Debian to be Marketed to Japan and China

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 2, 2005 @05:04PM from the across-the-ocean dept.

darthcamaro writes "Thanks to Sun Wah Linux and VA Linux Systems Japan, Debian is about to get some major exposure in Asia according to a report. Debian developer Matthew Garrett told internetnews.com that Debian has always been one of the most international Linux distributions. "It's wonderful to see initiatives that will increase our representation in countries with a growing interest in Linux," he added. "It's especially heartening to see this move coming from commercial enterprises, as it demonstrates that free software can work with business."" There's also a post on Newsforge as well.

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Mozilla Thunderbird sucks by Dancin_Santa · 2005-03-02 17:22 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Mozilla Thunderbird can't auto-select Japanese fonts appropriately, IN JAPAN!

Not that that has anything to do with Debian, but seeing as how Thunderbird is the premiere "Next Generation" Linux mail reader, it would help if it worked correctly for the languages over in Asia.
Re:Tried already with BSD by dtfinch · 2005-03-02 17:30 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Yeah. Commies hate open source. They're jealous of its success where they failed.
Debian? I prefer... by xdavexxx · 2005-03-03 00:19 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Fedora Core 3. More features and better compatability.

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