# Perspective and regional settings under Ubuntu

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-regional-settings-under-ubuntu/106997>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [June 4, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-regional-settings-under-ubuntu/106997 "2025-06-04T08:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![pgmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@pgmo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pgmo)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-regional-settings-under-ubuntu/106997/1 "2025-06-04T08:13:03Z")

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I'm running a Perpsective session on an Ubuntu powered desktop configured as follows

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/d/1d999c1fe6ff9fe88c4372ad8fcb9fcc4dba7e85.png)  
Therefore I expect to input numbers with a **comma** decimal point separator, whereas I have to use a **point** separator. My question: is Ignition looking at the **Language** settings rather then **Formats**?  
Thanks in advance, regards

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-and-regional-settings-under-ubuntu/106997/2 "2025-06-04T11:58:40Z")

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It is likely looking for `en-it`, which probably doesn't exist in java. So it falls back to the popular `en-us`.