[nylug-talk] distro recommendations (cjk input and other concerns)

[Kevin Mark]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 10:16:13AM -0500, Allen Shaw wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking to move move my wife's computer from Windows to Linux and 
> would like your recommendations.  Specifically, I'm concerned about:
> 
> 1. CJK (Chinese/Japanese/Korean) input (not just reading): hopefully 
> similar to -- and as simple as -- she's using now
> 2. Hardware:
>    - Processor: AMD K6-2 / 500Mhz
>    - RAM: 312 MB
>    - HDD: 8 GB
> 3. Learning curve and maintenance:  My Linux experience is only on 
> RedHat and its clones.  My wife will be doing Zero 
> configuration/maintenance on this, so it's all on me.  I want to be able 
> to set this up for her fairly quickly, and then have it run reliably 
> forever after.
> 
> This machine will be used almost exclusively for Web surfing, and the 
> rare viewing of PDFs and MS-Office documents.  I'm already expecting 
> that with the given hardware I'll need a lightweight desktop like IceWM 
> (which I use everyday on my RHEL desktop anyway).
> 
> I've read the Ubuntu and Gentoo make it fairly easy to setup CJK input.  
> Can someone with more experience recommend either one of them -- or 
> another distro -- for this particular situation?
> 
> Thanks,
Hi Allen,
the president of Gnubies uses Japanese Knoppix [0]
I'd burn a copy and have her try it out on a 1GHZ machine to get used to
Linux. If you contact the president of Gnubies, she may give you some
tips as she uses Japanese almost exclusively on Gnu/Linux in her
vocation as a translator.
Cheers,
Kev
[0] http://unit.aist.go.jp/itri/knoppix/

- -- 
|  .''`.  == Debian GNU/Linux == |       my web site:       |
| : :' :      The  Universal     | debian.home.pipeline.com |
| `. `'      Operating System    | go to counter.li.org and |
|   `-    http://www.debian.org/ |    be counted! #238656   |
|     my keysever: pgp.mit.edu   |     my NPO: cfsg.org     |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFFNE/Zv8UcC1qRZVMRAtJzAJ9dNlbCpG9AaO9lEqsXR7p7hmahVgCfZZaC
WBhjR1f/JIKrcklzsYZnUsA=
=+Ca8
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----