Type Malayalam in Ubuntu Linux

Here I am showing simple steps to enable malayalam keybord in Ubuntu Linux.

1) Select menu System->Preferences -> Keyboard

You will get the this screen

2) Click on 'Add' Button

3) Select country as 'India'

4) Select Variant as 'India malayalam Lalitha'

5) In the panel you can see 'USA' as keyboard layout. Click on 'USA' it will change as 'Ind'

6) Open an Open Office document then type in 'Manglish' if you want to type 'മലയാളം' type 'mlya shift+l~'

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