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Distrowatch in Tamil

I have translated the static data of Distrowatch in Tamil. So now you can read your favourite Distrowatch in Tamil also. Already Hindi and Bengali versions available. Thank you, Ladislav Bodnar (Distrowatch maintainer) for accepting my translation. This translation has been done from English to Tamil using Anna University Technical Dictionary. Here are a few screenshots of Distrowatch in Tamil. Here is a link to view Distrowatch in Tamil. Any comments and suggestion are welcome.

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