Re: [tlug] Article comparing Japanese-language capabilities of SuSEand Turbo

[Joseph Essertier <essertier@example.com>]

David J Iannucci wrote:
> > There is an article in the June issue of Linux World in Japanese
> > comparing the Japanese-language capabilities of the Japanese version
> > of SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 and Turbolinux Home.
> >   
>
> I don't suppose anyone has a URL for this article?
>
> > SuSE uses Wnn7 while Turbo uses the Linux equivalent of Atok 17?
> >   
>
> I've got my wife using a Japanese-language install of SuSE 9.1, and the
> default input system is Canna.  Which she finds extremely frustrating.
> It often makes the stOOpidest conversions imaginable for very common
> words and phrases.  I haven't looked closely at it, but I can't imagine
> why it should work so poorly out of the box.  Anybody else having
> similar experience?
>
> Dave
The article is at the back of the magazine.  It's very short (maybe 5
pages), so she could just go to a bookstore and read it, without paying
the 1,500 yen or so.  The conclusions are on the last page, which would
take her about 5 minutes to read if she's a native Japanese speaker.
The article says that a previous version, like 9.1 i guess, used Atok.
 They were forced to switch to Wnn7 because they wanted to support 64
bit.

Joe