On Sat, 18 May 2002, Matan Ziv-Av <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> There is absolutely no sense in having a local list not in Hebrew.

Yes there is. Why do announcements of meetings, or questions about
how to connect to Israeli ISPs have no sense if they are in English?
(Ditto the SMS programs, which are Israel specific)


> If
> you suggest to any Linux user group in Japan, Sweden, Germany, or any
> other non-english-speaking language that the main mailing list should be
> in english you will simply be laughed off.

Because they have enough resources to translate enough documentation
into their language. First do that, then whine.

> As witnessed on this list many times, it is probably easier to setup
> hebrew support in Linux, then getting a Linux home PC connected to the
> internet. ADSL, Winmodem, or PCI real modem, you choose.

No it isn't. I know this, because just yesterday I installed Debian
Woody on a computer. Connecting it to the internet took...oh...about
3 minutes. pppconfig, let it autodetect, answer questions, run pppd.
Which fucking alternate time line are you from?

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