Archive for the ‘Pakistan’ Category
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
Writing and Reading in Urdu on Ubuntu is not configured properly in a default installation. So most Urdu users face trouble once they have installed Ubuntu. Sometimes they give up too quickly and get back to windows and sometimes they spend hours figuring out a solution.
First of all I ...
Posted in Firefox, Pakistan, Ubuntu, Urdu | 6 Comments »
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
During last few weeks I had been working on the Localization of Ubuntu and Gnome into Urdu. As part of Ubuntu Urdu Translators Team and Gnome Localization Project on UrduWeb, I spent my time organizing the teams and translating some files. I also made a tool Word Bank for Urdu ...
Posted in Gnome, Pakistan, Translations, Ubuntu, Urdu, community | 1 Comment »
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Microsoft's ISA server firewall is the tool used every where on networks in Pakistan and it is the second most common problem for Linux advocates in Pakistan. The first most common problem is getting drivers for win modems.
My Cable Internet service provider also uses the same stupid MS ISA server ...
Posted in Dapper, Linux, Networking, Pakistan, Tips, Ubuntu, activism | No Comments »
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
We have recently made little but very significant progress toward the translation of Ubuntu in Urdu. When I joined the Ubuntu community, we already had Ubuntu Pakistani Team and Ubuntu Urdu Translators team. Both had a few members, bad Wiki pages and no community leaders at all. Following the guidelines ...
Posted in Free Software, Gnome, Pakistan, Translations, Ubuntu, Urdu, community | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006
Once you have Ubuntu GNU/Linux installed and you find it useful then it is the time for you to consider ways to contribute in Ubuntu. Ubuntu Wiki now has a detailed page Contribute to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is most of all a community. All of the software, artwork and documentation in Ubuntu ...
Posted in Free Software, GNU, Linux, Pakistan, Ubuntu, Urdu, activism, community | 3 Comments »
Friday, August 18th, 2006
Finally, I found the solution to the Firefox Urdu Font related bug in Dapper. Me, the newbie, the linux illiterate who didn't even know Tux; I solved a bug in an open source software that I am using on my open source operating system.
After upgrading to Dapper, I found that ...
Posted in Dapper, Firefox, Mozilla, Pakistan, Ubuntu, Urdu | 13 Comments »
Saturday, August 12th, 2006
You can order your free Ubuntu CDs from http://shipit.ubuntu.com. By default Ubuntu comes with Gnome desktop environment. If you are an absolute beginner to Linux I would highly recommend Ubuntu. Other wise you can also order free CDs for Ubuntu's K desktop environment Kubuntu, from http://shipit.kubuntu.org.
Remember these CDs will take ...
Posted in Linux, Pakistan, Ubuntu | 6 Comments »