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April, 10 at the Faculty of the Yakut philology and culture of YSU has passed meeting on problems of introduction of the Yakut fonts in operational system AltLinux and a choice of the most convenient allocation of the keyboard .
we shall Remind, that in the beginning of April Yakutsk was visited by representatives of firm « ALT Linux », during this visit from March, 31 till April, 4 with assistance of firm « ALT Linux » have passed professional rates « Administrations of OS Linux », working meetings in Government RS (Y), YSU and establishments of education were held. During these meetings between « ALT Linux » company and the Sakha Information Technology Center of YSU signed the agreement on scientific and technical cooperation.
Director of SITC YSU Anatoly Zhozhikov taught upon a question on introduction of the YAKUT FONTS in operational system « ALT Linux » , with the purpose of more active promotion and wide use of production of this system. The given offer was approved and moreover, the decision that in the first version of operational system AltLinux which will be prepared for comprehensive schools in July, 2008, the Yakut fonts already can be submitted to the full was accepted. It is necessary to present the coordinated requirements only.
At meeting were present:
1. Illarionov N.V. dean of FYPC, Dr.Sc. (Philology), the professor
2. Zhozhikov A.V. - director of SITC YSU, Dr. Sc.
3. Еfimova L.S. - Cnd.Sc., the assistant to the dean on science.
4. Zaharova G.A. - Cnd. Sc., the assistant to the dean on a teaching department.
5. Alekseev I.E. - Dr. Sc., managing laboratory of expert stylistics.
6. Stepanova A.A. - the methodologist under the internal form of training.
7. Ivanova S.S. - managing a study of faculty of the Yakut language.
8. Trofimova M.V. - managing a study of faculty of folklore and the scientific literature.
The question on a choice of the most convenient allocation of the keyboard from several available variants was discussed. Except for it the question on one more letter of the Yakut alphabet which "has dropped out" in 1940th years at transition from the latin alphabet was lifted. Was solved to restore the Yakut alphabet to the full. During meeting, such letter was found in the list of letters Unicode. Business remained for small - in a registration of all Yakut alphabet in operational system « ALT Linux ».
By July the first software packages "ALT-Linux" with the established Yakut fonts already are expected.
Maxim Vasil'ev
SITC YSU | 
