Tag Archives: Tamil
English to Spanish dictionary in Ubuntu (and also English to Hindi)
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. … Continue reading
Tamil to English Dictionary from Google
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 … Continue reading
How to type in Tamil in Computer? (Indian languages)
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 … Continue reading
How to type in Tamil in GMail? (Indian languages)
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 … Continue reading
How to convert Tamil to English scripts in Tamil web sites?
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. … Continue reading
Tamil Font support in Android?
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
HOWTO: Tamil Keyboard on Ubuntu 6.06
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 … Continue reading
Complex script font rendering in SimplyMEPIS 3.4-1 (RC1)
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 … Continue reading
