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?
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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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all newer application think u use UTF-8.
utf-8 use slightly more space for store(2 bytes character) but more compatible for multi-language. so if ur database have alot of text inside, using locale preferable. but UTF-8 still more compatible.
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