Thread: Installing and activating local language menus

Very few distributions have Indian language menus installed by default. In Ubuntu
8.10, install the feature yourself, as follows: System menu > Administration > Language Support Now, in the window that appears, select your language, and Ubuntu will download the fonts and menu files. It's a large download! Make sure you have a fast Internet connection. This step will also install your language keymap, so that you can word-process in your language. So if you can type in your language as the earlier article in this series described, then you've already got translated menus installed. Neat, huh? But you'll have to activate the menus.



Log out. Now, in the login window, select the Options menu and then Language. Choose your language here. Log in again with your user name and password. Hey presto. aapke menus ab Hindi mein bhi! (Refer to Figure2.) Kya khoob baat hai...