[newbie] Dvorak keyboard layout

2002-06-14 Thread Miark
Hi all, The article Sridhar cited says, Sholes figured he had to take the most common letter pairs such as 'TH' and make sure their typebars hung at safe [mechanical] distances. That is, he didn't rearrange the letters to slow people down, he did it to lessen the mechanical problems associated

[newbie] Dvorak

2002-03-19 Thread Maila Garcia
Actually, I agree with him. Ease of use is probably real world larger than the Adobe Photoshop factor. I think that Mandrake has gone the furthest in that direction. It's my favorite distribution. Michael Garcia Sign Up for NetZero Platinum

[newbie] Dvorak on Linux

2002-03-18 Thread Charles Muller
John Dvorak has an interesting piece entitled Is Linux Your Next OS? at http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s=1500a=23172,00.asp As usual, there are some things in there that border on the outrageous, but I thought that some might find it interesting. Regards, Chuck -- Charles Muller Toyo

Re: [newbie] Dvorak on Linux

2002-03-18 Thread Pena Family
Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED]; TLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 8:02 AM Subject: [newbie] Dvorak on Linux John Dvorak has an interesting piece entitled Is Linux Your Next OS? at http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s=1500a=23172,00.asp As usual

[newbie] dvorak keyboard/file manager/cut and paste

1999-03-21 Thread walker logan hagius
I have been using Linux off and on for about a year now and I've been incredibly impressed with it's stability. I decided some time ago to switch over to it as my primary OS, but I just didn't have enough time to invest in it. I just installed Linux Mandrake and I LOVE it. I was already familiar

Re: [newbie] dvorak keyboard/file manager/cut and paste

1999-03-21 Thread Tom Berger
On Son, 21 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Son, 21 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: walker logan hagius wrote: [snip] Hmmm... After playing with it for about 15 minutes, I'm really getting the impression that KDE sucks alot more than I'd ever imagined. I had tried to put another copy of 'Home Directory'

Re: [newbie] dvorak keyboard/file manager/cut and paste

1999-03-21 Thread walker logan hagius
Thanks for the tips! I'll take a look-- On Sun, 21 Mar 1999, you wrote: On Son, 21 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Son, 21 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: [snipped] First: How do I get KDE to use a Dvorak keyboard layout? It works fine at the command prompt before I start X, but not in anything in KDE,

Re: [newbie] dvorak keyboard/file manager/cut and paste

1999-03-21 Thread Steve Philp
Tom Berger wrote: On Son, 21 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Son, 21 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: walker logan hagius wrote: [snip] Hmmm... After playing with it for about 15 minutes, I'm really getting the impression that KDE sucks alot more than I'd ever imagined. I had tried to put

Re: [newbie] dvorak keyboard/file manager/cut and paste

1999-03-21 Thread Tom Berger
On Son, 21 Mär 1999, you wrote: / Am Son, 21 Mär 1999 schrieben Sie: Tom Berger wrote: [snipped] Wow, I really ended up going around my thumb to get to my a*hole on that one, didn't I?! My apologies. Nevermind ;-) And thanx a lot for that wonderful phrase of yours *grin*. -- Steve