Re: [tlug] Japanese Input - Kubuntu 12.04 LTS

[CL <az.4tlug@example.com>]

On 08/24/2013 04:10 PM, Lyle H Saxon wrote:
> Here we go again...  I'm helping a friend set up his computer, and
> after installing Kubuntu 12.04 LTS first as an English language
> install, and then changing that to Japanese (menus etc. are now in
> Japanese), I'm not having any luck getting Japanese input working.
Not being able to find the other end of the string any more, I just went 
to the front end and answered.  One additional data point:

Yesterday, I upgraded Xubuntu on my torrenting machine from 13.04 to 13.10.

- The good news is that suddenly all of the 12+Tb of internal and 
external disks get recognized immediately with no antler dancing from 
the mobo and CPU.  Performance is quite snappy compared to the 
up-to-five minute waits I was experiencing between disk changes in 
earlier versions.  File transfer times between disks can now be measured 
with a stopwatch instead of a calendar.  Simply amazing.

- The bad news is iBus ... it installed English, eliminated Anthy, and 
changed the input switching selection from my choice to "Super + space," 
just as it had done in Kubuntu running on my work desktop. When I went 
in to change the preferences back I found that, once again, the ability 
to change is marked "Disabled" and grayed out.  I can switch manually at 
the Panel icon, though.  Since I need Japanese input on this machine for 
about an hour every two months I am not going to sweat this one.

But, it leads me to conclude that the problem with iBus is Ubuntu.

I am currently testing Debian 7 + LXDE on my work PC and am not having 
this issue, or many others, for that matter.  Debian 7 + KDE was sexier 
but had some basic problems ... like Skype shutting itself off every 
time I answered a call and earlier versions of some programs not wanting 
to upgrade themselves ... LibreOffice 3 being the poster child for that 
problem.  Iceweasel and Icedove continue to get no respect from some of 
the government servers I work with and don't want to go away quietly 
when uninstalled, so I am still in the market for something that causes 
fewer problems.

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CL