I run a Lenovo ThinkPad, but I repair Dells for a living. I just have to wonder what the heck Dell was thinking having Fn and Ctrl in opposite of correct order...
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 10:41 PM, Kushal Kumaran < kushal.kumaran+deb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Lars Noodén <lars.noo...@gmail.com> writes: > > > On 11/12/12, Thomas H. George <li...@tomgeorge.info> wrote: > >> My backup desktop died and I am thinking of replacing it with a laptop. > >> I am not a gamer but a bit more than a routine user, i.e. occasionally > >> use big programs and am interested in experimenting with Blender. I > >> want to stick with Debian and have no need of Window$. > >> > >> Touch screen is not essential though I am fond of the touch screen on my > >> HP Touchpad which is modified to run Android. > >> > >> Urgency is not high as I have a full backup of the system. > >> > >> Advice? > > > > One thing to think about is placement of the ctrl key. It gets used a > > lot, especially when editing. So it's placement is of great > > importance ergonomically. > > > > Is that such a big problem, though? Every laptop keyboard I've used has > had the CapsLock key placed prominently and I've always configured it to > be an additional Ctrl. Placement of the physical Ctrl key is mostly a > non-issue for me, even though I'm an emacs user. > > -- > regards, > kushal > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/87r4nyktbw.fsf@nitrogen.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me > >
