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Author: ravi

  • Suse Linux in Tamilnadu Government

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    March of the penguins 🙂

  • Tamil computing needs.

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    A free and robust optical character recognition software. The one we have now, Ponvizhi, is inadequate. A text-to-voice converter for Tamil to help blind and dumb people. A voice-to-text converter for Tamil to help deaf people. A spell checker module – both online and off line. A Multilingual-Tamil- Multilingual dictionary module – both online and…

  • Tamil in computers – Facts

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    You can type, read Tamil in any computer with any operating system like Windows, Mac, Linux. You don’t need to buy any software or new keyboard to type in Tamil. You get free softwares to do it and you can use the same qwerty / asdf English keyboard that you have to type in Tamil.…

  • Tamil99 testimonials

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    Testimonials from friends who changed to Tamil99 I have already changed to tamil 99. it looks really intelligent keypad. Stopped using **** after reading your article. Very valid point that in future understanding tamizh in terms of english letters is equivalent to slow poisoning. – சத்தியா 20 ஆண்டுகளாக பழகியிருந்த ஆங்கில தட்டச்சு முறைக்குக் கூடுதலாகக் கற்றுக் கொண்ட…

  • Shortcuts / Syntax that Tamil99 users should know

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    Tamil99 users should be aware of some shortcuts / Syntax. 1. To write க்க just type க க in sequence. No need to press f after first க to bring the dot over க. similarly, த+த = த்த, ம+ம = ம்ம. 2. For frequent combination of letters like ந்த, ஞ்ச, ன்ற, ண்ட, ங்க, ம்ப the…

  • Windows to Ubuntu Converts – Beginner questions

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    Why Should I use Ubuntu? It is easy, fast, better, safe, simple, update and free. Should I delete Windows to install Ubuntu (or any other Linux)? No. You can install Ubuntu without uninstalling Windows. While you boot your system you can choose to either Ubuntu or Windows. How to install Ubuntu? Download Ubuntu here. It…

  • Tamil Blogs statistics

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    Statistics from Thamizmanam.com , leading Tamil blogs aggregating portal. Accessed on June 15th 2007. Total blogs listed : 1944 Posts in last one month : 4578 Posts in last one week : 1008 Posts in last 24 hours : 138 Average number of posts per day: 153 Well this could reflect 98% scenario of Tamil…

  • How to make Windows run faster?

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    To make Windows run faster, FORMAT your hard disk and load any Linux OS ! Serious ! My Windows was damn slow. I tried uninstalling unwanted softwares, clearing the start-up programs, clearing the system tray, running spybots, defragmenting disks, cleaning up disks. But nothing helped much. Got annoyed to see even My computer taking minutes…

  • Lines I like from The Alchemist

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    It’s the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting. Never stop dreaming. Not everyone can see his dreams come true in the same way. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own. The world’s greatest lie: At…

  • What I use / recommend

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    Browser – Firefox and Google Chrome – Free, customisable, stable, fast, portable, secure, cross-platform and more advantages. Firefox is becoming a lot slower these days. So, I am moving towards Chrome more often. Operating system – Ubuntu 12.04 – Free, fast, stable, secure (no virus!), frequent updates & upgrades, works even in outdated hardware, outstanding…