[am-translate] The Ethiopian millennium Gift project

[Daniel Yacob]

Tegegne and Everyone,

I do have Ubuntu 6.06 installed, it is an impressive desktop linux.  Seems a
little restrictive as a development platform, but that is probably just a
matter of getting used to it.  Overall very nice, I think it is a good choice
for a first time user.  Wireless networking worked right away without a 16
hour battle.  That's nice!

Recently I've been advising the CTIT on the definition of an OOo localization
project.  A proposal is still going through the approval process but it looks
fairly certain that they will be able fund localization work amongst a team
of developers there.  After working on parts of OOo they may be able to go
further.  My role is just to help them get started during the first 5-10% of
the effort and then disappear and advise as needed.

Just this week I've had an email from Adama University students trying to
update the AbiWord localization as well as OOo. I'm going to advise both
groups to base their work on Ubuntu and for the Adama students to work on
pieces of Ubuntu after AbiWord (skipping OOo, which is the most difficult
of all software to localize and build).  I'm preparing CDs for both groups
this week.

With the time I have available the best thing that I can do for the Ubuntu
effort, given my experiences, is to focus on systems level problems such as
fonts, keyboards, locales, and figuring out the Ubuntu L10N infrastructure.
Also to provide some coordination help amongst these parties to help assure
no duplication of effort.  I'll look this week into Rosetta and propose some
work priorities, Tegegne if you have some work priorities in mind already,
please inform.

thanks,

/Daniel