Djihed Afifi

ArabicOpenCD, a project similar to Canonical’s OpenCD at opencd.org has just been developed and released. The ArabicOpenCD aims to maintain the most complete collection of open source software in a single CD for Windows operating systems. The software is of high quality and provides a suitable alternative to often pirated software in third world countries including Arab countries.

If you own or work at a CD shop, library, computer repair shop, OEM shop or pretty much any orgnisation then you could download the CD, burn it a few times and offer it for the public, or you could contact me and see what we can do. It is also really good for those who do not have a reliable fast conenction to the internet, and would rather have a big collection of software offline, or for those who would like to learn how to program by example, as the software is open source.

Finally, If you think you can contribute by translating software, well, yes you can. It doesn’t require much, and you can really make a difference. Much of the software has been translated to Arabic by various translators at Arabeyes, the rest need more contributors :~) please head to www.arabeyes.org, or if you have difficulty you can contact me.

Oh yeah, the ArabicOpenCD, you can get it here: www.arabicopencd.org . Many thanks to Bashar Al-Abdulhadi for buying the domain and setting up the hosting.