A while ago, I had a sudden urge to change something hardware on my comp, and, since I didn't exactly have to money to buy a new K7, I decided to try a dvorak keyboard. After a half-hearted attempt to find one in local stores, I found out I could remove the keys on my keyboard. So, as a weekend-adventure, I laboriously plucked each key from my keyboard (with the help of a screw-driver), and put them back in according to a picture of a dvorak keyboard I had found. I then did a "loadkeys dvorak.kmap" and started out a tutorial I found on freshmeat. It works great. The only real side-effect: a somewhat "hilly" keyboard. At least on my (cheap) keyboard, the keys in each successive row are tilted a little bit more. It looks a tad odd when rearranged, though I, truthfully, can't tell the difference while typing. Also, the transition isn't all that hard if you can touch-type, as long as you never have to look at your keys. I can't really comment on increased speed, as I have not even finished the tutorial yet. Still, it's quite fun to see the expression on your friends' faces when they try to use your comp.;)
Auknight Colather ----------------- "Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story." --quote from Desiderata
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A while ago, I had a sudden urge to change something hardware on my comp, and, since I didn't exactly have to money to buy a new K7, I decided to try a dvorak keyboard. After a half-hearted attempt to find one in local stores, I found out I could remove the keys on my keyboard. So, as a weekend-adventure, I laboriously plucked each key from my keyboard (with the help of a screw-driver), and put them back in according to a picture of a dvorak keyboard I had found. I then did a "loadkeys dvorak.kmap" and started out a tutorial I found on freshmeat. It works great. The only real side-effect: a somewhat "hilly" keyboard. At least on my (cheap) keyboard, the keys in each successive row are tilted a little bit more. It looks a tad odd when rearranged, though I, truthfully, can't tell the difference while typing. Also, the transition isn't all that hard if you can touch-type, as long as you never have to look at your keys. I can't really comment on increased speed, as I have not even finished the tutorial yet. Still, it's quite fun to see the expression on your friends' faces when they try to use your comp. ;)
Auknight Colather
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"Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story." --quote from Desiderata