What language do you prefer for openSUSE Linux?

[oldcpu]

I am curious as to the "spoken/written" language our membership use on their computers? ... ie ... What is your current primary language for openSUSE computer activities ? [Note - you can select more than one item at a time]

[Axeia]

I'm Dutch yet I prefer an English version of openSUSE... and any other application.

Always get lost in my native language as some things are so out of place when translated... anyone dutch actually using the gimp in Dutch? Everything is named in a way that I'm wondering what the hell the button does 90% of the time.

Installed the dutch version for my father on his laptop though, and he seems to have no problems with it so it's a good thing there is a translation, freedom of choice is never a bad thing to have.

[NigmaToolin]

English. Now that is actually at least 5 different languages.

UK
Ireland
Southern Africa
Indian subcontinent
Australasia
North America

to mention 6

[microchip8]

Even though I live in a country where Flemish and French are spoken, I use English for my SUSE. Reason is simple, I find both Flemish/Dutch and French to be ugly langauges

[oldcpu]

I sort of suspect asking on an English forum for the language of preference, is like asking a church choir if they sing hard rock music at church? or if they sing more conservative traditional hymns or chants at church? ...

Presumably mostly users comfortable with English will be forum members, and hence that will bias the results.

Perhaps I should have asked instead what is the 1st (or primary) language of every user. .... Makes me think I need to start another poll after this one is done.

[Axeia]

Originally Posted by oldcpu

Perhaps I should have asked instead what is the 1st (or primary) language of every user. .... Makes me think I need to start another poll after this one is done.

Don't think that's necessarily true..

Even I were to use the Dutch version myself, this forum would be the first place I'd like for help. Can't imagine there would be quite as big a community experienced with openSUSE in a non-english language.
Well perhaps the folks from India could pull it off? Seems opensource is quite popular there.

[ken_yap]

Aside from the fact that the forum members are in a sense self-selected for English, your result would be closer to (but still far from) accuracy if you had translated your poll into all the languages you specified. As it is, what you will get are:

English: means primary interface is English, or uses English interface because that's what is most convenient for that person.

Any other language: means primary interface is this language, but also fluent enough in English to understand the poll.

I predict a 90+% skew in the results towards English.

[Magic31]

Originally Posted by Axeia

I'm Dutch yet I prefer an English version of openSUSE... and any other application.

+1

Sticking to English keeps things more to the point and makes finding/giving support easier..

Other than that I somehow like an English interface better than a Dutch one... more logical to find your way around as most systems I've worked with are based on English.

[caf4926]

Originally Posted by Axeia

Don't think that's necessarily true..

Even I were to use the Dutch version myself, this forum would be the first place I'd like for help. Can't imagine there would be quite as big a community experienced with openSUSE in a non-english language.
Well perhaps the folks from India could pull it off? Seems opensource is quite popular there.

Agreed!

And typically of course - if we are English speaking, our custom is to make little or no effort to learn another language. (Exceptions accepted - I know). Myself, I really only speak English, though I am fluent in BSL - It can't really be considered another language in this context.

[hcvv]

Dutch being our native language I use dutch for my wifes and my uids. But as root I prefer english, it being the most consistent way in working with documentation etc.

I did not fully succeed in this. When I start YaST it seems to take the language from my uid (running the GUI) instead from root. I do understand mostly what YaST says to me in dutch, but it is very nasty to try to help someone on the forums, telling him (translating backwards into english) what he will see when using YaST.