IndLinux.org launches Hindi interface IndLinux Milan v0.37

Chennai: IndLinux.org has launched IndLinux Milan v0.37, a Hindi interface to Gnome, the graphical user-interface (GUI) of the GNU/Linux operating system.

With IndLinux Milan v0.37 installed, those who can read and write Hindi can now use computers in their own language. The software is available as a free download from .

IndLinux.org is a voluntary, non-profit effort that has been supported by Netcore Solutions, a Mumbai-based technology company.

Prakash Advani, co-founder of IndLinux.org, says his organisation has been working on localising the GNU/Linux operating system to Hindi for the last three years. Localisation involves changing the menus and other elements of the graphic user interface from English to Hindi. “Hindi is the third largest language in the world. IndLinux.org, therefore, decided to make Hindi support available for free to create a revolution in Indian language computing.”

As the world becomes increasingly digitised, Indian language audiences need to be brought into the mainstream of the digital revolution so that they can also reap the socio-economic benefits of IT, he adds. “The IndLinux Milan software is expected to plug a critical gap in the market, since popular operating systems and software are available only in English which is spoken by a mere 5 per cent people in India.”

IndLinux Milan v0.37 works on Red Hat Linux v8.0 and work is on porting it to other distributions of the GNU/Linux operating system.