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Knoppix Live CD has an excellent support for Unicode. It means it works with all languages in the world including Indian Languages and not just English. Here are the steps one needs to follow in order to use this CD.
1) Make sure you have Knoppix version 5.1.1 Live CD with you.

2) Insert the CD in the CD drive and start your computer.

3) If the computer starts in Windows then you have to hit F11 next time when you boot and change the boot sequence with "CD drive" as the first boot option.

4) Once you have started your computer in Knoppix environment, right click on the hard drive icon found on the desktop and choose the option "make the disk writable"

5) Now right click on the "US" flag on the task bar near the system clock.

6) Choose "India" in the country list and choose "Add". Click on apply, Ok.

7) Start open office writer and start typing in Devnagari. You can also save the document in .odf format since we have made the disk writable as explained in the step 4 above.

8) Restart the computer and remove the CD from the CD drive. Let the computer start in Windows. You can now open the .odf file that you have saved on the hard drive.
That's it. Enjoy.

Labels: unicode, usability