To the Korean Linux users: Which distro would you recommend?

a year ago by ibot to c/linux

Hey there!

My (Korean) wife's notebook, an older LG gram, does not support Windows 10 anymore and I could convince her to switch to linux.

A few years ago, she used my notebook with Linux Mint and I had to set up and configure everything to enable her to switch the Keyboard between English and Hangul. Honestly, it didn't work that great. I didn't know what I was doing, because I never used a dual layout keyboard and she felt like switching layout was somehow strange and felt weird.

I thought maybe there is a distribution, that supports that out of the box. The only south korean distro I found is HamoniKR. Does someone have experience with it?

Or can someone recommend a distro that supports multiple keyboard layouts very well?

The OS language does not need to be Korean, english is totally fine. Only the keyboard layout should be easy to switch. I mostly use Debian based distributions. Therefore it would be the easiest for me to support, but something Redhat based should also work out.

Desktop wise, something similar to Windows as the default desktop would be nice. Cinnamon should work fine (seems to be HarmoniKR's default) or KDE Plasma.

Thanks in advance for good your tipps and advices!

load all comments
lens0021 18 points a year ago

​All Korean keyboards, including the one on my LG Gram (which is a Korean model), have a dedicated key for switching between English and Korean (the "한영키"). Everyone who isn't technically inclined uses this key. Using Ctrl + Space is a bad user experience.

path: 0 20106114, hotness: undefined, score: 18, children: 10
ibot 6 points a year ago

You're right! I just checked and it was a dedicated key to switch the layout. That makes it easier!

I think one thing that bothered my wife when she used my notebook was the keyboard shortcut to switch the language.

path: 0 20106114 20109310, hotness: undefined, score: 6, children: 6
lens0021 3 points a year ago

If you're okay with ibus-hangul, you can configure the keyroard shortcut for Gram.

Click "Add" and press "한/영" key on the keyboard.

ibus

path: 0 20106114 20109310 20109717, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
MonkderVierte 2 points a year ago

You're right!

Hello fellow AI.

path: 0 20106114 20109310 20111591, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 1
thevoidzero 1 point a year ago

Can't you just keybind the switch to that key? I use arch and I have keyboard layout switch between three languages (one is Japanese which might have similar tech/typing style), and the program I use (ibus anthy) allows me to define my keybind.

path: 0 20106114 20109310 20117599, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 2
VintageGenious 2 points a year ago

ctrl space is very useful if you have many keyboard layouts

path: 0 20106114 20128841, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 2
lens0021 2 points a year ago

I assumed an ordinary person. My parents use the "한영키" to switch between Hangul and the alphabet. While I'm geeky enough to configure my Caps Lock key to function like that switch, most people wouldn't even imagine that functionality is configurable.

path: 0 20106114 20128841 20129866, hotness: undefined, score: 2, children: 0
lens0021 1 point a year ago
path: 0 20106114 20128841 20129834, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
linux
linux

@lemmy.ml

login for more options
68043
9435
5656

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

  • Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
  • No misinformation
  • No NSFW content
  • No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

go to feed...