On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 05:38:52PM +0200, Sven Hoexter wrote:
>On Tue, Aug 04, 2020 at 05:52:10PM +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote:
>If going back to i386 is an option for you, the department of
>workarounds has an option.
Again, at this point, my only hope for the machine (other than to toss
it in the dumpster) is for it to provide a reasonable environment for
composition when away from home.
For me, composition requires emacs, LaTeX or TeXLive, xdvi, and
(hopefully) a dictionary, together with a means such as ssh or rsync
to transfer documents to the desktop machine when I arrive back home.
The only other necessity is the ability to use the "Dvorak Classic"
keymap (which differs from the Dvorak ANSI map offered by the
installer).
As to the touchpad, I find a touchpad awkward at best; it is better to
pack along a USB mouse.
Years ago my first attempt to install Debian overwrote the W$7
installation; otherwise, I might market the machine to a Window$ user.
RLH