In India, a programme anchored by the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT), has been launched, where 107 computer training institutes spread across all 14 districts of Kerala have been beefed up as `Linux Technology Extension (LiTE) centres.' Soon each centre will provide the customers with practical help in configuring their PCs around the Linux operating system. The centres will also provide training in Linux applications, in installing the `OpenOffice' suite, and will sell for a nominal cost, C-DIT-developed tools such as the `Kairali Linux' distribution, localised for the Malayalam font, as well as one of the first Indian language primers on Free Software, the Malayalam-language book, `Swathanthra Softwayerum GNU/Linuxum,' for just Rs.55.
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