Japanese on Linux - 2

[Merv Curley]

On Sunday 08 February 2009, Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> I am on CentOS 5.2 (things should be similar on RedHat and probably on
> Fedora).
>
> There, one should do this:
>
> Go to System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layouts.
>
> There you can add available languages and set which one is default. A
> small icon will show up at the bottom of the screen. By clicking there
> one can change between currently used languages.
>
> zb.
>
> Gary Layng wrote:
> > I'm learning the Japanese language.  My sensei, having had enough of
> > viruses and worms and spyware and miscellaneous other pieces of the Wow
> > that is Windows, is asking about Linux.
> >
> > What I need to know is, how do I set up a nice modern distribution to
> > allow for dual language input in e-mail: English and Japanese.
> >
> > All the sites I've been able to Google are quite aged, and basically are
> > intended for high end sysadmins, not the "spell it out for me and don't
> > skip a step" types like Your Humble Correspondent.  What's the state of
> > the art procedures in setting up a nice modern home (emphasis on "home")
> > PC with the ability to use Japanese input on its e-mail program?  Any
> > leads as to where to look?
> >
> > Preferred distributions would be the more common ones, like Mandriva or
> > Ubuntu.
> >
> > If the website's in Japanese, that's OK.
>
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