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Ubuntu is a popular Gnu Linux distribution that has focused on providing for the needs of end users who are not interested in the technical aspects of computers, but who just want to use them for everyday tasks - sending email, writing documents, browsing the web, etc.

Gnu Linux in general has taken shape over several years, being contributed by people from around the world.  This international effort has resulted in software designed from the beginning, to support the cultural and linguistic conventions of not only the contributors but for all people.

Support for cultural and linguistic conventions in Gnu Linux is typically based on Gnu libc's support for locales.  Locales define such things as collation order, number formats, date formats and diacritics among other conventions.  Defining the locale within the environment a program is executed in, allows the program to present information in a format that suits users, and to better understand what users are trying to tell that program.

Ubuntu exposes locales to end users through the - ''Language Support'' Administrative tool, and Macron input through ''Keyboard'' preferences.  The following instructions document how to configure Ubuntu for te reo Māori through those GUI.

= Steps for writing Macrons =

# From the desktop open the ''System'' menu, ''Preferences'', then ''Keyboard''. [[Image:u804-ss-02.png|thumb|none|Keyboard Preferences Menu]]<br />
# Open the ''Layouts'' tab.  You will probably have the ''USA'' keyboard layout already installed. [[Image:u804-ss-08.png|thumb|none|Keyboard Preferences Window]]<br />
# Click on the ''Add...'' button, and select ''Maori'' from the ''Layouts'' drop-down menu, then click on ''Add''. [[Image:u804-ss-09.png|thumb|none|Choose a Layout]]<br />
# The ''Maori'' Keyboard layout is now installed.  Set it as the ''Default'' if you would like it activated whenever you log-in.  By holding down the Right-Alt key entering a vowel, it will become macronised. [[Image:u804-ss-10.png|thumb|none|Maori as the default]]<br />

= Steps for a GUI in te reo Māori =

# Open the ''Language Support'' window, through the ''System'' menu, and ''Administration'' sub-menu-item.  Then enter the password you used to login to Ubuntu. [[Image:u804-ss-01.png|thumb|none|Language Support Menu]]<br />
# You should now see the ''Language Support'' window. [[Image:u804-ss-03.png|thumb|none|Language Support Window]]<br />
# Scroll down the ''Supported Languages'' tool-box, until you reach ''Maori''.  Select it under the ''Support'' column, and click on ''Apply''. [[Image:u804-ss-04.png|thumb|none|Selecting Māori]]<br />
# Ubuntu will automatically download and install the te reo Māori language packs. In total they are about 300k size. When Ubuntu finishes you should see the following window. [[Image:u804-ss-05.png|thumb|none|Downloading Language Packs]]<br />
# Click ''OK'' and you will be returned to the ''Language Support'' window.  Set the ''Default Language'' to ''Maori'' if you would like new users and subsequent logins into Ubuntu to be in te reo Māori.  If you decide not to set te reo Māori as the default you can specify it from the ''Options'' hyperlink on the login screen where you entered your Username and Password.  Click ''OK'' on the ''Language Support'' window, regardless, to complete installation. [[Image:u804-ss-06.png|thumb|none|Te reo Māori as the default]]<br />
# For the Māori language packs to be enabled you will need to Reboot the computer and login again.  If you did not specify te reo Māori as the default in the previous step, don't forget to select it from the ''Options'' hyperlink in the bottom left corner when you login. [[Image:u804-ss-07.png|thumb|none|Reboot required]]<br />
# After logging back in, you should see particular interface elements translated into te reo Māori.  [[Image:u804-ss-11.png|thumb|none|Kaiwhakatika Kupu]]<br />

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