Re: Help with promoting Open-source in Libya

["hassan lamushe" <lamushe at gmail dot com>]

Djihad

 

that is so great. Thank you very much Djihed. I will be waiting. Can you email me a list of software on the CD that has Arabic GUI. FireFox and OpenOffice both have Arabic GUI, but what about the rest?

 

Regards

 

Hassan 

 

On 5/9/07, Djihed Afifi <djihedlists at googlemail dot com> wrote:

Hassan,

It has been done:
http://arabicopencd.org/

I've used it to promote OSS in Algeria, and I've had a few emails of
people using it in various countries in the arab world.

The software is about 6 months old, I admit, but the CD is due for an
upgrade within the next 4/6 weeks if you can wait.


Djihed


On 09/05/07, hassan lamushe <lamushe at gmail dot com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi all
>
> To popularize OSS in Libya, We are in the process of the production of
> 100000 copy of a compact disk that contains essential Arabized Open-source
> software. The CDs will be distributed to schools and to whoever interested
> for free. We are thinking of putting the following on the CD:
>
> 1) OpenOffice (both in Arabic and English GUI).
> 2) Arabic FireFox.
> 3) The GIMP (Is there any Arabization for it?)
> 4) Arabic Email Client (please suggest)
> 5) Arabic Media Player (OGG Vorbis for audio and OGG Theora for video)
> 6) Arabic Manuals and documentations (please suggest).
>
> The above mentioned software will be used mainly on PCs running on Windows
> XP.
>
> If you have any suggestions concerning the layout or the content of the CD,
> please do email me.
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> Hassan Lamushe
>
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