Hebrew on Ubuntu

[Steve G.]

I am having issues with writing Hebrew on my laptop, primarily because of
the keyboard (I'd get a Hebrew one in a few days), but also because the
symbols get everything out of line. Plus things are left aligned when they
need to be right, and scroll bars are on the wrong side, etc. I am using
the latest Ubuntu (either 12.04 or 12.10, whichever updated last - I do a
new release install when instructed by the OS)

So I am thinking I should create a new user and set him/her up with an
Hebrew environment. Funny enough, though I have never tried it, I know how
to do it if I install the OS (I assume that choosing Hebrew during
installation would do the trick), but am not sure how to do it for a new
user. I doubt that just changing the keyboard layout to Hebrew would do the
trick.

Does the plan make sense? Any advice? I do not want to install a virtual
machine with a Hebrew install, as the machine is not strong enough to
handle that. I don't want to change the settings to my main user account,
because it should be in Latin (English/Spanish).

-- 
Sincerely,

Steve

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