Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-07 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 07:46:11PM +0200, Oded Arbel wrote: > On Monday 07 November 2005 10:46, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: >> KDE is IMHO inappropriate for the title of "good desktop for Unixy >> OS" for another set of reasons; the worst is that they refuse to >> integrate with the rest of the Unix

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-07 Thread Oded Arbel
On Monday 07 November 2005 10:46, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > KDE is IMHO inappropriate for the title of "good desktop for Unixy OS" > for another set of reasons; the worst is that they refuse to integrate > with the rest of the Unixy OS; for example, in matters around > internationalisation, which

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-07 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 12:09:44PM +0200, Oded Arbel wrote: > On Sunday, 6 בNovember 2005 09:32, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: >> On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 08:05:03AM +0200, Aaron wrote: >>> would I gain something from ubuntu? >> I'd like to amplify Marc's answer. Ubuntu is sort of the "Windows" >>

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-06 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Aaron: > would I gain something from ubuntu? no -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Swiftouch, LTD +972-544-676764 = To unsubscribe,

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-06 Thread Oded Arbel
On Sunday, 6 בNovember 2005 09:32, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 08:05:03AM +0200, Aaron wrote: > > would I gain something from ubuntu? > > I'd like to amplify Marc's answer. Ubuntu is sort of the "Windows" > of Linux. Instead of trying to make Linux look and act like Wind

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-06 Thread Moish
Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 08:05:03AM +0200, Aaron wrote: would I gain something from ubuntu? I'd like to amplify Marc's answer. Ubuntu is sort of the "Windows" of Linux. Instead of trying to make Linux look and act like Windows, as in "Lindows", etc, the founders of

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 08:05:03AM +0200, Aaron wrote: > > would I gain something from ubuntu? I'd like to amplify Marc's answer. Ubuntu is sort of the "Windows" of Linux. Instead of trying to make Linux look and act like Windows, as in "Lindows", etc, the founders of the project aim to take an

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-05 Thread Aaron
Well, I have been using demudi, and for arguments sake why should I (would I) switch to ubuntu? I was for years the avid distro switcher and gui growser, but now I use fluxbox(no gnome no kde) after a lot of learning all my hardware works. would I gain something from ubuntu? Aaron On Sat, 2005-11

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-05 Thread Marc A. Volovic
Quoth Geoffrey S. Mendelson: > Without starting a distro war, can anyone recommmend a simple easy to > install Linux distro with Hebrew support and Open Office that includes > Hebrew support? Pointers to a download site would also be apriciated. DISTRO WAR Ubuntu. -- ---MAV Marc A. Volovi

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-05 Thread Shoshannah Forbes
On 05/11/2005, at 23:28, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: That was my first choice, but I have no idea if it supports Hebrew. Is there Hebrew support or a Hebrew Ubuntu? I don't know of a modern distro which *doesn't* support Hebrew. In the case of Ubuntu- there is a testing version of "heb ubunt

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Sat, Nov 05, 2005 at 10:55:22PM +0200, Marc A. Volovic wrote: > Ubuntu. That was my first choice, but I have no idea if it supports Hebrew. Is there Hebrew support or a Hebrew Ubuntu? Thanks, Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel [EMAIL PROTECTED] N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-74

Re: Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-05 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Saturday 05 November 2005 21:36, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: > Hi, > > I answered a posting on another list with a request for a copy of Linux. > > I asked the requestor what they were looking for. They wanted a version > that supports Hebrew and includes Open Office with Hebrew support. > > Wi

Linux distro for new user with Hebrew support and open office

2005-11-05 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Hi, I answered a posting on another list with a request for a copy of Linux. I asked the requestor what they were looking for. They wanted a version that supports Hebrew and includes Open Office with Hebrew support. Without starting a distro war, can anyone recommmend a simple easy to install Li