Hi,

Having handled many of the issues relating to init system
to the point of being able to release Devuan jessie beta,
I wonder if Devuan community is ready to support action on
other scourges of the linux on personal computer ecosystem.

I am thinking specifically of three key mapping bugaboos:

1) CAPSLOCK key under console and X, should be mapped to Control

This mapping is compatible with most server
administrators preferences, prevents capslock-related mode
problems in vim.

If this default leads to angry bug reports, at least they will not be sent
in all caps ;-)

2) Terminate X via Ctrl-Alt-Backspace

Seems like an easy, useful, historic way to kill a malfunctioning X.

3) Disable Print key

All my uses have been unintentional. Does anyone use it deliberately?

My other wishlist items are:

4) No display manager by default

I think the community shouldn't coocoon naive users from
the console. The passing familiarity with the terminal
that comes with Learning to type username, password, startx
and Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (to terminate X) will help the user
if and when they ever have trouble with X.

That X works so well most of the time, and without manual
configuration is a credit to xorg maintainers.

Terminating X, and returning to the console would be
useful, for example, when fiddling with proprietary video
drivers.

I'm sure these suggestions are naive for countless reasons,
however my muse absolutely urges me to write to you all!

HND

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Joel Roth