Jambo OpenOffice
Encyclopedia
Jambo OpenOffice is an open source
office suite
based on OpenOffice.org
written for Swahili
speakers and runs on Linux
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Created by Kilinux
it was released in December 2004 as JambOO.o.
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
office suite
Office suite
In computing, an office suite, sometimes called an office software suite or productivity suite is a collection of programs intended to be used by knowledge workers...
based on OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org
OpenOffice.org, commonly known as OOo or OpenOffice, is an open-source application suite whose main components are for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, and databases. OpenOffice is available for a number of different computer operating systems, is distributed as free software...
written for Swahili
Swahili language
Swahili or Kiswahili is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoro Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia...
speakers and runs on Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
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Created by Kilinux
Kilinux
Kilinux , the Open Swahili Localization Project, is based in Tanzania and run on Linux, aims to create an operating system in Swahili, which is spoken by an estimated 100 million people...
it was released in December 2004 as JambOO.o.