Navigating the cyber world is daunting enough for first-time travellers, without having to do it in a language that isn't your own. The translation of computer programmes into South African languages such as Xhosa, was virtually uncharted territory until last year. But Translate.org.za has now released the entire desktop experience in Xhosa covering desktop, web-browser, word processor, spreadsheet and mail applications. The programmes run on Linux, open source software that is rapidly gaining inroads into the IT world after ten years of varying levels of suspicion.

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