Ubuntu 12.04: 3.2.0-34-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 10:48:16 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Like Ken, my locale changed to Chinese: $ locale LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=zh_CN:en_US:en LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC=en_US.UTF-8 LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MESSAGES="zh_CN.UTF-8" LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ADDRESS=en_US.UTF-8 LC_TELEPHONE=en_US.UTF-8 LC_MEASUREMENT=en_US.UTF-8 LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=
$ cat .config/user-dirs.dirs ... # XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
Ubuntu 12.04: 3.2.0-34-generic #53-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 10:48:16 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux zh_CN:en_ US:en "zh_CN. UTF-8" en_US.UTF- 8 "zh_CN. UTF-8" en_US.UTF- 8 "zh_CN. UTF-8" en_US.UTF- 8 en_US.UTF- 8 en_US.UTF- 8 en_US.UTF- 8 ON=en_US. UTF-8
Like Ken, my locale changed to Chinese:
$ locale
LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE=
LC_NUMERIC=
LC_TIME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_COLLATE=
LC_MONETARY=
LC_MESSAGES=
LC_PAPER=
LC_NAME=en_US.UTF-8
LC_ADDRESS=
LC_TELEPHONE=
LC_MEASUREMENT=
LC_IDENTIFICATI
LC_ALL=
$ cat .config/ user-dirs. dirs DIR="$HOME/ Desktop" DIR="$HOME/ Downloads" DIR="$HOME/ Templates" _DIR="$ HOME/" DIR="$HOME/ Documents" DIR="$HOME/ " DIR="$HOME/ " DIR="$HOME/ Videos"
...
#
XDG_DESKTOP_
XDG_DOWNLOAD_
XDG_TEMPLATES_
XDG_PUBLICSHARE
XDG_DOCUMENTS_
XDG_MUSIC_
XDG_PICTURES_
XDG_VIDEOS_