66 points

what? it LITERALLY asks if you want to add an additional keyboard when you set it up for the first time. and adding one afterwards isn’t hard.

circlejerk post.

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For what it’s worth, making a custom layout actually is a huge pain in the arse. That’s a pretty niche use case, but there is definitely no reason for it to be as much of a hassle as it is

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I did that on Windows. It worked. It did not work for me in Linux :(

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2 points

I just changed one of the existing layouts. Very easy in any text editor, you just need to find the proper name or Unicode code for each function/character.

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10 points

You can’t delete the default one it thinks you will use based on your locale, and it reverts to the default on boot. Also has the worst shortcut to silently change the layout (contol+shift)

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5 points

I’dv deleted the default, it’s never come back.

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You have to change… 1- your default OS language (download all the language files, ZzZZz) 2- change the locale 3- apply the new locale to “all”, which is the login screen, current user, new created user.

Go in regional settings and adjust if needed, then reboot with a USB drive on a distro of your choice,

1- go through the installation 2- update if needed

Now you should have the desired keyboard.

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Except my layout (bepo) is not in any specific locale and was installed manually. So I don’t think this would work

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Not relevant to public computers

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Neither is the Linux one.

Also, why are you bringing keyboards to public computers‽

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I use dvorak on the provided keyboards

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51 points

Perhaps asking in a windows forum would be more appropriate.

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40 points

Have you tried sfc /scannow?

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1 point

The one time this “worked” was when it broke because the drive had read errors lmao

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37 points

Why is insert any thing so complicated in Windows compared to GNU + Linux?

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I’ve not used windows regularly since XP but I recall being very confused that the keyboard layout setting defaults to being per-application rather than syatemwide. Don’t know if that’s how its still done and I have no reason to care.

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Which is actually my preference. How do you get per application keyboard settings for Linux? Seems like it’s not usually built in.

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23 points

Because Linux is just a kernel.

It is pretty easy on KDE.

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Because Linux is just a kernel.

This is too short. Here is the long form: https://www.gnu.org/gnu/incorrect-quotation.en.html

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

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Excuse me Mr Stallman

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