{"id":623,"date":"2007-09-18T00:22:12","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T05:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/18\/best-way-to-learn-mandarin-in-gnulinux-or-os-x"},"modified":"2007-09-18T00:22:40","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T05:22:40","slug":"best-way-to-learn-mandarin-in-gnulinux-or-os-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/18\/best-way-to-learn-mandarin-in-gnulinux-or-os-x","title":{"rendered":"Best way to learn Mandarin in GNU\/Linux or OS X?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s a good, quick way, to learn a new language with the help of Linux?<\/p>\n<p>In particular, I&#8217;m interested in learning conversational Mandarin. Basic reading, is a bonus, but hey, I&#8217;m not that fussed. I&#8217;d like to not pay for my software, if possible, and since I tote a Linux laptop most of the time (this might change to an OS X based one that actually works &#8211; rant on this soon), if it runs on Linux, all the better. The <a href=\"http:\/\/popagandhi.com\/\">Popagandhi<\/a> tells me I need to go to a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/skinnylatte\/statuses\/274722292\">good class<\/a> &#8211; do these exist in Melbourne\/<\/p>\n<p>Some useful links I&#8217;ve found, so far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/qq.bur.st\/\">QQ for Linux<\/a> &#8211; QQ is the Chinese version of ICQ, that pretty much everyone there uses. Though MSN seems to be a lot popular these days (compared to what, 2.5-3 odd years ago)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chinesepod.com\/\">ChinesePod<\/a> &#8211; podcasts to help? Well, maybe here&#8217;s a reason to use an iPod again&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I saw this <a href=\"http:\/\/ubuntuforums.org\/showthread.php?t=552861\">thread<\/a> on the Ubuntu Forums, but it doesn&#8217;t really address anything of requirement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Technorati Tags: <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/linux\" rel=\"tag\">linux<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/learning\" rel=\"tag\">learning<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/mandarin\" rel=\"tag\">mandarin<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/foreign%20language\" rel=\"tag\">foreign language<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/qq\" rel=\"tag\">qq<\/a>, <a class=\"performancingtags\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/chinese\" rel=\"tag\">chinese<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Best%20way%20to%20learn%20Mandarin%20in%20GNU%2FLinux%20or%20OS%20X%3F&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2007%2F09%2F18%2Fbest-way-to-learn-mandarin-in-gnulinux-or-os-x&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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