Well i think, theres a local translation being done to kannada.I mean kannada fonts being supported in Ubuntu..

On 7/23/07, Anivar Aravind < anivar@gnu.org.in> wrote:
Balaji Kutty wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have difficulties in setting up Kannada in my Ubuntu 7.04 distribution.
>
> 1. I set up the scim kannada input method. It works. But, there are
> issues like the subscriptions are not coming and also ki and ke looks
> same. Has any one successfully used Kannada through SCIM method?
> 2. I got the nudi and Baraha(Windows version of both) working in
> GNU/Linux using Wine. I tried this in my laptop. This should work for
> Prakash also. Still, I'm not happy with this solution. Is there
> complete GNU based resolution for Kannada?
>
Use wikipedia Kannada Help page It lists nudi and bahara  SCIM layouts

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