Lanka Linux User Group, also known as LK-LUG, is an organization in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

for promoting

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. Since its beginnings in 1998 with 40 members, hundreds of

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enthusiasts from several countries have joined. Members include both home and business users of Linux. Activities of the group include helping each other over the

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s, educating the general public by participating at exhibitions, workshops and media, and encouraging the use of

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(FOSS) in national ICT programmes. LK-LUG also is working on localisation of the

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to the

Sinhala language Sinhala ( ; , ''siṁhala'', ), sometimes called Sinhalese (), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language primarily spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka, who make up the largest ethnic group on the island, numbering about 16 milli ...

, and has so far localised some major components. There also exist a Sinhala

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package developed by LK-LUG. A Live-CD based

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is available.

References

External links

LK-LUG Home Page
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See also

References

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