Re: About Bengali Unocode support or Baishakhi Linux

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Spandana Bhowmik <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am working with Bengali text transcription for my PhD. Recently
> there was a mail through ILUG-CAL list about a review in some
> newspaper about Microsoft's "wonderful" regional language support
> policy. I want to know more about LINUX's policy about bengali unicode
> support, and if possible for any of you, a little reference about
> MIcrosoft's policy about the same.

Interesting that you'd put the question out. Although, the question in
the current form is a bit broad and far reaching to be responded to
within the limits of a LUG list mail.

> Actually I want to write about problems that I am facing while working
> with windows bengali support. So I want to know what is MS's plan
> about this, and if there is a way-out using linux.

A quick way to test out how Bengali support is on Linux is to spend a
few minutes (well, not exactly a few minutes) on a system that is:

- either installed in English with Bengali support enabled or,
- has been installed to provide the complete Bengali experience

Either way, you can test out - inputs, display and printing across a
range of applications.

Someone, who by sheer volume of Bengali output using Linux, vouches
Fedora 10 to have the most complete support for Bengali, could perhaps
say more ;)


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