--- ./source.orig/blender/python/BPY_interface.c	2004-11-27 19:32:25.000000000 +0100
+++ ./source/blender/python/BPY_interface.c	2004-12-29 17:35:50.000000000 +0100
@@ -1373,14 +1373,8 @@
 	if( BLI_exists( homedir ) )
 		return homedir;
 
-	/* otherwise, use argv[0] (bprogname) to get .blender/ in
-	 * Blender's installation dir */
-	s = BLI_last_slash( bprogname );
-
-	i = s - bprogname + 1;
-
-	PyOS_snprintf( bprogdir, i, bprogname );
-	BLI_make_file_string( "/", homedir, bprogdir, ".blender/" );
+	/* otherwise, use /usr/lib/blender */
+	BLI_make_file_string( "/", homedir, "/usr/lib", "blender/" );
 
 	return homedir;
 }
--- source.orig/blender/src/language.c	2004-11-08 16:46:57.000000000 +0100
+++ source/blender/src/language.c	2005-01-02 21:25:53.302585856 +0100
@@ -317,23 +317,30 @@
 		strcpy(name, bundlePath);
 		strcat(name, "/Contents/Resources/.Blanguages");
 #else
-		/* Check the CWD. Takes care of the case where users
-		 * unpack blender tarball; cd blender-dir; ./blender */
-		strcpy(name, ".blender/.Blanguages");
-#endif
+		/* Check the standar location. Takes care of the case 
+		 * in which the distribution installs blender */
+		strcpy(name, "/usr/lib/blender/.Blanguages");
+		
 		lines= BLI_read_file_as_lines(name);
-
+		
 		if(lines == NULL) {
-			/* If not found in .blender, try current dir */
-			strcpy(name, ".Blanguages");
+			/* Check the CWD. Takes care of the case where users
+			 * unpack blender tarball; cd blender-dir; ./blender */
+			strcpy(name, ".blender/.Blanguages");
+#endif
 			lines= BLI_read_file_as_lines(name);
+
 			if(lines == NULL) {
-					error("File \".Blanguages\" not found");
-					return 0;
+				/* If not found in .blender, try current dir */
+				strcpy(name, ".Blanguages");
+				lines= BLI_read_file_as_lines(name);
+				if(lines == NULL) {
+						error("File \".Blanguages\" not found");
+						return 0;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
 	for (l= lines; l; l= l->next) {
 		char *line= l->link;