On Friday 13 July 2001 08:19, Anguo wrote: > Dear Civileme, and whomever on this list who is developing Mandrake, > > I read this on a local list: > > ---------- ¤wÂà±H°T®§ ---------- > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > When will the CLE for redhat 7.0 come out? Will the CLE for > > mandrake8.0 be download?(The chinese of mandrake has a lot of bugs) > > (snip) Mandrake 8.1 will have better support for Chinese. > (Thanks for Andrew Lee) > ------------------------------------ > > I have been using LM8.0 for 2-3 weeks now and I am still far from having > configured it the way I would really be able to use it. I am not > complaining, just trying to solve the problems one at a time. Anyway, I > don't have the choice since I trashed Windows and don't intend to use it > ever again. > > One of the most frustrating aspect of my linux/mandrake experience has been > in the setting up of a chinese interface that I can really use (like > chinese input not user-friendly, printer won't print chinese... can't use > unicode to have chinese/french/german/etc in the same document... I am in > the process of reading what document I could find and ask specific > questions to a local list but should problems persist, I'll come back to > this list for specific help). > > I am aware that Linux in general has progressed a lot in terms of > internationalization and multi-language support (.i18n etc...). Despite my > problems and frustration, I am overall impressed and optimistic for the > future of both Linux and Mandrake. > > As to the real point of my mail (at last comming to it!), I wanted to ask > you, who are involved in developing Mandrake, whether there will be a > noticeable difference between 8.0 and 8.1 as far as multi-language/chinese > support is concerned. > In other words, will it be then (october?) worthwhile for me to upgrade > from 8.0 to 8.1? > Yes, Alex showed me a Chinese printout yesterday. Expect more translations as well. The new ghostscript printer drivers make a big difference. Civileme > Thanks for what Mandrake has already achieved, and thanks for all your > efforts to make it always better. > > :-D > > Anguo
