Things are shaping up slowly for Amharic to be as easy as for other languages in Linux environment. The biggest challenge there is now is the keyboard layout issue. Sure those who don't mind to deep their hands in to the mud may get it working. But it is still erratic and inconsistent.<br>
<br>But now an effort is being made by OLPC to deal with this problem once and for all. see <a href="http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/EthiopianLocale">http://www.codewiz.org/wiki/EthiopianLocale</a> . But that effort is dragging it's feet for lack of enthusiasm from Ethiopian computer professionals. Forget the fat chair warming bureaucrats in Ethiopia who are swimming probably in millions of dollars that come their way from out side and inside of the country to do exactly this job. This doesn't include those Ethiopians who made ethiopic possible in Linux and computer world at all. Their numbers are much less than the number of fingers on my right hand and they are not paid or complimented for it. But I am sure they are happy to day for what they have done and history will remember them as "fana wogi".<br>
<br>But I am sure there are more than one or two computer professional Ethiopians out there. Please help out to get this thing done.<br>