Tamil
Ubuntu is having powerful applications in the default installation. Dictionary is one such. You can find Dictionary application in Ubuntu main menu -> Applications -> Office -> Dictionary. This application needs internet connection since it fetches data from dict.org server. By default this application is English - English dictionary. It is also capable of supporting [...]
Google offers Tamil to English and English to Tamil dictionary. Still this service is not much popular. The reason could be two things. One is the dictionary is not yet perfect enough to use. Another reason may be Tamil people's expectation of getting translation service from Google, this aspiration could have dampened this tool's popularity. [...]
Typing in Tamil using web based Google tool The current generation of tamil speaking people slowly ignores this one of the world's ancient, rich language. Many of us don't learn traditional Tamil typing (including me), which leads to frustration while typing in Tamil in keyboard. Google has come forward to help people like me, to [...]
If you are a Google addict like me, then you can use in most of the Google applications like GMail. Here is how you can configure your GMail to enable Tamil typing. Step 1: Go to Settings in GMail, you should be in General tab. Step-2: If there is a check box ...
The people across the race, country, language comes and work together now a days. It is a good. Many of our work colleagues from other states/languages use to learn local language sincerely and mingle with the local people very well. So they speak in local language very fluently. But they are not able to read [...]
What about the Tamil font support in Android? I just analyzed the stuff behind this. Tamil like any indic language needs complex script support, which is most important for complex characters in indian languages. This is provided by Pango library in linux systems. Most of the latest Linux desktop/server has Pango library installed by default. [...]
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 [...]
Enabling Tamil input method on Ubuntu Linux 6.06 LTD (Dapper Drake) is so sweet and simple. Here is an HowTo on that. It involves three steps: 1. Enabling Extra Repositories: System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager Settings -> Repositories In the Installation Media tab, click Add. There are three separate repositories; Dapper Drake, Security [...]
I have installed SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 (RC1) in my nx6120 HP Laptop. Hardware detection is simply superb. Almost all the hardware are working out of the box without any configuration. This is the first Linux desktop I have seen working most of the hardware without going and tweaking in command shell. OS Centre tool is doing [...]
