English, English and Chinese (as spoken written in Taiwan

[Two Ravens]

I have an acquaintance who is married to a lady from Taiwan, as their
computer has caught yet another virus, they are considering a change over
to GNU/Linux. At the moment they are using Microsoft and B2D Linux for
contact with his wife's family back home in Taiwan.

If at the point of installation I put in English (GB) and what ever kind of
Chinese the young lady tells me I need to install. Can I end up with one
user using English (GB) and the other using Chinese? I ask as I installed
Chinese for both the user and KOffice on an extra user on my system and
found that all I got was a series of squares.

Would they be better off with GNU/Linux and B2D Linux?

Is this the right place to ask this question?
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Two Ravens
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[Two Ravens]

Two Ravens wrote:

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I have had my question answered, may I extend my thanks to all those who
whilst they may have given the problem some thought, have yet to make a
reply, thank you all.

[Thomas Overgaard]

Two Ravens wrote :

> I ask as I installed Chinese for both the user and KOffice on an extra
> user on my system and found that all I got was a series of squares.
>

I've never tried anything like this but I know you can do something
called "font substitution" in 'qtconfig'. Take a look at the "Fonts"
pane as it is pretty well explained what is to be done.

Don't know if this is the answer to your problems but I think its worth
giving a try.
--
Thomas O.

This area is designed to become quite warm during normal operation.

[Two Ravens]

Thomas Overgaard wrote:

> Don't know if this is the answer to your problems but I think its worth
> giving a try.

Thank you for your suggestion, I will investigate. However I have had an
answer from someone who suggests that the font rendering doesn't work with
two such different orthographies and suggesting that I continue with the
previous workaround.