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I do have to admit being guilty of something similar. Being German, I would never use German software (even German translations) or hardware. I have seen to man
by s9w 8y ago
I do have to admit being guilty of something similar. Being German, I would never use German software (even German translations) or hardware. I have seen to many things :D
- chopin 8y agoWell, it depends. Since I switched to Linux I was quite surprised to see how many of the packages have German or European maintainers.
- kakwa_ 8y agoYes, Europe has a lot of software engineering. The issue is Europe has very few flag ship companies in Tech. Not sure as to why, part of it may be the fragmented nature of Europe (lot of small/medium sized countries with different languages). Part of it may be because it failed to reach a critical mass at a critical time (dotcom boom), and now, an European startup are bought by US flagships. Lastly, part of it may be because Europeans are more risk-averse than Americans, I'm French and I'm working for an US company, and the American positivism ingrained in my US colleagues is fascinating, and, to say the truth, sometimes annoying as it feels fake, it's a facade basically.
- majewsky 8y agoI used German translations for a long time, but eventually switched to LC_MESSAGES=C because it makes it easier to report UI bugs. It just removes the guesswork of "what is this menu item named in English?". Also, with LC_MESSAGES=C set, I can blacklist /usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/ in my package manager and save half a gigabyte or so.