[luau] Why Red Hat?

Joe Linux joelinux at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 6 06:44:00 PST 2002


Sorry I posted an answer a bit earlier this morning before I got to your 
response to your own question.

W. Wayne Liauh wrote:

> You're exactly on the mark!  This is something that, unless you have a 
> need you won't appreciate it.  But once you do, you're completely sold.
>
> Such a multi-lingual, multi-locale feature offered by Red Hat 8.0 (I 
> first saw it in Red Hat 7.3, but it was not nearly as eloquent) truely 
> sets it apart from any other operating system (not just other Linux 
> distros, but any OS, inclusing Microsoft Windows).
>
> Of course, the fact that both Mozilla and, particularly, KOffice (not 
> OpenOffice) have, at the same time, evolved into true multi-lingual, 
> multi-locale application programs, also greatly helps.  Combining 
> KOffice with Red Hat 8.0, and we have an absolute winner.
>
> Finally, we have something in consumer desktop Linux that is clearly 
> demonstrably superior to anything Microsoft Windows can offer!
>
>
> Duane wrote:
>
>> Would it be the ability to set language environments for each user.  
>> I set my wife up with an account in Korean, and she's actually 
>> willing to start learning about email and web browsing.
>>
>> Probably off the mark, but it's one of the cooler things I've seen.
>>
>> Duane
>>  
>>
>
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