Mennecy, France (Sept 4, 2008) – The GNU/Linux Matters non-profit organization is extremely happy to release HonaLinux.org, PereidiNaLinux.org, DungLinux.org, and OtrymayLinux.org, four websites intended to become the homepage of the Linux operating system in Arabic, Russian, Vietnamese and Ukrainian.
By focusing on everyday users rather than software experts, the organization wishes to affect freedomware adoption at a wide scale. The websites feature concise, introductory information about the free operating system, favoring legibility over exhaustiveness.
The release of the four websites, which are translations of the English GetGNULinux.org, fits within the organization’s vision for a multilingual web advocacy movement. “We now have a mature, easy to use web translation system which will allow the rapid release of further translations”, said Gustavo Narea, General Secretary of the organization.
GNU/Linux Matters warmly invites community members of all languages to translate, improve, and link to its websites. “We are slowly making our way towards our objective of having one million Windows users go through our websites over one year”, expressed Olivier Cleynen, president of the non-profit. “With the coming of Animador, our web freedomware advocacy platform, participating should be even more enjoyable and exciting”, added Gustavo Narea.
The organization’s first step into the non-Western Internet was made possible thanks to the efforts of a few motivated participants from around the planet. With a small but growing community, and several additional projects about to be released, GNU/Linux Matters enthusiastically works its way to becoming the first web forefront for FLOSS communities.
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About GNU/Linux Matters:
A forefront actor of Internet marketing for software freedom, GNU/Linux Matters is a non-profit organization registered in France. Consisting of a small team of passionate members, it provides free software communities with high-quality, multi-lingual websites aimed at everyday computer users. Its main project, GetGNULinux.org (http://www.getgnulinux.org/), is focused on the Linux operating system.
Read more at http://www.gnulinuxmatters.org/
Contact:
Paris: Olivier Cleynen, +33 _________ (French, English, German)
Madrid: Gustavo Narea, +34 _________ (Spanish, English)
http://www.gnulinuxmatters.org/contact
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