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Date:      Sat, 26 Mar 2005 16:11:25 +0100
From:      cpghost@cordula.ws
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mot de passe root
Message-ID:  <20050326151125.GA90180@epia2.farid-hajji.net>
In-Reply-To: <86710893.20050326135216@wanadoo.fr>
References:  <1334553342.20050325220228@wanadoo.fr> <86psxmiyle.fsf@amidala.datadok.no> <86710893.20050326135216@wanadoo.fr>

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On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 01:52:16PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> I doubt that even Apple has bothered to localize any of the UNIX
> software for OS X.  Unless one treats UNIX as a black-box desktop server
> (with a localized GUI), it's going to be hard to work with the system
> without knowing English.  And if it's ever necessary to go outside the
> desktop GUI environment, there again, English is required.

I've seen a fully localized german version of Unix called SINIX
(Siemens' Unix?).

Well, not *fully* localized, since the commands were still the usual
bunch of 'ls' 'cp', 'mv' etc... (is that really English? ;-)), but
everthing else, including error messages and man pages were in german.
That was really weird looking, yet cute.

I don't know if SINIX is still alive or defunct by now.

Oh yeah, I also remember a french version of PASCAL (with french
keywords!) from the early eighties. That was even weirder than
a localized Unix!

> Anthony

-cpghost.

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