From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Aug 2 15:59: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1DB614FE3 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 15:58:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03423; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 15:57:44 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd003383; Mon Aug 2 15:57:42 1999 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA12288; Mon, 2 Aug 1999 15:57:34 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199908022257.PAA12288@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD cures RSI To: sfuqua@nas.nasa.gov (Stephen C. Fuqua) Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1999 22:57:34 +0000 (GMT) Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, sfuqua@nothing.nas.nasa.gov In-Reply-To: <199908021642.JAA23730@nothing.nas.nasa.gov> from "Stephen C. Fuqua" at Aug 2, 99 09:42:45 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > FreeBSD seems to be easier to type with. [ ... ] > 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. Moving back and forth between a keyboard and a mouse will aggravate RSI and/or tendonitis. Non-use of X (and therefore the mouse) is a possible cause of your experience. FWIW, we used to call this "Sun Mouse Syndrome" back before we had thousands of people giving it mass-media names like "RSI". Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message