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Subject: Re: Unicode support on FreeBSD
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Garrett Cooper writes:

>  	Ok. It appears as if Freebsd is definitely the best choice
>  (over other non-Linux Unix Opensource OSes--including OpenBSD and
>  Open Solaris) for a Unicode support.

	It's worth noting that while this solution may work, it's an
add-on.
	The question of Unicode is complex; you should check for
relevant threads in the questions@ and i18n@ archives.


					Robert Huff