2008 August 16 - Scientechie

Entries for August 16th, 2008

Why Linux has not taken over the Windows desktop yet

Aug.16, 2008 in linux

To begin with, I am sorry I had to begin in such a manner of title. There is no real competition between Linux and Microsoft Windows. Two different operating system, with different priorities and ideologies.
But most people do consider them to be at loggerheads. They are not so, but in some limited regards, such as [...]

DistroWatch.com in Urdu

Aug.16, 2008 in linux, websites

DistroWatch.com comes in many languages. But it turns out that Urdu, a language of more than 160 million, is not one of them.
I am working on providing a translation: the problem is that Urdu is not a very UTF-8 friendly language. Will probably use UniPad and UrduEditor in tandem to do that.

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