cat /etc/environment PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games" LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LANGUAGE="en_US:en_GB:en"
Selecting American from the GDM login screen does seem to resolve the problem. All the Metacity tool tips now use en_US instead of en_GB. -- Incorrect en_US translation for the minimize/maximize tooltips https://launchpad.net/bugs/50877 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
