[ILUG-Cochin.org] Malayalam in Firefox on a mac
Sameer Mohamed Thahir
sameer.thahir at gmail.com
Tue Aug 4 20:41:36 IST 2009
Hello All,
As we all have seen the header "This List discusses GNU/Linux & GNU, GPL
Software"
This is what applies to the ILUG Cochin Mailing List as far I can think.
- We may discuss Free Software/ Open Source Software, Libre Fonts,
Media, Documentation etc.
- We may discuss on using Free Software on Non Free Platforms.
As seen from the discussion, a discussion on a proprietary application
sneaked into
the thread, while discussing on using a Libre Font. I guess the only
option is to
send a private email and keep such discussions out of the list, or to
start a separate
thread which may discuss these, as the importance lies in spreading the
information
about Swathanthra Software, but not at the cost of promoting or
propagating Proprietary
Software.
Thank You
Regards
Sameer Mohamed Thahir
On Tuesday 04 August 2009 04:03 PM, Madhu Kannan wrote:
> Freedom is platform independent :-)
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 3:40 PM, Dinkar Mohana Pai <din at dinkar.com
> <mailto:din at dinkar.com>> wrote:
>
> Hello Bobinson,
>
> Take it easy, and if it my fault, I apologize.
>
> My first question was regarding an opensource application - Firefox.
>
> My explanation on installation - The fonts mentioned are GPL GNU /
> Public domain.
>
> I agree the OS I mentioned is not opensourse, but I remember the
> group discussing lot of opensource apps problems on a closed
> source OS.
>
> So I do not think the discussion gone totally offtopic. Afterall
> we were helping people who can't read unicode fonts.
>
> [offtopic]
>
> And on a diff topic, we know each other too :)
>
> Reg : Chintha magazine and Picture of perumatti
>
> [/offtopic]
>
> Best Regards
> Din.
>
> On 04-Aug-09, at 3:32 PM, bobinson wrote:
>
>> I am no GNU fanatic. For example I am dare to say that Photoshop
>> is the most user friendly product out there in the image editing
>> world and Gimp UI show follow suite. But at the same time, my
>> idea about about a Libre / Freedom oriented group is discussions
>> about freedom and liberty and not otherwise. At the same time
>> Dinkar's discussion was about adding little bit freedom to an OS
>> which is otherwise not free. Its my duty as a list member to
>> cross check whether non-free discussions are allowed here -
>> especially when I am not 100% aware of the list rules.
>>
>> @Devadas OT - it seems we have met once. Few years back and I am
>> still using the Debian distro you gave me :-) though not sure.
>>
>>
>>
>> 2009/8/4 Devadas VM <vm.devadas at gmail.com
>> <mailto:vm.devadas at gmail.com>>
>>
>> Bobinson,
>> I have replied to Dinkar's query since I'm not a Lin-fanatic
>>
>> rest is the duty of group admin...
>>
>> Dinkar,
>> If the group have any issue on discussing the same, plz make
>> separate thread including all those who responded to ur query
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Dinkar Mohana Pai
>> <din at dinkar.com <mailto:din at dinkar.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Bobinson, "why so serious" :) lol
>>
>> Why should we go soooooo strict in the list ?
>>
>> If we keep on discussing things like installing Debian in
>> text mode or configuring a router, firewall and stuff,
>> why not something simple that is useful for the common man ?
>>
>> The discussion started because I had a tough time reading
>> unicode websites in Firefox. I searched for months and
>> checked various links before posting in this mailing list.
>>
>> I found there are people who are having same issue, and
>> that is how 'Safari' came to the the discussion, not
>> intentional.
>>
>> The fonts I referred -
>>
>> Meera - is a GNU GPL font and
>>
>> AnjaliOldLipi - is the only public domain font available
>> for Malayalam
>>
>> So it is not a big crime I guess ?
>>
>> Anyway, leaving it to Sameer :)
>>
>> Best Regards
>> Din.
>>
>>
>> On 04-Aug-09, at 3:02 AM, bobinson wrote:
>>
>> Attention List Admin:
>>
>> Libre, Freedom, Firefox, Mac, Safari the next is
>> installing ml fonts on win32 ?
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