From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 2 9:43:12 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from nothing.nas.nasa.gov (nothing.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.34.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5910C15084 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 09:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfuqua@nothing.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from nothing.nas.nasa.gov (sfuqua@localhost) by nothing.nas.nasa.gov (8.9.3/NAS8.8.7n) with ESMTP id JAA23730; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 09:42:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908021642.JAA23730@nothing.nas.nasa.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: sfuqua@nothing.nas.nasa.gov Subject: FreeBSD cures RSI Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 09:42:45 -0700 From: "Stephen C. Fuqua" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org FreeBSD seems to be easier to type with. Like many people, I get sore wrists whenever I type too much. Most days, no problem, but other days... I use a variety of Unix's at work. I also install and play with different operating systems at home pretty often. I seem to see an effect where something about using FreeBSD lessens the wear and tear on the wrists. I see this effect mostly from using FreeBSD at the console, less from X. I just find FreeBSD easier on the hands than Linux, OpenBSD, NetBSD, or Windows -- even when using the same keyboard and hardware. This is a wildly unscientific observation, but is there anything that might account for this? FreeBSD makes the user happier = less tension = better typing technique? FreeBSD pops characters onto the screen faster = lighter typing touch? Secret FreeBSD daemons flow out of the computer to massage the wrists of user? Placebo effect or not, I'm going to try to do anything that involves a large volume of typing on FreeBSD from here on out. Did anybody else ever notice anything like this? steve fuqua To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message