Thread: XP and Language Packs

http://www.hawaii.edu/thai/thaifonts/HowToSetThai.pdf

Or if it doesn't work buy a thai XP copy and pick the language pack to install in your OS.

Download Ubuntu 10, burn it to disc, install over Windows--All problems solved.

Originally Posted by Wallalai

http://www.hawaii.edu/thai/thaifonts/HowToSetThai.pdf

Or if it doesn't work buy a thai XP copy and pick the language pack to install in your OS.

I knew how to do that part but the actual language packs had been missed out on the install, bought it from an IT recycler without any discs. Found the i386 language folder on a download but for some reason still doesnt work.

Originally Posted by BugginOut

Download Ubuntu 10, burn it to disc, install over Windows--All problems solved.

Might do that anyway, this is the kids computer so could be time for and education in Linux

Well Im posting this from Ubuntu running from a flash drive, picked up my wireless USB adapter instantly which was the main concern. May look into a dual boot when I get Thai script running on it.

Originally Posted by melvbot

Well Im posting this from Ubuntu running from a flash drive,

neat, isn't it ? Ubuntu did a lot of progress in the last year or so

I assume you are running GNOME !!!

Might run this as its designed for kids

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Based on Ubuntu

my windows I believe are fake
keep getting the message
can I down load Ubuntu?

^ Download Ubuntu | Ubuntu

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

my windows I believe are fake
keep getting the message
can I down load Ubuntu?

Best to go for the torrent if you know how, look for Ubuntu i386

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downloading 10.04 LTS is that ok?

Originally Posted by melvbot

Best to go for the torrent if you know how

sadly I don't know how

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

downloading 10.04 LTS is that ok?

It should detect what you need automatically so that should be the right one

Thanks
going to take 8 hours though
699MB to a 700 disc

what a fantastic tool,

most users could have everything they need on a 1GB pendrive

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Originally Posted by good2bhappy

Thanks
going to take 8 hours though
699MB to a 700 disc

Don't forget you can start your computer from the CD and check things out without having to install anything.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

most users could have everything they need on a 1GB pendrive

Versus a ~699MB CD! Brilliant!

^ could you speak in clearer terms ? or is it too much for your iBrain ?

Originally Posted by Butterfly

I assume you are running GNOME !!!

Have you ever even seen Ubuntu running? What do you think *might* be the difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu (there is a hint in the 'K') or all the other *buntus out there?

Originally Posted by Butterfly

could you speak in clearer terms

699MB < 1024MB. Clear enough peaBrain?

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

Thanks
going to take 8 hours though
699MB to a 700 disc

Jus downloaded Ubuntu by torrent in about 10 mins, came down at about 900kb/s

Originally Posted by Butterfly

what a fantastic tool,

Yes you are

I'm actually downloading PCLinuxOS 2010 Gnome to install in Parallels. I've already installed the beta KDE version a few weeks ago but I don't like KDE4.
Everything works out of the box, with all the proprietary plugins and drivers included. Even Dropbox is available by default.

Radically Simple PCLinuxOS

A review: http://cristalinux.blogspot.com/2010...10-review.html

On their site I found a recent test of 4 popular distros: [Phoronix] Benchmarks: Mandriva 2010.1, PCLinuxOS 2010, Ubuntu 10.04, openSUSE 11.3

Originally Posted by slackula

699MB < 1024MB. Clear enough peaBrain?

maybe you didn't understand my sentence, here it is again

Originally Posted by Butterfly

most users could have everything they need on a 1GB pendrive