how to sent env variables in the desktop

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+# Set Environment Variables for the Desktop
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+The usual place to set environment variables is `~/.bashrc`, but these variables influence only shell sessions, not all desktop programs.
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+To influence all user spawned processes, you might add one or more `*.conf` files into
+`~/.config/environment.d/`. 
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+Following example (`~/.config/environment.d/swiss.conf`) keeps all texts in original English, but changes date/date/paper sizes and other formating elements to what is usual locally in Switzerland:
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+```
+LC_ADDRESS=de_CH.UTF-8
+LC_NAME=de_CH.UTF-8
+LC_MONETARY=de_CH.UTF-8
+LC_PAPER=de_CH.UTF-8
+LC_IDENTIFICATION=de_CH.UTF-8
+LC_TELEPHONE=de_CH.UTF-8
+LC_MEASUREMENT=de_CH.UTF-8
+LC_TIME=de_CH.UTF-8
+LC_COLLATE=C
+LC_NUMERIC=de_CH.UTF-8
+```
+See the [manual](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/environment.d.html#Configuration%20Format) about more details of the configuration format.
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+Also be aware you need to have these files locally in your home directory, you cannot use links to your `U:`-drive from the ["Partially Shared Home"-feature](partially_shared_home) because they are not availabe so early in the session setup process.
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+Note this does not work on RHEL7.
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 - [RDP Access to winterm4(Windows)](https://psi.service-now.com/kb_view.do?sys_kb_id=c3fc386e8788dd10bc150d830cbb358a&sysparm_language=en&sysparm_nostack=true&sysparm_no_create_incident=&sysparm_no_rating=&sysparm_no_suggest=&sysparm_no_update=)
 - SSH asks to accept key on unknown host -> [SSH Host Key Certificates](ssh_host_key_certificates)
 - [SSH Client Configuration](ssh_client_config)
+- How to [Set Environment Variables for the Desktop](env_variables)
 - Firefox refuses to start with home directory on the network drive -> [Per Host Default Profile for Firefox](firefox_profile_per_host) 
 - [Kerberos for Long Running Programs/Simulations/Shell Sessions](kerberos_lifetime)
 - [Start Long Running Programs/Simulations with mpirun](mpirun)