Russian computing: Linux/Knoppix/UNIX
I thought a good way to learn Russian would be to boot my computer up in Russian under Knoppix (a live Linux (UNIX-like) bootable CD). This works well but I cannot type URLs in Russian or use the command shell. My guesses at UNIX commands in Russian are wrong (tried hitting the English keys, then tried transliterating).
Is there a good web-based intro to UNIX commands in Russian? Whenever I Google for this, I get Russian descriptions around English commands.
Re: Russian computing: Linux/Knoppix/UNIX
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Originally Posted by rat
I thought a good way to learn Russian would be to boot my computer up in Russian under Knoppix (a live Linux (UNIX-like) bootable CD). This works well but I cannot type URLs in Russian or use the command shell. My guesses at UNIX commands in Russian are wrong (tried hitting the English keys, then tried transliterating).
Is there a good web-based intro to UNIX commands in Russian? Whenever I Google for this, I get Russian descriptions around English commands.
Honestly, I don't completely understand what do you need.
Some Unix/Linux docs in Russian? If so, there's a *lot* of places around the Net -- here's a couple of links to start from:
http://www.linux.ru/docs/
http://linuxdocs.stsland.ru/
If you need to have russian names for standart Unix commands, I don't think it's a good idea. How can you translate "ls", "mv" or "rm" to any language (and why?)
Finally, if you can't live without it, you always can try BASH aliases (or function defs) :)
Re: Russian computing: Linux/Knoppix/UNIX
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Originally Posted by Scorpio
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Originally Posted by rat
I thought a good way to learn Russian would be to boot my computer up in Russian under Knoppix (a live Linux (UNIX-like) bootable CD). This works well but I cannot type URLs in Russian or use the command shell. My guesses at UNIX commands in Russian are wrong (tried hitting the English keys, then tried transliterating).
Is there a good web-based intro to UNIX commands in Russian? Whenever I Google for this, I get Russian descriptions around English commands.
Honestly, I don't completely understand what do you need.
Some Unix/Linux docs in Russian? If so, there's a *lot* of places around the Net -- here's a couple of links to start from:
http://www.linux.ru/docs/ http://linuxdocs.stsland.ru/
If you need to have russian names for standart Unix commands, I don't think it's a good idea. How can you translate "ls", "mv" or "rm" to any language (and why?)
Finally, if you can't live without it, you always can try BASH aliases (or function defs) :)
Great! Thanks. For example, http://linuxdocs.stsland.ru/manpages/section1.html has Russian explainations of English commands. If I understand correctly, you have to switch the keyboard to English to type commands in the shell or URLs?
I find this hard to believe. So I need to switch my keyboard to English, type "vi filename",
then switch back into Russian - BUT, if I need to save, or do anything
with a vi command - I have to switch back to the English keyboard? This
can't be right!?
Re: Russian computing: Linux/Knoppix/UNIX
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Originally Posted by rat
Great! Thanks. For example,
http://linuxdocs.stsland.ru/manpages/section1.html has Russian explainations of English commands. If I understand correctly, you have to switch the keyboard to English to type commands in the shell or URLs?
I find this hard to believe. So I need to switch my keyboard to English, type "vi filename",
then switch back into Russian - BUT, if I need to save, or do anything
with a vi command - I have to switch back to the English keyboard? This
can't be right!?
Yes that's correct. You have to switch to English to type URLs and commands and then back to Russian to type Russian text. Why is it so unbelievable?
Ctrl+Shift (which switches keyboard layout on my Windows machine) is probably my most frequently used key combination.
I think it's much easier to switch language back and forth than to invent and memorize aliases for everything.