@Ram: Thanks a ton. That was helpfull. How do we type in Indic Languages on a standard keyboard. Do we need to use a overlay on the keyboard to show the various charecters or any other way.
Also whats SCIM, IBUS etc ? Regards Narendra Diwate On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 23:12, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Narendra Diwate > <narendra.diw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The posts over the past few days and a TV advert for the Indian version > of > > Linux named BOSS have prompted me to write this query. > > > BOSS has been around for some time its the CDAC linux version check > out http://www.bosslinux.in/ > > have never used it so no comments on that > > However on the language front. > Actually in Ubuntu its quite easy > > The first place to choose is right at setup - where Ubuntu allows you > to choose installation in the n number of languages (am not sre how > many) but a fair bit of indian languages are present > > > Though i know a couple of Indian languages, i have used the computer only > in > > English like most if not all on this list and computer users in India in > > general. Though i know Ubuntu and a lot of other Linux OS's support use > of > > Indian languages, I frankly have no Idea how to use it and to what extent > is > > it developed. > > > am snipping the rest of your post and will run through the mainpoints > > To install and enable additional Language support go to > System - Administration - Language Support and go to the install / > remove languages and then just select any (or many) of the languages > you want and then proceed with install. After the installation is > successful (am not sure if a reboot is required) then you will be able > to choose your login language at the time of login. > > Thats it you are ready to रोक एण्ड़ रोल > > *** > additional notes are below > First choosing the language to install is quite easy (as mentioned > first at the fresh install phase) . This choice by default will enable > your computer to boot up in your preferred language of choice, However > this is not final at any stage later on you can install any (repeat > any) and any number of other languages and the the login in time one > can choose which language to boot into (as far as i know in windows > one must buy separate versions for different languages) > > In most of the supported languages the basic software that comes the > menu's and interface are much translated into the language you may > have chosen. However not all the software has every thing translated. > > Depending on what your default keyboard choice was (which can wildly > vary - if you want, from your language of choice) , the OS (Ubuntu) > will keep that choice irrespective of which language you choose and > one must choose an additional keyboards (language input) to begin > typing in a particular language (System - Preferences --Keyboard -- > Layouts) > > In case you have already installed say english language and US english > keyboard its just a matter of a decent net connection to install the > additional language packs > > enjoy > ram > > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in >
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