2026-06-14 –, Crystal
Mozilla community measures 90% of users prefer to use their own language when available.
Linux operating system is likely to have similar user behaviours.
We now have an idea about the current state of localization in open-source community via the processing of 20 years of data (introduced in a dedicated talk)
Numbers are available on https://communityhealth.languages-in-floss.eu
This workshop aims at: understanding the current situation, identifying how to interpret it and identify what could be done by the Open Source community to improve the situation.
Everyone from packaging to translators, developers to ambassadors are welcome, this is subject is focused on how the open-source ecosystem collaborate, which means lot of stakeholders, it is not too technical.
Involved since 2015 in the Fedora community, in software localization and internationalization.
Promoter of the Weblate translation platform and the YunoHost self hosting project.
Creator of statistic related the localization community health and a related blog on Localization in Floss