For anybody who's ever used a computer, one of the things that many people find useful is keyboard shortcuts. It's no small task to update keyboard shortcuts in windows and because of this, it sometimes even causes fits for the more experienced users. But in Linux, specifically KDE, assigning keyboard shortcuts is a breeze. Let me show you how.

Recent articles I have read by people complaining about how things on Linux do not work like they do on Microsoft led me to coin the phrase Microsoft Trained Brain Syndrome (MTBS). The problem is that people who have lived, worked, and played in a homogeneous Microsoft computing paradigm are lost and confused when they encounter a different paradigm.

As a matter of fact, what IS the right market for Linux? The mythical Average User? No way. The average user wants a computer that performs the tasks set for it. Those people are in the market for a computer, a real, physical machine, a tangible object with a keyboard (real or imaged), a mouse (or trackpad/trackball/touchscreen), and a display screen.

Working in computer repair I meet a variety of people every day, and while I am ritualisticly astounded by the daftness of many, I do try to help those people figure out how to do what it is they wish to do.

SiTouch has announced the release of a new wireless keyboard. This is a very cool looking keyboard with back lit keys for low light. For those of us who occasionally work late on our computer this feature is appreciated.

Last week I was on a business trip to the USA and decided it was finally time for to buy a new notebook computer. Here in Japan it’s difficult to get machines with a US keyboard.

It's been around for a while, but I've finally found my favorite stick-figure online computer-humor :)

Your keyboard is disgusting. You, and probably other people's, hands touch it every day, and those food crumbs don't help either. If you have a cat that thinks the keyboard is an excellent place to sit, you will be amazed how much cat hair manages to get under the keys. Luckily, or unluckily, it's fairly straight forward to clean your keyboard and remove all that cat hair.

I'm running a computer institute and I have new, middle and advanced users. People who know Linux very well and those who don't even know "L" of Linux. Recently, I've been trying different distros. Trying a distro is always based on the reviews I read on the web.