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Reading/Writing Chinese Using Linux?
Rimbo asks: "I'm building a computer for a friend, who has three major requirements from his system: He wants an Athlon with a 333MHz FSB, he wants absolutely no Microsoft software anywhere near it, and he needs the ability to read and edit Chinese. I imagine Red Flag Linux has great Chinese support, but is it as easy to use as a desktop OS as Mandrake or Red Hat? How easy is Chinese text editing and entry under the major distributions? What "office" software for Linux is good for editing Chinese? Thanks!"
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A few things I mentally noted while reading this:
a) I find it interesting how the "friend" mentioned in the article only specifies the brand and FSB frequency of the CPU of the system he wants. Most people would be more interested in things like the CPU clock speed, hard drive size, amount of RAM, et cetera. Also, having a high-speed front side bus does in no way gurantee a fast system.
b) The link to the A7V333. Maybe I just had bad luck with my A7V, but I have woved never to buy an Asus product again after experiencing their horrible drivers, horrible support and in many cases badly designed products. My friends have had similar experiences, mostly with Asus 3D cards. I would not recommend Asus products to my worst enemy, and I would NOT put an Asus motherboard in a computer I built for a friend.
c) Windows has excellent multi-language input support. Refusing to use Microsoft software is not in the best interest of someone who wants his chinese input support as good as possible. Not that there can't be good Chinese support in a Linux distro (I wouldn't know, having never researched the subject) but there is always the ease-of-use problem, which the posting also mentions.
d) Finally, I'd say the OS Sucks-Rules-O-Meter is more of an indication of the amount of zealots for any given operating system than anything else. Also, it'd be interesting to see how much overlap there is between the "linux rules" and "windows sucks" result. I'm guessing quite a bit.
Speaking of the OSSROM, if it is to be believed, then apart from Windows, MacOS, OS/400, Solaris and Unix are all operating systems that suck.
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tell your friend to move to Europe. That behavior is the norm over in eurotrash land.
Often you'll hear AskSlashdork questions posed with an explicit anti-microsoft sentiment. However, in many cases, thoughtful, reasoned analysis shows that the poster's desire to find some illusory benefit with a non-MS solution actually costs time and money, reduces interoperability, increases support costs, lowers employee productivity, and just doesn't make sense.
Pull your head out of your ass, newbie. Your fervent anti-MS stance will turn you into a modern day dinosaur. Good luck with that bonehead.
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who cares about a populations that dont want to join the human party ?
My advice -- just forget the trouble of looking into the Chinese language; it's not worth it. Why? Well, I'm an American businessman in the import- export business, so as you might guess, my frequent travels take me to many places around the world, on every continent.
I wanted to share my experience in the "great" country of China.
So, I was in Shenzhen China last December for about a week on business. A bit of background: Shenzhen, like Hong Kong and a few other places, is a "Special Economic Zone" that the Chinese government set up to try and give foreigners the illusion that China really ISN'T a drab, decaying fascist state that's economically languishing behind the rest of the world. Here, rules are relaxed and capitalism is encouraged, not surppressed. Well, let me tell you this, if this is China's best, then I'd hate to see the worst.
Anyways, when I stepped off the train from Hong Kong (which was no paradise itself, as that place has gone down the shitter since the Brits left) I was shocked. The whole place smelled like a combination of vomit and dog shit that had been left out in the sun for a day or so. And it was probably BECAUSE there was vomit and dog shit all over. I almost retched, and I've certainly been in some sketchy places in my travels but NOTHING like this.
People spit everywhere. Trash litters the streets. I found myself looking DOWNWARD much more than looking FORWARD when I walked.
Noise pollution is endemic. It doesn't help that their infernal language consists of abrupt rapid fire tones that is a cacophony for any human ear to bear. How do they speak and listen to that shit without going crazy all day long is beyond me.
Anyways, Chinamen stink -- literally. There is no concept of personal hygiene whatsoever. Meetings with even top officials were hourlong sessions of having to endure hot sweaty bodies and rancid breath eminating from mouths missing a few teeth. Geez, at least use deodorant for crying out loud.
The hypocrisy, corruption, and double-standards from the highest levels of government on over are the norm at the same time China opens up to the world. Foreigners get charged as much as five times for transportation, lodging, food, and everything else.
Traffic is horrible. Rules are non-existent except for at traffic lights: red means to go fast, green means to go REALLY REALLY fast.
The Chinese people themselve are pretty apathetic and everyone just wants to get out of that hell hole, so you see smuggling rings shipping people out hidden in truck beds and ships, all too often with tragic results.
The whole country, in my assessment is a lost case. Even the cheap labor can be found in Southeast Asia or Mexico. Same goes for pirated stuff -- SE Asia and Eastern Europe will keep on churning them out.
Anyways, the one redeeming quality were the girls. I paid 100 yuan (about $12 US) for a great fuck, with a 16 year old who seemed quite new and "unblemished" if you get my drift. Boy, was she tight, made all the right noises, sucked and fucked all night long and let me cum all over her. Much better than even the vaunted Thai whores, and worlds apart from anything in Las Vegas or in Europe. Best bargain I have EVER found in my life!
So yeah, screw the hell hole that's China. It's a lost cause of a country suspsended by a hollow facade of so-called new capitalism that's just show more than anything.
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You're Chinese? Then why are you using plurals properly? I thought that was frowned upon in Chinese culture.