Homemade Dvorak keyboards

[Mark Janes]

    I should have been more detailed in my description of how I modify a 
keyboard. It's very important to be patient and use no more force than 
necessary to pry the keys free- I probably should have emphasized the 
word 'gentle.' Even then I suppose there's the chance of damaging the 
underlying components and/or the keys themselves, which is why it's 
important not to do this on a keyboard which isn't disposable. I have 
done this several times on a variety of keyboards and have yet to have a 
problem.
    My keyboard only ran me $20 and works very well. As for the software 
end, as far as I know Linux fully supports Dvorak at console level and 
in X, although I had to reset my GNOME keyboard to the xkb keyboard 
(which basically tells GNOME to use the default X keyboard).

    If there's anything else, please e-mail me or post to this group.

Mark Janes