localedrake This toolU kunt deze tool ook vanaf de commandoregel starten, door localedrake te typen als root. can be found in the System section of the Mageia Control Center (MCC) labelled "Manage localization for your system". It opens with a window in which you can choose your language. The choice is adapted to languages selected during installation. De Geavanceerd knop maakt het mogelijk om compatibiliteit met oude codering (non UTF8) te activeren. The second window shows a list of countries according to the selected language. The button Other Countries gives access to countries not listed. Na eventuele wijzigingen moet u uw sessie opnieuw op te starten.

In the Other Countries screen you can also select an input method (from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the list). Input methods allow users to input multilingual characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc). Voor Aziaten en Afrikanen zal IBus als de standaard invoer methode worden ingesteld, hierdoor hoeven gebruikers dit niet handmatig te configureren. Other input methods (SCIM, GCIN, HIME, etc.) also provide similar functions and can, if not available from the drop-down menu, be installed in another part of the Mageia Control Center. See .