Re: mov 2 linux Q re de or en for C++

On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:27:59 +0000, Bock wrote:

> have:
> windows 98/ms-dos 3 GB HD desktop
> C++ programming language
> english character set

Eurgh. Win98 :-(

> want:
> linux
> laptop
> C++
> German language character set.

Linux is available free, C++ capability comes with gcc and emacs/xemacs
(included with most distros), most distros will happily handle any
reasonable keyboard.

You have to supply the portable, they don't come free in cereal packets
yet, although MP3 players will sometime soon.

> Problem:
> I want to program in C++ having access to the German character set which
> is operating system dependent

The German character set just IS, it has nothing to do with operating
systems.

> and NOT available within english/US ms-dos/windows98 operating system
> running C++.

Whatever, dunno about windows language shenanigans.

> Do I buy a German version of linux or can I access the German character
> set under the english version of the lunix operating system when
> programming in C++?

You are confusing LANGUAGE settings with KEYBOARD settings. (Windows may
do that too, I dunno.)

For most Linux distros that I've seen, language and keyboard settings are
different. I'm typing this post on a Swiss (QWERTZ) keyboard using a
Linux distro (Mandrake) that has the language set to British English.

That doesn't stop me using the full set of çhàrâctërs on the
keyboard, as I hope that you can see.

> I want to buy a laptop computer and load linux to replace my very basic
> 6 year old win98 3 GB harddirve desktop home computer. Any
> suggestions/comments on what equipment and what version version of linux
> I should get.

Plenty. Consider first trying Linux on your old machine if you are
thinking of scrapping it.

The latest and greatest commercial distros tend to assume they are running
on the latest hardware. Use a distro with modest requirements, like
Vector Linux 5.1, which runs well on older machines (I have it running
happily here on a 500MHz P2 with 128Mb of RAM and 5Gb of disk). It also
includes all the basics of a programming development environment.

If you are buying any low-end modern portable (1/2 a Gb of RAM) it should
be able to run any Linux distro you can find.

> Thanks for any dirctions.

Happy to give dirctions to www.distrowatch.com :-)

> My German is too weak to ask this quesiton in de.comp.os.linux.misc.

Ich auch.
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