I'm able to set either everything Finnish or everything English. I want to have Finnish keyboard layout, but the OS language in English. How to do this? In the previous releases I didn't have to do anything.
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How to keep the system language in English
First, go to System Settings → Language Support and in Langage tab, apply system wide English:
In Regional Formats apply system wide your favorite English:
Second, go to System Settings → User Accounts and select English as your language:
How to change keyboard layout to Finnish
Go to System Settings → Text Entry and add Finnish keyboard layout:
See also: Keyboard layout switches to English each time I reboot
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1I have two objections to this answer. First: Regional formats is a third aspect that is not mentioned in the question. It's likely that a Finnish user prefers regional formats that are typical for Finland rather than the US. Second: If you have set the user language from Language Support (which you do by controlling which option is on top of the list), there is no reason to also go to User Accounts. Oct 22, 2013 at 21:59
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There's still something horribly wrong, because my Qt apps are using Finnish translations even though the system language is now English and Finnish language support is not even installed. If I set LANG=en_US.UTF-8 when starting the app it's still in Finnish. It seems that the whole locale/keyboard layout system in 13.10 is a mess. Everything worked just fine under 13.04.– juzzlinOct 23, 2013 at 6:41
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@user205301 That's because you have installed them in Finnish language. Try to change their language from their menus. Oct 23, 2013 at 6:45
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In my case there are no menus. Qt should switch the language based on LANG anyway. It worked before.– juzzlinOct 23, 2013 at 6:50
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1@user205301: Ubuntu works with LANGUAGE, too, not only LANG. If you open Language Support and change the selected language to something else, and then back to what you want, it should be ok next time you log in. Oct 23, 2013 at 14:38
Having installed your system in English, add a Finnish keyboard layout. Then configure how to change between layouts.
But if you are going to make a brand new installation of Ubuntu, there is a step in the installation process (Nº 10 in this answer) where it asks you to set your keyboard layout.