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#1 2008-04-01 00:10:00
- B-Con
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Arch's official language
Just happened to request a page when the forums were down, then refreshed the page a couple minutes later and Arch had gone German.
Since all the top-level discussion was done on the private mailing list, could we get some sort of feel for what all this language switch is going to entail by way of the website/forums/distro itself? I'm sure there are a few English-only speakers out there who'd like to know exactly what this change is going to mean for them.
As well, I'm curious as to the reasoning behind the switch -- a quick justification would be nice. Why couldn't a simple language pack for the forums be used? The language barrier is hardly a new problem.
Thanks. Keep Arch rolling.
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#2 2008-04-01 00:11:17
- wolfi
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Re: Arch's official language
haha n1 
ArschLinux ftw 
find gut daß das forum mal auf deutsch ist 
Bitte so lassen !
Ich glaub der über mir denkt echt das ist ernst.
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#3 2008-04-01 00:12:58
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Re: Arch's official language
For me is cool, just another excuse to learn a new language, so here we go, German is going to be added to my list of languages: Spanish, English, Ruby and now, German.
Update: Is pretty hard for me to know what I'm clicking, can April Fools pass a bit faster? 
Another Update: The moderators are awesome
Just one more update: Is bad when moderators own you.
I hope last update: quit messing with my threads.
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#4 2008-04-01 00:14:01
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Re: Arch's official language
nice joke!
or to use the new official language:
netter scherz!
April April
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#5 2008-04-01 00:15:32
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Took me a second! Good one~
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#6 2008-04-01 00:16:06
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Re: Arch's official language
Uff, this is a joke! LOL! In Spain April 1st is a a typical day, I was scared for a moment
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#7 2008-04-01 00:16:09
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Der war nun ja wirklich 1A!
Haven't been here in a while. Still rocking Arch.
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#8 2008-04-01 00:16:42
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LOL! I love it!... it's got to be April 1st somewhere... Germany perhaps? auf Wiedersehen!
A P R I L 1 s t switched to Octoberfest.... hahaha this is fun.
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#9 2008-04-01 00:20:56
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Oh nein!
Ich herzlich hasse die deutsche Sprache!
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#10 2008-04-01 00:23:42
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Re: Arch's official language
Nice one.
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#11 2008-04-01 00:24:12
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Und April heißt jetzt Deutschland ...
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#12 2008-04-01 00:24:23
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April fools...
EDIT: ROFL!!! When I mentioned the holiday, it turned into a praise for Germany!
EDIT: Got me again!
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#13 2008-04-01 00:24:34
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Re: Arch's official language
Ahahah! wow it's only 1am in the morning here
Have you Syued today?
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#14 2008-04-01 00:25:04
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O Tanenbaum, o Tanenbaum, Linux pwns Minix!
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#15 2008-04-01 00:25:09
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It's a change for the better. German is a better language than English anyway, I've been studying it for this very purpose!
Willkommen zu einer neuen Ära der Arch
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#16 2008-04-01 00:25:49
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Re: Arch's official language
how the hell am I gonna use the site now???? just have a "switch to <language>" button at the top to switch between languages.... what's the sense from switching from completely english to completely german?? be multilingual.
edit:
Wimmern alle pwned wir so schlecht dieses Jahr.
and in russian
Мы были soooo pwned этот год.
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#17 2008-04-01 00:26:37
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Re: Arch's official language
what? i dont think this is a good idea at all! english is the main computers language, why do you want everything to be in german? this will only make archlinux less atractive for users.
i dont even know what i am pressing. isnt there a www.arch.us ? what about pacman, you'r gonna make it german too? and AUR?
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#18 2008-04-01 00:28:22
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Re: Arch's official language
Deutsch übernimmt die Weltherrschaft
...wer braucht shcon Englisch 
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#19 2008-04-01 00:28:58
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Re: Arch's official language
Darn... my use of english is poor enough, and that is my first language! I only know enough German to guess at what I am ordering of menus. Probably not much use for mushrooms on Arch!
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#20 2008-04-01 00:29:16
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just like last year...arclinux
Its a sick world we live in....
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#21 2008-04-01 00:29:58
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Check the calendar :-)
Norm
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#22 2008-04-01 00:30:16
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Re: Arch's official language
just like last year...arclinux
Arc Linux switched to german too?
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#23 2008-04-01 00:30:19
- wolfi
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Re: Arch's official language
what? i dont think this is a good idea at all! english is the main computers language, why do you want everything to be in german? this will only make archlinux less atractive for users.
i dont even know what i am pressing. isnt there a www.arch.us ? what about pacman, you'r gonna make it german too? and AUR?
of course everything will be in german, event the initscripts, all other language packs of every software piece will be dropped also
you better go learn the new lingua franca
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#24 2008-04-01 00:31:23
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Darn... my use of english is poor enough, and that is my first language!
+1. And it's my only spoken language!
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#25 2008-04-01 00:31:48
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Allan: Don't worry. German is the simplest language ever. You can learn it within a few days.
Ich bin froh, daß wir das nach langer Diskussion endlich umsetzen werden. Da die meisten eh Deutsch sprechen ist es albern sich auf Englisch zu unterhalten.
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