Dear Fedora Xfce Live Developers,
Request for Enhancement: please in a virtual keyboard for those situations where the computer in question has a Blue Tooth keyboard, such as on an Apple MAC.
"florence" is in the repos and works very well on my sticks I keep its RPM on a separate stick and have to "click" on it to install it. I also have it installed on my direct stick. Florence is very simple and just works without any "drama".
Believe it or not, about one in every three computers I need to boot off a live or direct install stick are Apples. (You hold down the "option" [not the flower] key when booting to select your Live or direct USB.)
Many thanks, -T
Mac keyboards can be described in one word: miserable. Mac users must not create a lot of text. Seems like they mainly click a lot. Who knows ...
Chuckle: the older versions of MAC think that the Live USB is a "Windows" stick. Newer ones call it an "efi" stick.
On 03/31/2016 01:53 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Dear Fedora Xfce Live Developers,
Request for Enhancement: please in a virtual keyboard for those situations where the computer in question has a Blue Tooth keyboard, such as on an Apple MAC.
"florence" is in the repos and works very well on my sticks I keep its RPM on a separate stick and have to "click" on it to install it. I also have it installed on my direct stick. Florence is very simple and just works without any "drama".
Believe it or not, about one in every three computers I need to boot off a live or direct install stick are Apples. (You hold down the "option" [not the flower] key when booting to select your Live or direct USB.)
Many thanks, -T
Mac keyboards can be described in one word: miserable. Mac users must not create a lot of text. Seems like they mainly click a lot. Who knows ...
Chuckle: the older versions of MAC think that the Live USB is a "Windows" stick. Newer ones call it an "efi" stick.
That's a good idea in my opinion. We do have space on the LIVE images - So, I wouldn't think that would be a problem.
What do other folks think?
Mukundan.
You can plug your keyboard with the USB cable... And it will work
But +1 to the idea, just as user :)
2016-03-31 7:38 GMT-03:00 Mukundan Ragavan nonamedotc@gmail.com:
On 03/31/2016 01:53 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
Dear Fedora Xfce Live Developers,
Request for Enhancement: please in a virtual keyboard for those situations where the computer in question has a Blue Tooth keyboard, such as on an Apple MAC.
"florence" is in the repos and works very well on my sticks I keep its RPM on a separate stick and have to "click" on it to install it. I also have it installed on my direct stick. Florence is very simple and just works without any "drama".
Believe it or not, about one in every three computers I need to boot off a live or direct install stick are Apples. (You hold down the "option" [not the flower] key when booting to select your Live or direct USB.)
Many thanks, -T
Mac keyboards can be described in one word: miserable. Mac users must not create a lot of text. Seems like they mainly click a lot. Who knows ...
Chuckle: the older versions of MAC think that the Live USB is a "Windows" stick. Newer ones call it an "efi" stick.
That's a good idea in my opinion. We do have space on the LIVE images - So, I wouldn't think that would be a problem.
What do other folks think?
Mukundan.
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2016-03-31 7:38 GMT-03:00 Mukundan Ragavan <nonamedotc@gmail.com mailto:nonamedotc@gmail.com>:
On 03/31/2016 01:53 AM, ToddAndMargo wrote: > Dear Fedora Xfce Live Developers, > > Request for Enhancement: please in a virtual keyboard for those > situations where the computer in question has a Blue Tooth keyboard, > such as on an Apple MAC. > > "florence" is in the repos and works very well on my sticks > I keep its RPM on a separate stick and have to "click" > on it to install it. I also have it installed on my direct stick. > Florence is very simple and just works without any "drama". > > Believe it or not, about one in every three computers I need to > boot off a live or direct install stick are Apples. (You hold > down the "option" [not the flower] key when booting to select > your Live or direct USB.) > > Many thanks, > -T > > Mac keyboards can be described in one word: miserable. Mac > users must not create a lot of text. Seems like > they mainly click a lot. Who knows ... > > Chuckle: the older versions of MAC think that the Live USB > is a "Windows" stick. Newer ones call it an "efi" stick. > That's a good idea in my opinion. We do have space on the LIVE images - So, I wouldn't think that would be a problem. What do other folks think? Mukundan.
On 03/31/2016 07:11 AM, Ignacio Rodríguez wrote:
You can plug your keyboard with the USB cable... And it will work
But +1 to the idea, just as user :)
I am an on-site only consultant. I basically fix things. The Live and Direct USB/DVD are an invaluable tool for so very many things, not just testing the hardware. (I also do things like probe the entire network, etc..)
What USB keyboard? Mac's use an obnoxious Artsey-Farty miniaturized Blue Tooth keyboard that is miserable to type on. It has no USB connector. That is the issue.
It is really bad form to go and borrow a keyboard from a PC user, if one even exists. Some of my customer are MAC only shops.
The customer does not need two machines out of service to accommodate your presence. He also thinks you are an idiot, even if he doesn't know what or why your are doing things the way you are. The customer does not know the difference between a Blue Tooth keyboard and any other keyboard and you should just use the one in front of you.
With a virtual keyboard, if I got tired of it, I could always use Blue Tooth pair bonding and switch to the miserable MAC keyboard. Yes, you have to watch yourself type as you can not tell where one key start and one key stops. And no delete key either. Only a backspace key. (There may be a delete key somewhere, but I just haven't found it.)
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:38:52 -0400 Mukundan Ragavan nonamedotc@gmail.com wrote:
What do other folks think?
Sure, adding florence seems fine.
kevin
On 04/01/2016 03:03 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:38:52 -0400 Mukundan Ragavan nonamedotc@gmail.com wrote:
What do other folks think?
Sure, adding florence seems fine.
kevin
:-)
On 04/01/2016 06:48 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
On 04/01/2016 03:03 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:38:52 -0400 Mukundan Ragavan nonamedotc@gmail.com wrote:
What do other folks think?
Sure, adding florence seems fine.
kevin
:-)
It took me almost a month to do this. Sorry!
florence is now added to the comps.
On 04/30/2016 02:11 PM, Mukundan Ragavan wrote:
On 04/01/2016 06:48 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote:
On 04/01/2016 03:03 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
On Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:38:52 -0400 Mukundan Ragavan nonamedotc@gmail.com wrote:
What do other folks think?
Sure, adding florence seems fine.
kevin
:-)
It took me almost a month to do this. Sorry!
florence is now added to the comps.
Thank you!
FC24 is in beta I heard. :-)
But no Wayland yet. :'(
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