2009/7/17 Ian Pascoe <softy.lofty....@btinternet.com>: > If Mark was to sally forth to the land of the French and bought this item, > apart from the keyboard, which might be en Francais, to change the > localisation would you have to do a fresh install? >
Depends if the language packages for -en had been removed (probably have). You might need to logon once and re-install them (they get removed by the installer, or if they were clever and used the OEM installer, they might actually already be there. > Secondly, on the same machine, not necessarily this one, can each unique > user on a system have their own localisation? This is not as silly as it > might at first seem - if you're partner is from a non English speaking > country, wouldn't they feel more comfortable with a desktop in their own > language? > The logon screen (gdm) has a language option, so each user can logon in their own locale. Cheers, Al. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
