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Redhat 5.1 Redneck Internationalization

72 points by rcfox 15y ago

nodata 15y ago
"The ``Redneck'' language entry represents a dialect of American English spoken by Red Hat Software's Donnie Barnes, and was used as a test case during the addition of internationalization support to the installation program. It is included solely for entertainment value (and to illustrate how difficult it is actually talking to Donnie)." -- http://web.archive.org/web/20080119120948/http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-5.1-Manual/manual/footnotes.html http://web.archive.org/web/20080119120948/http://www.redhat....
aj700 15y ago
It's not really international. So it's not i18n:redneck it's more like locale:dixie.
rmc 15y ago
To test our Django website i18n I ran our gettext po files through the pirate command line tool (which converts everything to pirate speak), producing something similar to Facebook's "English (Pirate)" language option. Here's how I did it: http://www.technomancy.org/python/pirate-po-l10n-i18n-translate-your-site/ http://www.technomancy.org/python/pirate-po-l10n-i18n-transl...
- natesm 15y ago
  Homebrew package for this pirate thing as well as some others: https://gist.github.com/1143917 https://gist.github.com/1143917 I can confirm that it works.
nkassis 15y ago
They should bring it back for a special anniversary edition 1998 + 15 = 2013. Perfect timing to get started ;p
ecaron 15y ago
I wish I could verbalize why seeing a software's personality through humor like this makes me appreciate it more, but I can't seem to explain it. Even things like Google's Fudd option - http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-elmer http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-elmer - reminds me that there are real people putting together the code that I rely on. Ah RedHat nostalgia, ya a'ight by me & mine.
onedognight 15y ago
Thanks for reminding me how far Linux has come. I had almost forgotten how hard setting up X could be when you had to specify the horizontal and vertical sync frequencies, the refresh rate and other timing bits.
bsergean 15y ago
Easter eggs are the best. I just changed team and my first question should have been what is the process to add one :)
gpambrozio 15y ago
So freakin funny! Junior and "for you hippies" cracked me up. Reminded me of an idea I have of doing curse "voices" for gps devices. Instead of "recalculating" it would say something like "you missed the turn again you idiot. Let's try again but don't screw up this time".
blinkingled 15y ago
Thanks for putting this up - gave me lot of chuckles and nostalgia! I must have installed RH5.1 many times on my Pentium - kinda regret not having tried Redneck option even once!
planckscnst 15y ago
That was the first Linux I ever installed, and I did use the Redneck language during the installation. It was hilarious.

72 points by rcfox 15y ago

"The ``Redneck'' language entry represents a dialect of American English spoken by Red Hat Software's Donnie Barnes, and was used as a test case during the addition of internationalization support to the installation program. It is included solely for entertainment value (and to illustrate how difficult it is actually talking to Donnie)." -- http://web.archive.org/web/20080119120948/http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-5.1-Manual/manual/footnotes.html http://web.archive.org/web/20080119120948/http://www.redhat....

aj700 15y ago

It's not really international. So it's not i18n:redneck it's more like locale:dixie.

rmc 15y ago

To test our Django website i18n I ran our gettext po files through the pirate command line tool (which converts everything to pirate speak), producing something similar to Facebook's "English (Pirate)" language option. Here's how I did it: http://www.technomancy.org/python/pirate-po-l10n-i18n-translate-your-site/ http://www.technomancy.org/python/pirate-po-l10n-i18n-transl...

natesm 15y ago
Homebrew package for this pirate thing as well as some others: https://gist.github.com/1143917 https://gist.github.com/1143917 I can confirm that it works.

nkassis 15y ago

They should bring it back for a special anniversary edition 1998 + 15 = 2013. Perfect timing to get started ;p

ecaron 15y ago

I wish I could verbalize why seeing a software's personality through humor like this makes me appreciate it more, but I can't seem to explain it. Even things like Google's Fudd option - http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-elmer http://www.google.com/webhp?hl=xx-elmer - reminds me that there are real people putting together the code that I rely on. Ah RedHat nostalgia, ya a'ight by me & mine.

onedognight 15y ago

Thanks for reminding me how far Linux has come. I had almost forgotten how hard setting up X could be when you had to specify the horizontal and vertical sync frequencies, the refresh rate and other timing bits.

bsergean 15y ago

Easter eggs are the best. I just changed team and my first question should have been what is the process to add one :)

gpambrozio 15y ago

So freakin funny! Junior and "for you hippies" cracked me up. Reminded me of an idea I have of doing curse "voices" for gps devices. Instead of "recalculating" it would say something like "you missed the turn again you idiot. Let's try again but don't screw up this time".

blinkingled 15y ago

Thanks for putting this up - gave me lot of chuckles and nostalgia! I must have installed RH5.1 many times on my Pentium - kinda regret not having tried Redneck option even once!

planckscnst 15y ago

That was the first Linux I ever installed, and I did use the Redneck language during the installation. It was hilarious.