Abhisek Datta wrote: > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Boudhayan Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Inline at end: >> >> Spandana Bhowmik wrote: >> >>> 2009/4/6 Boudhayan Gupta <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Inline at the end of the mail: >>>> >>>> On Monday 06 April 2009 21:20:23 Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Spandana Bhowmik <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> I am working with Bengali text transcription for my PhD. Recently >>>>>> there was a mail through ILUG-CAL list about a review in some >>>>>> newspaper about Microsoft's "wonderful" regional language support >>>>>> policy. I want to know more about LINUX's policy about bengali unicode >>>>>> support, and if possible for any of you, a little reference about >>>>>> MIcrosoft's policy about the same. >>>>>> >>>>> Interesting that you'd put the question out. Although, the question in >>>>> the current form is a bit broad and far reaching to be responded to >>>>> within the limits of a LUG list mail. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Actually I want to write about problems that I am facing while working >>>>>> with windows bengali support. So I want to know what is MS's plan >>>>>> about this, and if there is a way-out using linux. >>>>>> >>>>> A quick way to test out how Bengali support is on Linux is to spend a >>>>> few minutes (well, not exactly a few minutes) on a system that is: >>>>> >>>>> - either installed in English with Bengali support enabled or, >>>>> - has been installed to provide the complete Bengali experience >>>>> >>>>> Either way, you can test out - inputs, display and printing across a >>>>> range of applications. >>>>> >>>>> Someone, who by sheer volume of Bengali output using Linux, vouches >>>>> Fedora 10 to have the most complete support for Bengali, could perhaps >>>>> say more ;) >>>>> >>>> I'll tip my Fedora to that. I've used Mandriva, Debian Sid, Fedora and >>>> Ubuntu, >>>> and I'm blown away by the quality and accuracy as well as quantity of the >>>> Bengali translations in Fedora since v9. Although I don't like Fedora as a >>>> distro per se ;) >>>> >>> Hmph...I haven't used Fedora almost at all, I was, and still am, more >>> attracted towards Ubuntu. But as you say that...now I have to try my >>> hand out in a Fedora. But can you suggest a website or something like >>> that for a bit of theory? >>> >> If you are an Ubuntu guy, you will not like Fedora at all, trust me. >> Fedora is a very heavy distro, with quite a bit of glueware. And >> compared to Ubuntu or Debian, it has an almost trashy package management >> system. >> >> > > Compared to Ubuntu and/or Debian, just about any other distro is still > way behind in terms of screw up. > > http://www.metasploit.com/users/hdm/tools/debian-openssl/ > > -abhisek > I'm sorry I started this, but we cannot afford to get our LUG flooded with fights about which distro is better. We must understand that a choice of distros are personal preferences.
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