Re: [tlug] Japanese support, IME, etc. on ASUS eeePC

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@example.com>]

Hi, 

Another option would be reinstalling with Debian sid, which I and my
friend Iwamatsu has done with eeePC. It's fun.

At Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:39:06 +1100,
Jim Breen wrote:
> 
> I have been considering buying the minimal ASUS eeePC
> to use as a carry-around system. The price ($A317) and
> size are good, and all I really want is a working
> browser and login capability onto other systems
> 
> I do need Japanese support (fonts, IME, etc.). Looking back
> in the TLUG archives I see references by Baba Yoshihiko
> to some instructions at:
> http://siam-breeze.seesaa.net/article/73168030.html which
> indicate it's really quite simple. The Xandros Linux
> seems to be based on Debian etch, and hence it just seems
> to be matter of a few apt-gets.
> 
> Can anyone confirm that this is still working? Other
> forums I have seen are saying things like many
> etch-based  packages are breaking during installation
> on the eeePC due to the age of the Xandros distro.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jim
> 
> -- 
> Jim Breen
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> Clayton School of Information Technology,
> Monash University, VIC 3800, Australia
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