- Gnome 2 desktop in Hindi
- Tamil KDE desktop
- Malayalam support - fonts, renderers
- Bangla support - fonts
- Kannada translations
- Chatting in indian languages using Gaim 2 (Jabber as backend)
- E-mail in indian languages using Balsa 2, K-Mail
- Indian languages on web using Unicode - using Mozilla/Konqueror
- Using unicode editor Yudit.
- Using Gtranslator for translations
- IndLinux Hindi installer (based on Redhat 8.0)
- .... Awaiting more ideas from others

Thats all for now - maybe will add more to this once I get feedback
from other teams.
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Regards,
Karunakar

--
Hating people is like burning down your house to get rid of a rat -
Anon

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* Linux Bangalore/2002 *
* Technology for a Free World *
* December 3/4/5, 2002 *
* http://linux-bangalore.org/2002 *
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