| Linux distro targets Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba speakers |
Feb. 03, 2006
Nigeria-based software vendor Leapsoft Ltd. on Friday launched a new Linux distribution aimed at West Africans who speak English, Hausa, Igbo, or Yoruba. Wazobia Linux, which supports i386 systems, is currently available as a downloadable LiveCD and will become available in the next few weeks as a retail packaged product.
Wazobia, based on Red Hat Linux, offers a user-friendly operating system, together with a complete set of desktop applications, such as office suite, web browser, instant messaging client, multimedia viewers, and graphical software, the project team said. It also offers the latest open source applications for developing software, setting up a home network, running a web server, and more, the team said.
Key features in the packaged product, as listed by Leapsoft, include:- 2.6.15.2 kernel (2.6.9 for LiveCD)
- Desktops: GNOME 2.12, xfce 4.2.3.2
- MPlayer 1.0pre7try2
- OpenOffice.org 2.0.1
- Thunderbird 1.5
- Evolution 2.4.2.1
Wazobia includes installation media, printed documentation, and installation support, and is currently available in Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo as well as English, with ongoing translations into other African languages.
Availability
Packaged Wazobia Linux will be markted to consumer, business, education, and government users, Leapsoft said. The LiveCD .iso is now available for free download here. The LiveCD version is not eligible for free installation support, the company said.
The company said it will provide support direct to end users, or via partners, with prices starting at $39 per desktop and $78 per server for a standard one-year support contract.
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