Re: [tlug] Japanese-language on SuSE

[Joseph Essertier <essertier@example.com>]

On 木曜日, 5 12, 2005, at 01:06 PM, Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon wrote:

> Joseph Essertier wrote:
>
> > I've had similarly good experiences with installing OS 10 in Japanese
> > on the Mac and selecting English afterwards. Going the other
> > way--installing in English--never worked for me. The way i have it set
> > up now, it's very easy to switch back to Japanese when necessary, and
> > Japanese file names remain in Japanese orthography even when the menus
> > are all in English, which is great.
>
>
> In trying it out today, I should warn you that while all the KDE
> (desktop) stuff, menus, etc. switches very easily and quickly over to
> English from Japanese (and Japanese can be input from either position by
> switching text entry back and forth with Ctrl+Space), OpenOffice,
> FireFox & Mozilla are Japanese. 

Okay.  Thanks for letting me know.  It would be nice to have help screens in English in OO, but that's okay.  I can just connect to the internet for English help.

> Mozilla at least can be switched over to
> English - folder by folder (the InBox folder, the Send folder, etc.),
> but I'm not sure about FireFox and I'm pretty sure you can't switch
> OpenOffice over - but then you can just download the English version and
> install that. 

You don't think that installing two different versions of OO on the same partition would be a problem, then?
Doing that with Word on the Mac is definitely a problem.  I know because i've tried it.

> Same with Mozilla and FireFox, but using the initial
> versions makes updating easier (FireFox is part of the default package
> install, but I had to select Mozilla).
>
> > By now i've read many of the past posts in the TLUG archives relating
> > to SuSE, and with all the trouble that people have had with previous
> > versions of SuSE, i will not be surprised if the installation does not
> > go smoothly, but i'm willing to experiment a little, and as long as i
> > am able to type in Japanese relatively efficiently in a word
> > processing application, i'll be satisfied.
>
>
> In that case, as long as you install SuSE 9.3 in Japanese, I think
> you'll have no problems with Japanese text input.

Cool!
> > At first i was going to install Ubuntu in Japanese on the G3, but
> > aborted that installation and installed on the G4 in English. The
> > Japanese during the initial stages of the installation process on the
> > G3 was of a low quality, i'm afraid. This is not a criticism of the
> > producers of Ubuntu. It seems like they have created a wonderful
> > distribution. But perhaps they have had trouble getting good
> > translators to work for free on their project? I don't know. They will
> > have to raise the quality of their translation, i think, though, if
> > they're going to attract Japanese users.
>
>
> I'm not sure the Japanese of the install steps is so great either, but
> get yourself through that and I think you'll like the way it works on
> the other side of the tunnel!

Okay.  I see.  
> > By the way, i'm still trying to decide what used, home
> > desktop--probably Dell--to buy. Is there a quick and easy way to find
> > out what machines SuSE runs well on? I could look at earlier posts to
> > see what machines Lyle successfully installed SuSE on and check SuSE
> > user forums on the internet i guess, but what i'd really like to have
> > is a list that i can print out and take with me to Akihabara, to help
> > guide my purchase.
>
>
> I think anything not really really squeaky new and just coming off the
> assembly line should work okay for Dell desktops (but I'm not sure!). I
> did have some trouble with 9.1 in a slightly newer machine than the
> older ones I'm using in that - if you tried to install it in Japanese,
> it couldn't display the Japanese text of the install steps, and so the
> only way to install it was in English. I would think that wouldn't be a
> problem with 9.3, which should have better hardware support. That said,
> if you do find a list, I'd like to see it too!

Okay.  Thanks.
Joe

> Lyle
>
>
>
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