At 03:03 PM 10/27/2009 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Tue, 2009-10-27 at 13:45 +0100, Will Stephenson wrote: /snip/
So I guess these shortcuts as alternative shortcuts are something we could consider as an openSUSE customization - a predominantly x86 desktop linux distro can pretty safely assume that 99% of its keyboards have win keys.
Too bad so many of my systems are in the 1% category. It is not only age of keyboard, but style that also effects this. We very often use smaller keyboards in our measurement systems. One way they keep the keyboards small is by not having 'optional' keys.
-- Roger Oberholtzer
Well, I'm in the 1% that don't have Win keyboards. I have two computers, one devoted to Windows, and one devoted to Linux, and both have IBM keyboards, the best ever made, in my opinion, probably 20 years old, and will be working long after I'm dead, if some idiot doesn't throw them out. Model number 1391401. This one was made in 1988. Bought at a flea market some years ago, and surely used at a busy office for years before I got it. Same with the other one, built in '93. (Remember, IBM invented the electric typewriter back in the late 40s or very early 50s, and they KNOW how to build keyboards!) I really hope that "Win" keys do not become essential to Linux operation. --doug, wa2say -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org