Tag: Colemak

• A Mid-2000s Linux Distro Made Me Wonder What Could Have Been

  

  I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, and I’ll gladly say it until I’m in the grave: Windows XP is still my favorite Windows of all time, period. It’s not even close. But upon thinking about it again, I started to realize something about that period of my life, which I will touch back…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  October 17, 2026

  Linux

  Anemoia, Colemak, Commercial Linux distributions, Console, Crystal XP, Customization, Discontinued distros, Firefox, Frutiger Aero, KDE 3, Lindows, Linux, OpenOffice, PC/OpenSystems, Retrospective, Skeuomorphism, Solitaire, technology, Terminal, Virtual Machine, Windows XP, Xandros Community Edition, Xandros Linux

• Learning to Love Vim Shortcuts

  

  I’m still largely thriving on my openSUSE 30-day challenge (with my conclusion coming soon). I even got another few apps installed because I was interested in trying them out for an upcoming project that promises to be exciting, and I promise to post about that should it materialize into something more tangible. Still, one of…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  March 31, 2024

  Linux, Software

  Apps that support Vim shortcuts, Colemak, hjkl, Keyboard Shortcuts, Learning how to use Vim shortcuts, Linux, Productivity, qutebrowser, spotify_player, technology, Terminal, Vim, Vim shortcuts, vimtutor, Yazi

• Quitting QWERTY: Exploring Alternative Keyboard Layouts

  

  It was around mid-2017 when I finally considered switching away from QWERTY. I was a rather accomplished typist who could push 95 to 100 WPM on most days, but I felt I could do more when it came to overall typing efficiency and ergonomics. Emphasis on ergonomics. My wrists would suffer from carpal tunnel when…

  Jack Allan Hyde

  February 23, 2023

  Keyboards, Productivity

  Colemak, Dvorak, Keyboard, Mod-DH, Productivity, Switching, Typing, Workman