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[News] First Armenian GNU/Linux Distribution (Debian-based)

Hrat GNU/Linux - First Armenian Linux Distribution

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| Operation System (OS) Linux is not well known in Armenia. Often it is used 
| for internet providers and organizations as server.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| The author of the Hrat GNU/Linux project is Vardan Gevorgyan, who manages a 
| small group of volunteers. 
| 
| The Hrat GNU/Linux OS is based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. 
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http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/3935


Related:

Talking in Code: Open source software offers Armenian options in cyberspace

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| These systems are highly useful in Armenia because, unlike
| Microsoft programs which rely on closed software, open source
| enables users to make changes, for example by converting them
| into the Armenian language.
| 
| However, they are not in widespread use here and many ordinaryc
| omputer users are not familiar with such software. Instead,
| unlicensed, pirate copies of Microsoft programs are used. 
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http://armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=1820&CID=1901&IID=&lng=eng


"The Role of Open Source Software for the Development of Information Society"
Conference in Armenia

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| The conference aimed at exchange of experience in open source
| promotion policy and in the use of open source software in specific
| areas such as public administration and education.
| 
| The Conference was organised by Center for Information Law and Policy
| (CILP) and was attended by representatives of non-governmental
| organizations from Eastern Europe (Macedonia and Bulgaria), CIS
| countries (Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and
| Tajikistan), and Armenian officials responsible for the development
| of information policies.
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http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=786&Itemid=26&lang=en


Talking in Code: Open source software offers Armenian options in cyberspace

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| Being open to all and for free ? these two properties make open source
| computer software popular in the West.
| 
| These systems are highly useful in Armenia because, unlike Microsoft
| programs which rely on closed software, open source enables users to
| make changes, for example by converting them into the Armenian
| language. 
|
| [...]
|
| However, open source volunteers soon created alternative training courses 
| for schools, teaching the Linux operating program in place of Windows. 
| Later, the government and Bulgaria's president made the spread of open 
| sources a state policy.
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http://armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=1820&CID=1901&IID=&lng=eng


Linux adapted to Uzbek language - Times of Central Asia 

http://www.timesca.com/index.php?option=com_jcs&task=add


Linux matches across CIS

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| The first stage of developing the nation operating system in Uzbekistan on 
| the basis of Linux has finished. The project has been initiated by the Uzbek 
| agency on informatization and communication and the Center for training and 
| supporting young programmers.   
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http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2007/12/29/281938


Presentation of EastLinux operating system held

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| A workshop on the EastLinux operating system was held on 16 November
| at the Uzbek Agency of Communication and Information (UzACI). The
| specialists of ministries, government agencies, companies and
| organizations attended the meeting.
|
| [...]
|
| In response to this demand, Paradox-Neo Company has localized LINUX
| operating system - EastLinux is fully based on the use of Uzbek language
| in all of its structural elements.
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http://business.uzreport.com/uzb.cgi?lan=e&id=23363


UNDP programme launches FOSS website

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| The website's key goals are to develop, adopt and disseminate
| solutions, education and content that use open source software and
| open standards in support of Uzbekistan's economic development plans,
| the programme said.
|
| With the accelerating adoption of Linux and other FOSS by individuals
| and organizations in Uzbekistan, many are left wondering where to find
| suitable information for FOSS.
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http://business.uzreport.com/uzb.cgi?lan=e&id=18071


EastLinux: Review and Screenshots

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| East Linux was developed by specialists of Paradox-Neo Company,
| which is situated in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Our translators
| department worked hard and translated GUI and most of manuals
| and help articles into Uzbek language. Other languages are also
| fully supported. So looks like that's all for first look at
| distro.
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http://www.youtux.org/content/view/524/2/

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