[wplug] OT -- Dvorak keyboard

[Aaron]

I had wrist problems from RSI for years, it got to the point where I
could only type for very brief spurts. My coworker ended up having
surgery 3 times for RSI injuries, the environment was "fast paced". My
company bought us any keyboard we could find to evaluate ergonomic
solutions. This one ended up saving me from surgery:

http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/contoured.htm

I've used these for years now, well worth the money. Having backspace,
enter, delete, ctrl, and alt as thumb keys was probably the critical
difference.

Hope this helps,
Aaron

p.s. This is about using dvorak to solve RSI issues right? If not, I
apologize for posting OT on an OT thread :)

Rick Reynolds wrote:
> Patrick Wagstrom wrote:
> 
>> As for getting support for it in Linux, I just the keyboard layout
>> applet in GNOME (right click on panel->add to panel->keyboard
>> indicator).  A little "USA" should appear on your panel.  Right click on
>> it->keyboard preferences->layouts->add->Dvorak.  Then just click on the
>> USA/Dvo to toggle the active window between standard and Dvorak layouts.
>>
> 
> Hmm...  I'm using gnome 2.8, and I don't get a simple Dvorak option.  I 
> see three Dvoraks: dvorak(no), dvorak(se), dvorak(sv).  All three show 
> international kinds of characters on them.  I can't seem to choose just 
> a straight, English style Dvorak keyboard.  Can anyone point me to a 
> package or something I still need?
> 
> I'm running Debian testing, BTW.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rick Reynolds