Kilinux
Kilinux (klnX), the Open Swahili Localization Project, is a project by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), and IT+46[1] for localizing major applications to the Swahili language.
It is based in Tanzania and run on Linux, and aims to create an operating system in Swahili, which is spoken by an estimated 100 million people. The project was started as a joint effort between the University of Dar es Salaam and Swedish company IT +46.
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[edit] Background
Swahili is a language spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, and in parts of the Horn of Africa and Great Lakes by about 100 million people.[2] Most users are using Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office, but since that is not available in Swahili,[3] they have to use English or French.[2] Kilinux tried to reduce the threshold by localizing]] Open Office.[4] In June 2004 Microsoft announced a Swahili version of Windows.[5][6]
[edit] Swahili IT Glossary
[edit] Jambo OpenOffice
The first major release by the project — Jambo OpenOffice — is a localised version of OpenOffice.org, an open source office suite, and is aimed primarily at schools and colleges. Jambo OpenOffice was unofficially released at the 4 December 2004,[7][8] then later officially released on 28 February 2005.
The project won the best ICT project in Education award in the 2006 Stockholm challenge Award on 11 May 2006.[9]
[edit] Jambo Firefox
On 15 June 2006 the project announced they had localised the web browser Mozilla Firefox.[10]
[edit] References
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- ^ "Because it could be done, we play our part! Swahili Free and Open Source Software.". 4 December 2004. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090225090659/http://www.o.ne.tz/pressrelease_en.php. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ a b "L'Afrique dit "Jambo" aux logiciels libres" (in French). BBC. 15 December 2004. http://www.bbc.co.uk/french/highlights/story/2004/12/041215_openofficejambo.shtml. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ Marson, Ingrid (6 December 2004). "OpenOffice.org goes Swahili". ZDNet. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2004/12/06/openofficeorg-goes-swahili-39179058/. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ Menda, Aloyce (17 March 2005). East Africa: Kilinux OSS Innovation Propels ICT localization in Ki-Swahili. Pambazuka News. ISSN 1753-6839. http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category/internet/27220. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
- ^ "'Jambo' to open source software". BBC. 9 December 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4078753.stm. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Microsoft bets on Africa's IT future". IDG News Service. 2 January 2005. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080611211054/http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2418/050201africa/. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ Lettice, Robin (7 December 2004). "Jambo OpenOffice released". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/07/jambo_openoffice_swahili/. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Because it could be done, we play our part! Swahili Free and Open Source Software.". 4 December 2004. Archived from the original on 29 April 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090225090659/http://www.o.ne.tz/pressrelease_en.php. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
- ^ http://www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz/kiblog/archives/permalinks/2006-05-15T15_50_46.html
- ^ http://www.kilinux.udsm.ac.tz/kiblog/archives/permalinks/2006-06-15T16_23_10.html
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