对于国内的Linux用户,经常烦恼的一个问题是:系统常常在需要显示中文的时候却显示成了乱码,而由于某些原因,需要英文界面的系统的时候,却苦于系统不能正常输入和显示中文.另外,由于大部分主要Linux发行版都是以英语为主体的,英文界面的系统和应用程序不管在界面的美观程度和稳定程度上都比中文的略好一些,各种奇怪的BUG也要少一些。因此，很多稍微有英语基础的Linux用户都宁愿使用英文界面的系统。但是，矛盾又突现出来：在英文系统下，如何才能正常显示和输入中文呢？有没有两全其美的方案呢？因此，笔者开始探索如何解决这个问题。我的完美状态是：系统和应用程序全部为英文(系统菜单、应用程序工具栏、默认输入法等），而我需要阅读和撰写中文文档的时候，能正确的显示中文并调出中文输入法。经过尝试，设置成功，现在以FC4　Linux为例，讲解一些相关知识和设置过程。-Linux users for domestic, often troubling question is: The system needs to display Chinese often display when they become garbled, but for some reason, you need the English interface, the system, but could not work the system input and display Chinese in addition, because most of the major Linux distributions are based on English as the main English interface systems and applications regardless of the extent and appearance of the interface on the stability is slightly better than the Chinese, but also a variety of strange BUG less. Therefore, many a little English-based Linux users prefer to use English interface system. However, the contradictions come to the fore: in the English system, how to properly display and input Chinese? Is there some of the options? So, I began to explore how to solve this problem. I have the perfect state is: systems and applications all in English (the system menus, the application toolbar, the default input method, etc.), and I need to read and write Chin