Great news for Malaysian who wants to try Ubuntu with Malay Localisation! Embun is a free operating system based on Ubuntu with added with Malaysian favour developed by Xanadu Solutions.
After downloading the image file, you may burn it into cd and use it as a live cd. With the live cd, you may try the operating system before installing. To boot the live cd, you have to restart your computer and choose to boot from the cd. If you wish to install the operating system after trying, you may do so by follow the instructions accompanied with the cd.
Here are some tips for those who wish to dual-boot Windows XP and Embun / Ubuntu:
1) You may wish to partition your hard disk before installing Embun. You can try Norton Partition Magic 8.0.
2) Partition at least 5GB of your hard disk space for Embun’s system files as Linux Ext3 and at least 1GB as Linux Swap.
3) Install Embun on Linux Ext3 partition.
There are some helpful links you may wish to check out:
Embun Forum – You may post your questions or read threads to know more.
Unofficial Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Starter Guide – Tutorials and tips on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).
Link: Softpedia
So funny, like this is the first time Linux Distro has Malay Localisation.
For your info, the Desktop (GNOME) has Malay l10n since GNOME 2.0.
about 6 years ago.
And the l10n is available at almost every Linux Distro Which bundled with GNOME 2.x. Including Fedora, Ubuntu etc.
Thanks for your info, Hasbullah Pit. I think this is a great starting point to encourage more users to use Linux which is free.