[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux distro with Thai font support

[Russ]

Thanks for the reply.  I, too, bought a computer form Fry's with
ThizLinux.  Like you, I was underwhelmed.  It was a thinly disquised
Red Hat distro from Taiwan.  It was alright to mess around with and
the computer is now my Smoothwall PC.

I spent a large part of yesterday and today looking for some way to
get a Linux distro to recognize Thai fonts.  It turns out that there
are several versions of the fonts.  On top of that, mapping the
keyboard seems to a be a challenge.  The problem is that those PC's
are over there and not here.

I was hoping that I could find something that was already "assembled".
 The Thai government got M$ mad at them when they underwrote the
development and distribution of PC's with Thai font recognition/use. 
So when the South East Language module was released for XP, it no
longer included support that had previously been available with 95,
98, Me, NT, and 2000.
Russ

On 7/6/05, Johnny Cybermyth <djcybermyth at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I bought a computer at Fry's that had linux distro pre-installed that
> seemed to be very Thai oriented(I can't be 100% sure since I don't read
> Thai, but I love the food!), but was configured for english by default.
>   The distro is called Thiz Linux.  If you can't get it on the net
> easily, I could give you a copy of my CD.
> 
> I wasn't particularly impressed with the distro, but it comes with
> openoffice, kde, and a lot of other common home use items.
> 
> Russ wrote:
> > Does anyone have experience with a Linux distro which supports Thai
> > font?  I am hoping for a distro which supports both English and Thai
> > so that I can do the setup without my friend having to be present to
> > do translation.  My friend prefers to stick with Windows but because
> > of factors (see History, below) will entertain other solutions.
> >
> > I found http://www.opentle.org/.  I was encouraged to see a few
> > English words and did download the Live CD.  For me, it's a guessing
> > game as to what means what.  I'm a relative newbie to Linux myself so
> > the language barrier is one more hurdle.
> >
> > History:  I'm trying to help a friend who wishes to communicate with
> > family in Thailand, using email and Thai fonts.  For the most part, my
> > effort has been with Windows XP Home edition.  Now his friend, living
> > in Thailand, has informed him that he must purchase the XP
> > Professional to get South East Asia Language Support.  That's not
> > acceptable because of money issues.
> >
> > I have found a reference to a Firefox/Thai project which offers hope
> > that he will not need to put his Home Edition away and will be able to
> > use the results of the Firefox/Thai project on his existing Windows
> > box.  Part of my problem is that he is not always here with me and I
> > am unable to read Thai fonts myself.  So we are proceeding very
> > slowly.
> 
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