I wrote: > So do I, and I have a decades-old muscle memory that tells me > CNTRL-ALT-F1 will get me a logged-in console. Having to reprogram that > is a (minor) nuisance. It will be a much larger nuisance for the new > users who will diligently read up on Linux before trying it (yes, there > are people who do that) and learn that CNTRL-ALT-F1 gets them to a > console and ALT-F7 gets them back to X.
Brian writes: > For many readers (diligent or otherwise), isn't this a matter of > updated documentation and re-education. There is no getting rid of the old documentation and no way to mark it obsolete. This is a significant cost of human interface changes and should be considered. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA
