Re: Xorg replaces TTY1

[Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk>]

On Thu 26 Nov 2015 at 11:04:23 -0600, John Hasler wrote:

> Marc writes:
> > Not alone, at all.  I run Mate, but I boot to a console, log in there,
> > and use startx to get my X session.
> 
> So do I, and I have a decades-old muscle memory that tells me
> CNTRL-ALT-F1 will get me a logged-in console.  Having to reprogram that
> is a (minor) nuisance. It will be a much larger nuisance for the new
> users who will diligently read up on Linux before trying it (yes, there
> are people who do that) and learn that CNTRL-ALT-F1 gets them to a
> console and ALT-F7 gets them back to X.

For many readers (diligent or otherwise), isn't this a matter of updated
documentation and re-education. There are still users (an example is in
this thread) who believe ctrl-alt-backspace no longer works in Debian.
It does.