Localización
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 allows administrators and users to select the language of choice on the platform, timezone selection, character ordering and more.
En Gentoo Linux, la localización soporta varios niveles; desde soporte para núcleo hasta las aplicaciones de usuario final.
El manual cubre la configuración de idioma durante la instalación.
Localización en GNU/Linux
La localización toma lugar en muchas capas de un sistema GNU/Linux.
Núcleo Linux
En el núcleo Linux, la localización es activada a través del ajuste Native Language Support, ejemplificado en el artículo UTF-8.
Núcleo del sistema
On the core system level (C libraries and affiliated tools), most localization is handled through the locale system and console keyboard layout which are described well in the Gentoo Localization Guide article.
Gestor de paquetes
Portage
Portage respeta la variable USE_EXPAND L10N configurada en make.conf:
/etc/portage/make.confAsignación de L10NL10N="es es-ES"
Entornos gráficos
For the graphical environments, Xorg honors the locale settings, but has its own method for selecting the keyboard layout for the X server. The desktop environments on top, such as KDE and GNOME, might have additional steps you have to go through in order to enable the localization and internationalization settings correctly.