''Janayugom'' is a

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daily newspaper published in

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, India. It is the official organ of the

State Council of the

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. It is the first newspaper in India using free software. Originally started in 1947 as a weekly magazine from Quilon to propagate the news and views of the party, on 16 November 1953 it was converted as a daily newspaper. The first editor was N. Gopinathan Nair (alias Velya Gopi) and the first manager R. Gopinathan Nair (alias Kochu Gopi). M.N. Govindan Nair, a senior figure in the

, supported the conversion of the publication from a weekly to a daily newspaper. By the 1950s, the ''Janayugom'' daily newspaper also was started and by the 70s the ''Janayugom'' family of publications had expanded to include ''Cinerama'', a film weekly, ''Balayugom'', a children's monthly and ''Janayugom Novelpathippu'', a literary magazine. Later, all of these publications stopped one by one and only a monthly magazine from

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remained. In 2007 ''Janayugom'' was rejuvenated, now as a daily news paper. Marxist theoreticians like C. Unniraja have been its chief editors. Its chief editor is Binoy Viswam and editor is Rajaji Mathew Thomas.

Free/open-source software

In November 2019, the newspaper migrated to

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. All desktops were moved to customized

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, all image editing was moved to

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and all

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was moved to

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. Savings from the use of free software was over 10 million Indian Rupees ($130,000).

Supplements

* Vaarantham * Sahapadi * Sthreeyugom * Yuvakalasahithi

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