Should default keyboard be based on location?

Blaise Alleyne balleyne at crucible.net
Sun May 25 16:29:36 UTC 2008


Yannick Gingras wrote:
> Hi, 
>   I just installed Kubuntu Hardy.  I selected my location, Montreal,
> and only a few clicks later I had to pick a keyboard which defaulted
> to US.  Since it knows where I live at this point, shouldn't the
> installer default to Canadian layout? 
Hmmm, well, I'm Canadian, but I have and have always had a US English 
keyboard. I think in this specific case, the "Canadian" layout may only 
be relevant for Quebec (i.e. English/French keyboards). I may be wrong, 
but I've never used anything but a US English keyboard in Toronto.




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