[xubuntu-users] Changing the Xfce Desktop Language on per user basis

[Petter Adsen]

On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:37:17 -0500
Tong Sun <xubuys.xpt at spamgourmet.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I prefer my Xfce Desktop to be in English, while my wife prefers hers
> to be a different language. How can I set her Desktop to be in a
> language that she prefers?
> 
> I've done a lot of searches and I've make both of her `$HOME/.i18n`
> and `~/.xinitrc` files containing:

(Don't use ~/.xinitrc, use ~/.xsessionrc instead.)

> LOCALE=zh_CN.utf8
> LANG=zh_CN.utf8
> 
> 
> However, whenever I login as her (from lightDM), her Desktop language
> is still in English. Is it because there is only English option in
> the language selection in lightDM?
> 
> All in all, how can I set her Desktop to be in a language that she
> prefers?

Have you tried simply moving the language she wants to the top of the
list in Settings -> Language Support while logged in as her, then
logged out and in again?

Petter

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