Manual Method

   1.
      Start Eee PC
   2.
      Press Ctrl-Alt-T to open Terminal
   3.
      Type sudo /usr/bin/oowriter /etc/default/locale &
      (Another editor may be used to modify this file.)
   4.
      Change line to LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   5.
      press Ctrl-Alt-backspace or Reboot.

It is also possible to change to another language, e.g.

    *
      Change line to LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 for French (doesn't work out of the box with these instructions)
    *
      Change line to LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 for English with UK keyboard-layout
    *
      Change line to LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 for Italian
    *
      Change line to LANG=de_GN.UTF-8 for German
    *
      Change line to zh_TW.UTF-8 for Traditional Chinese
    *
      Change line to zh_CN.UTF-8 for Sim Chinese

More information on language settings can be found in the i18n document.

Note: This changes only the language in the OS. Applications1) retain their language settings.

After changing the OS language (for example from zh_TW to en_US), to change the language of any applications that stay in the previous language rename the directory /usr/share/locale/zh_TW to something else such as /usr/share/locale/zh_TW.old.

To change the keyboard layout, open a console (ctrl+alt+t) and open the control center with

kcontrol

Go to Peripheral Devices/Keyboard Layout. Choose the approriate layout. Hit 'Apply'. To make the change stick (even in easy mode) continue in the console:

sudo kate /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager

Search for the line sudo rm /tmp/nologin and add the following line before it:

(sleep 3; /usr/bin/kxkb) &

Close kate and close the console.

You may want to uninstall Taiwanese software, programs, or languagepacks to save diskspace (tested on EeePc701). This does not uninstall the English versions or programs! Go here: http://wiki.eeeuser.com/howto:freespace