Laptop keyboard layout are not designed for UNIX and/or its variants
July 29, 2010 2 Comments
I am convinced that the laptop keyboards are not designed keeping in mind UNIX &/ its variants. Have a look at:
You will notice that the Fn key is housed close to the Ctrl and Alt keys. The F1 and F2 keys are mapped via hardware for system hibernation.
The console and the ttyv1 are accessed by keying in the combination of: Ctrl+Alt +F1, and Ctrl+Alt+F2 respectively. Accidental key press of Fn key instead of Ctrl will send the system to a hibernation state; definitely this is not wanted. This makes me conclude that laptop keyboard layout is not designed to support UNIX &/ its variants.
Wondering which laptop has this problem: Dell Vostro A840. The surprising part is that, this particular laptop was shipped with the factory installed Ubuntu 8 version!
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Thanks a lot for the feedback, and do appreciate it.
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Hope this helps…
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