Funny you asked that.. I'm currently testing Kubuntu and planning on replacing my work XP OS with it (unless i have the time to install gentoo). I've sorted out Linux <> Exchange. Linux <> Windows Domain, etc.. The only thing that's left is to sort out Arabic writing.
I asked in #kubuntu, and they said it's possible to write in Arabic. I'll find out more throughout this week when I have the time. As for Arabic in Linux, I know for a fact that it's possible. I've done it myself in Gentoo with Japanese, Russian, Estonian Hewbrew and Arabic, down to the kernel & filesystem level too. It's not that hard. Here are some examples i've just done quickly. Ignore the other files and please don't be curious enough to ask why some of them are there :) http://www.xushi.co.uk/xushi/pics/arlin/ arlin1: konsole showing what is supposed to be the word "almash'had" for an arabic folder, but for some reason it's not that right.. I'll try and find out why arlin2: kfmclient showing the arabic folder there. I would create arabic-named files with arabic in them too but I think you see it works so far. arlin3: Changed the whole of KDE into arabic. That's Konqueror for you (The web browser) arlin4: kfmclient again, but the interface in Arabic arlin5: Konq. displaying arabic text in Alrai.com (sorry albawaba) :p arlin6: kde-su pretending to work (in arabic)... arlin7: this has nothing to do with arlin, but i stuck it in ;) Anyway, my point really is, it doesn't matter what distro you use. If one of them, or to be more precise, if Linux supports it, then all the other distros should do too. The only difference between X Y and Z distros is how easy it is to configure them. And take it from me, i've tried distros from Mandrake to Redhat, to Kubuntu to Gentoo to LFS over the years, and the so called "harder to use" distros such as Gentoo/Slackware are in fact easier to use and configure than those "out of the box" distros such as Fedora/(k)ubuntu. For the actual Desktop Environment to be in Arabic, you'll need to enable i18n there. In Kubuntu i discovered today that you need to install the "localisation" package which will do the trick. All that's left is to go to Control Center (kcontrol) --> Localisation --> and choose Arabic. For filesystem support (create files/folders with arabic text as names), you'll need to enable Native language Support (NLS) and those particular languages from within the kernel (2.6 preferably). As far as i remember, it's around File Systems -> NLS --> { ... } You also need a command line interface that supports unicode and i18n. I used to use Eterm until i discovered it doesn't support it.. Konsole that comes with KDE does, which is good. Finally, to actually write in Arabic, you need a small application (i heard KDE as well as Gnome have their own) that will mimic the keyboard switching feature found in Windows. That i'll have to ask again this week to get some info on what it is... Let me know if you need any more information, and feel free to ask for more screenshots on any other languages ;) Hmm.. I might as well expand and stick this in a wiki somewhere Hope this helps. On 04/03/07, Ayed Allawzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So there is an ubuntu, where everything is in arabic?! > > > > > -- \/ushi - xushi.co.uk /\ - socialprotest.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
