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    OS'es with native Colemak support

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    27-Jun-2009 08:52:19#1 OS'es with native Colemak support

    The following OS'es or subsystems support Colemak out of the box:

    * NetBSD since the 5.0 release (wscons + X11)
    * FreeBSD since releases 6.4 and 7.1 (syscons + X.org via ports)
    * DragonFly BSD since the 2.4 release (syscons + X.org via pkgsrc)
    * Linux distributions with kbd-1.15.2 (console) and X.org with xkeyboard-config since 1.0
    * Haiku since Alpha 1
    * Mac OSX since 10.7 (Lion)
    * iOS (iPhone/iPad) since 5.0
    * Android since 4.1 Jelly Bean

    I'll update this post as things progress. :-)

    Last edited by ghen (15-Nov-2012 09:50:46)
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    27-Jun-2009 11:04:59#2 Re: OS'es with native Colemak support

    Move to the 'Contributions' forum?!

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    28-Jun-2009 20:20:21#3 Re: OS'es with native Colemak support

    second that...

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    17-Jun-2010 13:36:23#4 Re: OS'es with native Colemak support

    kbd-1.15.2 now includes a Colemak keyboard layout for the Linux console (via loadkeys(1) or system console configuration).

    Arch Linux already includes it, others will follow as they upgrade.

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    15-Nov-2012 09:55:15#5 Re: OS'es with native Colemak support

    I updated my post with some recent additions, and these have been added by big corporates, not the open source community: Mac OSX, and the two major mobile OS'es iOS and Android.

    The only major one still missing is MS Windows...  Other than that, you now get Colemak out of the box on many computers and smartphones.

    Shai, perhaps it is worth updating the "News" section on the Colemak front page, it is severely outdated. :-(  You may also want to update the download/install information – but surely keep the source files available for people who want to modify the layout. ;-)

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    15-Nov-2012 12:34:17#6 Re: OS'es with native Colemak support

    Does that mean Windows 8 didn't get it baked in then?

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    15-Nov-2012 15:41:39#7 Re: OS'es with native Colemak support

    Not that I'm aware of.  At least this thread suggests you still have to "install" Colemak as an add-on.

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