Arabizing Linux

[Moudi]

Hi and all of my regards to all the participants of this forum,

I’m new in an organization and I have to prepare an Linux environment for my work.
In my organization there is X-Win installed but it doesn’t support Arabic, it doesn’t have the fonts.
I need your help with the steps that I have to do in order to built such an environment.

Do I have to install an Arabic version of Linux from the beginning! Or just X-Win that support Arabic!

Do some software solutions like Akka OR fribidi, katoob and etc.. can do the job!

From where to start, please I need your help.

[Liquid_Crystal]

Dear Moudi,
You should simply start by searching the forums on Arabic issues and just to simplify it for you, you should have at least KDE 3 or GNOME 2 or higher in order to have the ability to type in Arabic.

I really wish you al the best and please share your experience with us

[Moudi]

عزيزي, أود أولاً أن أشكرك على مشاركتك وردك.

بالفعل لقد بدأت بتثبيت KDE 3.04, ولكن بصراحة تنقصني الخبرة بجهاز التشغيل لينكس وهنالك أشياء لم تعمل كالمطلوب...

حاولت تثبيت برنامج Akka وبرنامج Katoob, حاولت تثبيت خطوط بالعربية من خلال الشرح الذي يقدمه الأخ رائد الراشد جزاه الله خيراً, واكنني لم أنجح حتى الآن.

إليك المعطيات:-
Server side:
Red Hat Linux 7.3
XServer

Client side:
Windows 2000 connecting to the server through XWin appplication