NepaLinux

{{Infobox OS

| name = NepaLinux

| logo =

| screenshot =

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| website = {{URL|http://www.nepalinux.org/}}

| developer = Madan Award Library

| family = Linux (Unix-like)

| source_model = Open source

| released = {{start date and age|2005}}

| latest_release_version = 3.0

| latest_release_date = {{start date and age|2008|05|25}}

| kernel_type = Monolithic (Linux)

| ui = GNOME

| supported_platforms = i386

| updatemodel = APT

| package_manager = dpkg

| working_state = Current

}}

NepaLinux was a Debian and Morphix-based Linux distribution focused on desktop usage in Nepali language computing.{{cite web|title=NepaLinux|url=http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=nepalinux|website=DistroWatch.com}}

It contains applications for desktop users, such as OpenOffice.org, Nepali GNOME and KDE desktops, Nepali input method editor.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

NepaLinux was developed and distributed by Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya. Version 1.0 was produced as part of the PAN Localization Project, with the support of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. NepaLinux is an effort to promote free and open-source software in Nepal.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

In October 2007, NepaLinux was the joint recipient of the Association for Progressive Communications' annual APC FOSS prize.{{cite web|last1=Pradhanang|first1=Subir|title=NepaLinux and Free Geek jointly awarded APC Chris Nicol FOSS Prize 2007|url=http://www.iosn.net/south-asia/countries/nepal/news/APC-ChrisNicol-FOSSPrize07|website=International Open Source Network|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207230302/http://www.iosn.net/south-asia/countries/nepal/news/APC-ChrisNicol-FOSSPrize07|archivedate=February 7, 2012|location=Montevideo, Uruguay|date=October 17, 2007}}