On 11/09/14 19:49, ARUN PALANIAPPAN wrote: > Hi, > > > 2014-09-10 21:50 GMT+05:30 Vikas Tara <v...@hamaralinux.org>: > >> I am planning a trip down to Chennai to talk to people about hamara >> linux and the hamara project generally. >> > The Name "Hamara" is derived from Hindi... Right??? Yes - but you can raise a bug for that and have it changed for your region. > > Can I assume that this is another form of Hindi Imposition over entire > India? No, read my previous post. We are currently working on translations.
Personally, I do not read or write hindi, but I don't have a like or dislike for any language in particular. > > Hamara Linux is a new distribution tailored to the Indian market from >> the perspective of language, design, usability and access. >> > Perspective of Language --- What are all the languages you promote? > I donot see any other language than Hindi on your screens.. > > Do you mean that Hindi is the only language being used in India? > > When you do not show up any other language in your website, how can I > assume that it is tailored for my language? Time is the issue, and we only have one tamil speaker in the team, hence we are trying to meet with people. Would you raise a bug and supply a translation for the website. > > > We are promoting design that users feel accustomed to, a way to reach a >> larger audience and also stem cultural hegemony. We target intel as well >> as ARM, to make access to the platform easier/cheaper. > > And the cultural hegemony means use of Hindi everywhere instead of > English.. Am I right? No, your wrong. > > >> Native language support - you will be able to find us using a search >> engine without >> knowing how to read English. >> > Can people who know only Tulu be able to usethe search engine? > Or do they NEED to KNOW Hindi or other language? Once it's translated into tulu, it will be indexed and so someone speaking that language will be able to use it. That's sort of the point. > > Indians have many native languages ....... Hindi is just one among them!! +1 > > Please stop all means of Hindi Imposition. +1 > > I welcome distirbutions that support our own native language not that one > which assumes some alien language as my native one as well as recommends me > to use that!! Great - I think you want to join in and help then? If your in Chennai on 22nd, come meet us? _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
