Recommendation for locale on server: ISO (latin) or UTF-8

isolocalizationutf-8

What is the recommended locale setting on a server that is used as an web and database server.
Are there any drawbacks not using UTF-8 as default?

Best Answer

Some legacy application might not like it, but you should definitely use UTF-8 for new installations.

  • for converting files (the contents) you can use iconv(1)
  • for converting filenames you can use convmv(1)

Other special applications (application generated data) might require other considerations.

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