[Fsf-friends] Indic solution for *Government Distro* (long)

Frederick Noronha (FN) fred@bytesforall.org
Fri Jun 27 23:51:08 IST 2003


Interesting project. Anyone interested contact Jaco Aizenman 
<jaizenman@fsc.cc> The exchange below is self-explanatory. Kindly 
note that the release takes place on July 1. Apparently the links might be
not yet working. Sorry for the lengthy post. FN

>From fred@bytesforall.org Fri Jun 27 23:44:48 2003

Can someone on Indic Computing or Indian-eGov or even 
bytesforall_readers help with such work on 
Indianising this distro? Sounds interesting. FN

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Jaco Aizenman wrote:

> ,danirc@bulma.net, peter@fsc.cc
> CC: marlon@debian-rs.org, michelle@cipsga.org.br
> Bcc: vbarba@fsc.cc, slopez@fsc.cc,dalmolin@e-cology.ca,joe@fsc.cc,  
> denisonzl@hotmail.com,anderson@debian-rs.org, A.Molina@ed.ac.uk. 
> gami@linux-delhi.org,geoff@sales.org, property@racsa.co.cr, 
> jgb@gsyc.escet.urjc.es
> Subject: Indiand and Chinese developers welcome - Draft of FSC Press 
> release - Re: Marie
> 
> Fred, we cannot send you yet the *Government Distro* because it will be
> available just after we finish some internacionalization features that
> will maximize its efficiency in multilanguage countries like India, or
> different typos like China. 
> 
> Thats why we are looking for the *Red Flag* developers, and we will
> apreciate also if you can contact us with Indian developers specialized
> on adapting GNU/Linux Debian to the different Hindu languages.
> 
> Marlon who receives a copy is the *Government Distro* developers leader,
> and Michelle, who also receives a copy, is the *Technical Government
> Body* Coordinator. You may tell Cesar that Marlon and Michelle are
> Brasilians....    ;-)
>  
> Marlon is coming to Costa Rica in August because he is giving a
> presentation of the *Government Distro* to Costa Rican Government officials.
> 
> Please also find below the last version of the *Government Distro* press
> release that will be announced next week.
> 
> FSC PRESS RELEASE
> =======================================================
> Free Software Distribution for Governments
> 
> A Free Software Package known as the "Government Distro" was launched
> on July 1st by the Free Software Consortium (FSC), a global organization
> dedicated to the promotion and commercialisation of Free Sofware.
> 
> The Government Distro is a compilation of programs widely used by
> the public sector in Brazil, Argentina and Spain. It contains the
> GNU/Linux Operating System, an Office-like suite called Open Office, email
> and instant messenger, a calendar, a database, a web browser application
> and many other programs.
> 
> All these applications have been used and tested previously in dozens
> of Latin American and European users, in order to certify their
> functionality.  They have all been designed by highly talented
> programmers _from_ (all) around the world.
> 
> The Government Distro is meant to be a common free government system
> platform for governments worldwide, both server and
> client-side.
> 
> Therefore, "the Government Distro is a big step towards the implementation
> of Free Software in the public sector around the world", says Marie
> Lopardo, Communications and Marketing (Government Body) Coordinator.
> 
> > To obtain a full version of _the_ Government Distro visit
> > www.fsc.cc/governmentdistro and register for it.
> 
> All the programs in _the_ Government Distro are user-friendly and
> some have been in use since 1999.
> 
> _The_ Free Software Consortium is offering technical assistance for
> Government Distro users.
> 
> For more information, please email governmentdistro@fsc.cc
> =================================================================
> 
> Consortium Development
> Free Software Consortium
> FSConsortium.com 
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On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Jaco Aizenman wrote:

> Hello Karunakar,
> 
> The *Government Distro* is based on Debian. In the future we hopefully
> will have versions in other distros, as long as they are free...!  ;-) 
> 
> The only requisite for any software component of this *Government
> Distro*, to be included in this *Government Distro*, is that it is
> *already* being used by any Public Sector Government in the world. So
> for example, it is composed by www.linex.org , which is Debian and Gnome
> based, and being used today by the Public School system in the state of
> Extremadura, Spain, in 60,000 schools!.    :-)
> 
> It also has other software components from Brasil and Argentina, and we
> will like to include some other software components from India and China
> if possible for the first release...
> 
> A software component can be code like a router (Ututo R router, being
> used in Argentinian schools), customization features like the one
> *LinEx* has, or even application packages, like Government purchasing,
> Accounting, Tax collection, which as for today we do not have anything,
> but hopefully through the time, with the collective cooperation of
> several hackers working for free Governments projects, we may have a
> collective plataform which may fill the basic needs of many governments
> worldwide.  
> 
> We are releasing the first version until August, but anyone can have
> access to todays version if he/she can help our developing team who is
> leaded by Marlon Dutra.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Jaco
> 

> > If you could give more detials on the distro then I can tell what can
> > be done in it -esp what all packages it includes. A copy to test would
> > be ideal!
> > 
> > <snip>
> > > > > To obtain a full version of _the_ Government Distro visit
> > > > > www.fsc.cc/governmentdistro and register for it.
> > 
> > The link is inaccessible!
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Karunakar
> > 
> > -- 
> > ---------------------------
> > * Indian Linux project    *
> > * http://www.indlinux.org *
> > ---------------------------
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