Re: Non-Windows Keyboards

Jimw wrote:


I thought I was the only one to wear out 2 or 3 keyboards every
year.... I run a farm and my hands are real rough. If I dont wear
the letters off, I just wear them out. One that actually lasted
awhile, I wore a hole in the spacebar. A friend gave me some old used
keyboards that were well made, but those eventually wore out too, and
wuld not plug into the newer computers anyhow (big plug). Like I
said, I always pop off the windows keys, even for Windows, because
they are useless. The only time I ever use the START button is to
shut down. I have always set up my desktop with icons in tree format
for everything, sort of like Windows 3.x. Thats how I like it.

I'm a farmer, too. Vegetables and horse hay, mostly. Lots of hand work, so I know what you mean. Have you considered wearing gloves when you work?

I bought my last computer five years ago, and it came with some no-name keyboard that I used for three years until the letters on the keys finally wore off to where they were difficult to read. My brother complained about not seeing the letters, or I'd probably still be using it. Two years ago I started using a wireless Kensington "Office" keyboard with a bunch of extra keys across the top labeled with MS Office functions. If I used Open Office very much, I'd look into activating those keys in the Mandriva Linux I use, but I don't use OO enough to make the effort. I just ignore them. I hardly ever use

I do like the keyboard, though. I inherited it from my brother's estate (another brother, not the one who complained), so it was used when I got it. It has the kind of feel I like, and the keys are at just the right spacing for my fingers. Except for the fact that they are due to be cleaned again, they look as good as they did when I started using it.

I prefer icons on my desktop, too. I got into the habit with my Atari Mega STe and TOS 2.04. But with Linux, there's no need to use the "Start" button to shut down, unless you want to.(It's not called "Start" in Linux. KDE 4 labels it "Menu.") If you're using KDE, just right click on a blank area of your desktop, and select the "log out" option from the menu. Or, just left-click on the little red button in the corner of the taskbar.

TJ
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