• Smee
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    To be fair the absolute majority of online help posts involve the CLI. Want to change language on my Debian install? It’s off to the CLI!

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        Sure, but if CLI is for advanced users and the community points towards CLI for changing the GUI language, is changing language an advanced task? Is the community making it more difficult/intimidating than necessary?

        In my case I had to pull the language data AND use a TUI configuration to change language. No biggie for someone who’s comfortable with CLI, an unsurmountable hinder for those not comfortable with the terminal.

        inb4 “Why didn’t you use the built in GUI?”. Desired language wasn’t an option and no obvious way to DL it either.

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          Yes I agree this could be made easier. When did you do this, maybe it’s been added since?

          To be honest, I have no idea where to install language packs for windows either.