Localization/ja

When dealing with GNU/Linux systems in an international context or for a specific country or region, both localization (abbreviated to l10n) and internationalization (abbreviated to i18n) play an important part. It Article description::allows administrators and users to select the language of choice on the platform, timezone selection, character ordering and more.

In Gentoo Linux, localization is supported in various levels ranging from kernel support up to end user application support.

The handbook explains during installation.

GNU/Linux における地域化
GNU/Linux システムの地域化は、複数のレイヤで実施されます.

Linux カーネル
In the Linux kernel, localization is enabled through the Native Language Support setting as exemplified by the.

コアシステム
On the core system level (C libraries and affiliated tools), most localization is handled through the and  which are described well in the  article.

Portage
Portage は 内の L10N  変数を考慮します:

グラフィカル環境
For the graphical environments, Xorg honors the locale settings, but has its own method for selecting the. The desktop environments on top, such as and, might have additional steps you have to go through in order to enable the localization and internationalization settings correctly.