Hi, I use Fedora6 and Windows. For Windows, just go to Microsoft online update and install Asian Language kit. Then set up additional language (japanese) by changing the regional language option in Control panel. I assume he uses an English OS, or at least non-Japanese OS. Because the base is an English OS, all the menu titles and items will be shown up in English. So when you install Japanese software, all the words in installation windows are unreadable (unless you use some character set conversion, I am not sure). Another option is to purchase a multilingual windows OS available from Microsoft. For Linux, just install Japanese language kit using "yum install" or "add/remove software" under application. What you have to do then is that after finishing the installation of Japanese language kit he may restart Linux. Then, log in as usual. If English is the main language for Linux, then you can change languages by holding [ctrl] and [space bar]: that will show up a Japanese language task bar. Then start typing Japanese in Roma-ji. You can switch back and forth languages by pressing [ctrl] and [space bar] at the same time. Hope this helps. Taka On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 20:42 +0000, Beartooth Sciurivore wrote: > > I don't even know if this is a Fedora question, or a linux > question, or something else. I know two or three words of spoken > Japanese, and he doesn't run linux ... > > Can I even do anything without having to get a special > keyboard? > (The present guest room computer is a laptop -- a T30 Thinkpad -- > btw.)
