On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 04:13:39AM +0400, tihonov@ffke-campus.mipt.ru wrote: > one can't use Debian with LANG=ru_RU.CP1251. Why that? because 1) youwant to recieve and send something over network, wich means that you have to understand koi8, and 2) it's impossible to modify every programm to use `iconv' or whatever needed things. of course, it's easy to make a custom system that will do. but it would not be Debian.