Arabeyes
Arabeyes is a free and open-source project that is aimed at fully supporting the Arabic language in the Unix/Linux environment. It was established in early 2001 by a number of Arab Linux enthusiasts. They made the "world's first Arabic Linux live CD." The name is a play on the word "Arabise", and "eyes" a term for many people.
Project
The project runs a portal for sub-projects such as Arabic free software Unicode fonts and text editor, the "ITL" which provide Hijri dates, Muslim prayer times and Qibla. In October 2003, they released Linux distribution named , the "world's first Arabic Linux live CD". They have worked on an Arabised version of OpenOffice. They maintain a Linux distribution called Hilali Linux. It includes a translation project to provide an Arabic interface to KDE and GNOME windows managers, and a Linux documentation project. In 2003, the group released the first open source word list for use in English to Arabic translation and dictionary projects; on release it was included in "virtually all online multilingual translation sites".Located online at arabeyes.org, this network calls itself as a "meta project that is aimed at fully supporting the Arabic language in the Unix/Linux environment." It is designed to be a central location to standardize the Arabization process. Arabeyes relies on voluntary contributions by computer professionals and enthusiasts scattered across the globe.
At the 2004 Casablanca GNU/Linux Days conference held in Morocco, Arabeyes was awarded the Best Free/Open Project. The award was presented by Richard Stallman, founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation.