Shantanu's Blog
Corporate ConsultantSeptember 11, 2008
Unicode support in Knoppix 5.1
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.
Archives
June 2001 July 2001 January 2003 May 2003 September 2003 October 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 November 2010 December 2010 January 2011 February 2011 March 2011 April 2011 May 2011 June 2011 July 2011 August 2011 September 2011 October 2011 November 2011 December 2011 January 2012 February 2012 March 2012 April 2012 May 2012
