[SOLVED]Should I install AntiX or not?

Moby · posted: 2015-07-21 13:15

Hello everyone!
I'm on Debian 7 KDE and I'm looking for a lightweight, stable but fast-to-boot-up Linux distro. I'm trying to understand how AntiX differs from Debian and other distros. These are my hardware specs:

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$inxi -Fx
System:    Host: aliquis Kernel: 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.6.3)
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 4.8.4 (Qt 4.8.2) Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 7
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dv6000 (GH881EA#ABZ) v: Rev 1
           Mobo: Quanta model: 30BC v: 66.37 Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.16 date: 02/02/2007
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 T5600 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7318
           clock speeds: max: 1833 MHz 1: 1000 MHz 2: 1000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G72M [GeForce Go 7400] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: nvidia,nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce Go 7400/PCIe/SSE2
           GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.125 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
           driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:19:d2:99:db:cf
           Card-2: Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: e1000e v: 2.3.2-k port: 4000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1b:24:13:3b:10
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (9.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST9160821AS size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 18G used: 11G (62%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.02GB (1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:65C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 133 Uptime: 1:07 Memory: 603.7/2024.3MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371) inxi: 2.2.26

I also have some questions that I'd like you to address:

Does it come with flash-plugin and codecs pre-installed (such as Linux Lite)?
How difficult is it to install a working, basic TeXLive distribution? What about EMACS and AUCTeX, how do you install them?
Is it true one needs to install Locale settings from scratch such as keyboard layout? I'd like to configure my system to use Colemak instead of good, ol' QWERTY. (← This is really important to me!!)
How does it compare to Crunchbang 11? Can I make AntiX look dark and somber like Crunchbang? How much RAM is it going to cost me?
How does it compare to Linux Lite OS, in term of RAM consumption at login?
How much RAM does a browser and 1 or 2 applications running in the background, take up?
How long does it take to boot?
Does Thunar, the file manager, have"Find"/"search" capabilities?

Thank you in advance to whoever takes the time to answer my doubts.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-07-21 14:20

1. yep, and libdvdcss is available via simple install in our metapackage-installer. Most codecs work OOTB.
2. Don't know, but all the apps you mention are available in the debian repos, which are enabled by default.
3. Locale stuff is installed by default, but you'll need to configure. Language choice is available on the live media via an Fkey menu, and those settings will carry over to install. You might need to mess with the keyboard setting though, not sure. In MX edition, the XFCE Keyboard app will let you add the colemak layout to you standard keyboard.
4. antiX-15 is more up to date than Crunchbang 11, since now based on Jessie. Lots of themes available, including some nice dark ones, for icewm, jwm, and fluxbox. I don't think it will cost you any ram, its just themes, and the light desktop is just another theme. the MX edition of antiX is still debian-wheezy based, so basically the same as #!-11, but with a community repo providing backported packages. I've got no complaints...
5. I haven't tried Linux Lite in a while, but both antiX and MX are likely lighter on ram usage, as Linux Lite uses XFCE for a desktop and pulseaudio for the sound setup. antiX uses a plainer WM setup and goes with straight alsa for audio. I would guess antiX would be at least 60 mb lighter than Linux Lite, but that's a guess. MX edition uses about 150 mb on startup (depending on enabled services) and still uses the XFCE desktop, but not pulseaudio by default.
6. I use around 500 mb with a modern chrome browser and 3 tabs. Otherwise, it depends on the apps. XMMS or moc for music don't take up hardly anything.
7. My core I5 system takes around 20 seconds to boot to antiX-15 64bit. That is on a spinning hard drive, non-SSD. boot time for MX edition is slightly longer, probably around 30 seconds. This will be dependent on your particular hardware.
8. antiX -15 proper does not use thunar/xfce. But, file searching is available via the searchmonkey app and through the spacefm file manager search utility, which I happen to like. If you are talking about antiX MX edition, which does feature the XFCE/Thunar setup, then most of what I've said above still applies, and an app called Catfish is available for file searching. Thunar doesn't support file searching itself, but the MX team did integrate file searching into thunar via right click menu custom actions.

If you post your hardware specs, we might be able to offer some suggestion about which edition you should install. But if your computer was built in the last 5 years or so, MX edition should really fly on it. There is a dedicated MX community as well at forum.mxlinux.org and a website at mxlinux.org.

The live media for both antiX-proper and the MX edition are quite good. Give them a try and see if you like it. I run one of my systems exclusively from a liveUSB stick, never installed to the hard drive. Once its booted up, its still quite fast.

Hope all that helps.

rokytnji · posted: 2015-07-21 15:28

5. Running both. I see no major difference except in ram usage like Dolphin Oracle Mentioned.
Linux Lite idles at twice as much ram as MX-14. Even more difference with Icewm in AntiX 15.

4. Crunch bang has always seemed emptier of tools OOTB than AntiX to me. Personal Opinion and all.
No locate, smxi, after initial install. (command not found). Kinda strange for a big iso.

7. Boots fast (10 seconds to slim login) on my SSD atom netbook.

Hmmmm, should you install AntiX? I don't know. I only know about me.,
Mom always told me."Eat it! How do you know you won't like it if you do not taste it!"
Then whack my head with a wooden spoon.

We do whack your head with a wooden spoon here. __{{emoticon}}__

Edit: Watch Dolphin Oracles install videos on you tube.
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All questions on setting up locales and keyboard layouts he has probably already covered in his videos from installing and setting up AntiX on your computer to using AntiX Control Center.

A lot of your questions can be answered just spending time watching videos on his channel.

Maybe you can see if I covered the dark and somber look in the below threads also.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5570
32-bit-antix-14-rv-t5429.html
antix-11-t2903.html

I know dark-D has dark and somber covered for days. __{{emoticon}}__
blackbox-t846.html

skidoo · posted: 2015-07-21 17:04

Mom always told me."Eat it! How do you know you won't like it if you do not taste it!"

Exactly that.

First post contains a raft of questions which could easily be, SHOULD be, self-determined
by spending a few minutes creating a LiveCD or LiveUSB and test driving the distro.
What's the likelihood that anyone reading is familiar with AUCTeX and TEXLive and Colemak -flavored keyboard ???

How much RAM does a browser and 1 or 2 applications running in the background, take up?

Seriously?
The answer to this ridiculously open-ended question must be"Yes, definitely. Except on tuesdays."

Can I make AntiX look dark and somber like Crunchbang?

teehee... Here I'm tempted to type"Nope, sorry. Okay, buhbye."

mods: 'scuse my tone, but this tripe was posted to"Hardware" subforum.
OP didn't bother to find, and post to, the more appropriate general/newAbusers subforum.

dirkd · posted: 2015-07-21 22:31

2. I had no trouble at all with TeXLive full installation.

Moby · posted: 2015-07-22 09:20

Thank you dolphin_oracle for your quick and informative reply!

dolphin_oracle wrote: If you post your hardware specs, we might be able to offer some suggestion […]

You may have noticed that I did indeed post my hardware info in my original post, I'll just re-post it below for convienience's sake.

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$inxi -Fx
System:    Host: aliquis Kernel: 3.2.0-4-686-pae i686 (32 bit gcc: 4.6.3)
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 4.8.4 (Qt 4.8.2) Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 7
Machine:   System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion dv6000 (GH881EA#ABZ) v: Rev 1
           Mobo: Quanta model: 30BC v: 66.37 Bios: Hewlett-Packard v: F.16 date: 02/02/2007
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 T5600 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 7318
           clock speeds: max: 1833 MHz 1: 1000 MHz 2: 1000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA G72M [GeForce Go 7400] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: nvidia,nouveau (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1280x800@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer: GeForce Go 7400/PCIe/SSE2
           GLX Version: 2.1.2 NVIDIA 304.125 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: 1.0.24
Network:   Card-1: Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
           driver: iwl3945 v: in-tree:s bus-ID: 02:00.0
           IF: wlan0 state: up mac: 00:19:d2:99:db:cf
           Card-2: Intel 82573L Gigabit Ethernet Controller
           driver: e1000e v: 2.3.2-k port: 4000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:1b:24:13:3b:10
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (9.4% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: ST9160821AS size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 18G used: 11G (62%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 4.19GB used: 0.02GB (1%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda6
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:65C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 133 Uptime: 1:07 Memory: 603.7/2024.3MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.2
           Client: Shell (bash 4.2.371) inxi: 2.2.26

Basically, it's a 2007 hp laptop that has an Intel Core duo processor @1.83GHz, 2 GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 7400 graphics card.

dolphin_oracle wrote: 3. Locale stuff is installed by default, but you'll need to configure. Language choice is available on the live media via an Fkey menu, and those settings will carry over to install. You might need to mess with the keyboard setting though, not sure. In MX edition, the XFCE Keyboard app will let you add the colemak layout to you standard keyboard.

So if I install MX instead of AntiX, I get to configure the keyboard else nothing? I'm asking this because in Debian KDE I installed other desktop environments (GNOME, Openbox, LXDE) just to see if they recognized Colemak layout. I first installed Colemak system-wide, through a script using CLI, then configured it via GUI. This went on fine in KDE but the other DE couldn't pick it up and only work with QWERTY.

dolphin_oracle wrote: 6. I use around 500 mb with a modern chrome browser and 3 tabs. Otherwise, it depends on the apps.

skidoo wrote:What's the likelihood that anyone reading is familiar with AUCTeX and TEXLive and Colemak -flavored keyboard ???
How much RAM does a browser and 1 or 2 applications running in the background, take up?
Seriously?
The answer to this ridiculously open-ended question must be"Yes, definitely. Except on tuesdays."

Keyboard, as you may all know, is essential in learning EMACS, so if I don't have the right keys under my finger tips, I loose in efficiency and effectiveness. Compiling long, structured LaTeX projects, with charts and figures can be quite heavy so I'm just trying to get as much information on RAM consumption before jumping off the cliff.

dolphin_oracle wrote: The live media for both antiX-proper and the MX edition are quite good.

Years ago, when I tried Ubuntu on LiveCD: it worked fine so I installed it on hard-disk but wireless wasn't recognized. This happed with Mageia as well so I'm a little skeptical about live-usb/cd, that's why I'm asking about important features now, before trying it out on live media.

dirkd wrote:2. I had no trouble at all with TeXLive full installation.

You just typed '$ sudo apt-get install texlive-full'? That simple? No complicated"dummy packages" like 2-2.5 years ago in Debian/Ubuntu distros?

dirkd · posted: 2015-07-22 11:34

Yup, nothing else. I forgot if I apt-ed or just used synaptics. I switch between them. If I remember well it was a whopping 3 Gb download. Oh, now I remember: it did use synaptics because I remember now that I consciously didn't install some 10 or 20 exotic language packets that were listed along TeX-live in synaptics.

FYI: attached is the list of all 'known' keyboard parameters that you can use in a freshly installed Antix. Colemak is referenced a few times, so I guess you will be OK. I have a not-so-standard keyboard myself (as hardware that is), and I found configuring it in Antix particularly straightforward.

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! model
  pc101           Generic 101-key PC
  pc102           Generic 102-key (Intl) PC
  pc104           Generic 104-key PC
  pc105           Generic 105-key (Intl) PC
  dell101         Dell 101-key PC
  latitude        Dell Latitude series laptop
  dellm65         Dell Precision M65
  everex          Everex STEPnote
  flexpro         Keytronic FlexPro
  microsoft       Microsoft Natural
  omnikey101      Northgate OmniKey 101
  winbook         Winbook Model XP5
  pc98            PC-98xx Series
  a4techKB21      A4Tech KB-21
  a4techKBS8      A4Tech KBS-8
  a4_rfkb23       A4Tech Wireless Desktop RFKB-23
  airkey          Acer AirKey V
  azonaRF2300     Azona RF2300 wireless Internet Keyboard
  scorpius        Advance Scorpius KI
  brother         Brother Internet Keyboard
  btc5113rf       BTC 5113RF Multimedia
  btc5126t        BTC 5126T
  btc6301urf      BTC 6301URF
  btc9000         BTC 9000
  btc9000a        BTC 9000A
  btc9001ah       BTC 9001AH
  btc5090         BTC 5090
  btc9019u        BTC 9019U
  btc9116u        BTC 9116U Mini Wireless Internet and Gaming
  cherryblue      Cherry Blue Line CyBo@rd
  cherryblueb     Cherry CyMotion Master XPress
  cherrybluea     Cherry Blue Line CyBo@rd (alternate option)
  cherrycyboard   Cherry CyBo@rd USB-Hub
  cherrycmexpert  Cherry CyMotion Expert
  cherrybunlim    Cherry B.UNLIMITED
  chicony         Chicony Internet Keyboard
  chicony0108     Chicony KU-0108
  chicony0420     Chicony KU-0420
  chicony9885     Chicony KB-9885
  compaqeak8      Compaq Easy Access Keyboard
  compaqik7       Compaq Internet Keyboard (7 keys)
  compaqik13      Compaq Internet Keyboard (13 keys)
  compaqik18      Compaq Internet Keyboard (18 keys)
  cymotionlinux   Cherry CyMotion Master Linux
  armada          Laptop/notebook Compaq (eg. Armada) Laptop Keyboard
  presario        Laptop/notebook Compaq (eg. Presario) Internet Keyboard
  ipaq            Compaq iPaq Keyboard
  dell            Dell
  dellsk8125      Dell SK-8125
  dellsk8135      Dell SK-8135
  dellusbmm       Dell USB Multimedia Keyboard
  inspiron        Dell Laptop/notebook Inspiron 6xxx/8xxx
  precision_m     Dell Laptop/notebook Precision M series
  dexxa           Dexxa Wireless Desktop Keyboard
  diamond         Diamond 9801 / 9802 series
  dtk2000         DTK2000
  ennyah_dkb1008  Ennyah DKB-1008
  fscaa1667g      Fujitsu-Siemens Computers AMILO laptop
  genius          Genius Comfy KB-16M / Genius MM Keyboard KWD-910
  geniuscomfy     Genius Comfy KB-12e
  geniuscomfy2    Genius Comfy KB-21e-Scroll
  geniuskb19e     Genius KB-19e NB
  geniuskkb2050hs Genius KKB-2050HS
  gyration        Gyration
  htcdream        HTC Dream
  kinesis         Kinesis
  logitech_base   Logitech Generic Keyboard
  logitech_g15    Logitech G15 extra keys via G15daemon
  hpi6            Hewlett-Packard Internet Keyboard
  hp250x          Hewlett-Packard SK-250x Multimedia Keyboard
  hpxe3gc         Hewlett-Packard Omnibook XE3 GC
  hpxe3gf         Hewlett-Packard Omnibook XE3 GF
  hpxt1000        Hewlett-Packard Omnibook XT1000
  hpdv5           Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5
  hpzt11xx        Hewlett-Packard Pavilion ZT11xx
  hp500fa         Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 500 FA
  hp5xx           Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 5xx
  hpnx9020        Hewlett-Packard nx9020
  hp6000          Hewlett-Packard Omnibook 6000/6100
  honeywell_euroboard Honeywell Euroboard
  hpmini110       Hewlett-Packard Mini 110 Notebook
  rapidaccess     IBM Rapid Access
  rapidaccess2    IBM Rapid Access II
  thinkpad        IBM ThinkPad 560Z/600/600E/A22E
  thinkpad60      IBM ThinkPad R60/T60/R61/T61
  thinkpadz60     IBM ThinkPad Z60m/Z60t/Z61m/Z61t
  ibm_spacesaver  IBM Space Saver
  logiaccess      Logitech Access Keyboard
  logiclx300      Logitech Cordless Desktop LX-300
  logii350        Logitech Internet 350 Keyboard
  logimel         Logitech Media Elite Keyboard
  logicd          Logitech Cordless Desktop
  logicd_it       Logitech Cordless Desktop iTouch
  logicd_nav      Logitech Cordless Desktop Navigator
  logicd_opt      Logitech Cordless Desktop Optical
  logicda         Logitech Cordless Desktop (alternate option)
  logicdpa2       Logitech Cordless Desktop Pro (alternate option 2)
  logicfn         Logitech Cordless Freedom/Desktop Navigator
  logicdn         Logitech Cordless Desktop Navigator
  logiitc         Logitech iTouch Cordless Keyboard (model Y-RB6)
  logiik          Logitech Internet Keyboard
  itouch          Logitech iTouch
  logicink        Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard
  logiex110       Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110
  logiinkse       Logitech iTouch Internet Navigator Keyboard SE
  logiinkseusb    Logitech iTouch Internet Navigator Keyboard SE (USB)
  logiultrax      Logitech Ultra-X Keyboard
  logiultraxc     Logitech Ultra-X Cordless Media Desktop Keyboard
  logidinovo      Logitech diNovo Keyboard
  logidinovoedge  Logitech diNovo Edge Keyboard
  mx1998          Memorex MX1998
  mx2500          Memorex MX2500 EZ-Access Keyboard
  mx2750          Memorex MX2750
  microsoft4000   Microsoft Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
  microsoft7000   Microsoft Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard 7000
  microsoftinet   Microsoft Internet Keyboard
  microsoftpro    Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro / Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
  microsoftprousb Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro USB / Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
  microsoftprooem Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro OEM
  vsonku306       ViewSonic KU-306 Internet Keyboard
  microsoftprose  Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro, Swedish
  microsoftoffice Microsoft Office Keyboard
  microsoftmult   Microsoft Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 1.0A
  microsoftelite  Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite
  microsoftccurve2k Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000
  oretec          Ortek MCK-800 MM/Internet keyboard
  propeller       Propeller Voyager (KTEZ-1000)
  qtronix         QTronix Scorpius 98N+
  samsung4500     Samsung SDM 4500P
  samsung4510     Samsung SDM 4510P
  sanwaskbkg3     Sanwa Supply SKB-KG3
  sk1300          SK-1300
  sk2500          SK-2500
  sk6200          SK-6200
  sk7100          SK-7100
  sp_inet         Super Power Multimedia Keyboard
  sven            SVEN Ergonomic 2500
  sven303         SVEN Slim 303
  symplon         Symplon PaceBook (tablet PC)
  toshiba_s3000   Toshiba Satellite S3000
  trust           Trust Wireless Keyboard Classic
  trustda         Trust Direct Access Keyboard
  trust_slimline  Trust Slimline
  tm2020          TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2020
  tm2030PS2       TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 PS2
  tm2030USB       TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 USB
  tm2030USB-102   TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 USB (102/105:EU mode)
  tm2030USB-106   TypeMatrix EZ-Reach 2030 USB (106:JP mode)
  yahoo           Yahoo! Internet Keyboard
  macbook78       MacBook/MacBook Pro
  macbook79       MacBook/MacBook Pro (Intl)
  macintosh       Macintosh
  macintosh_old   Macintosh Old
  macintosh_hhk   Happy Hacking Keyboard for Mac
  acer_c300       Acer C300
  acer_ferrari4k  Acer Ferrari 4000
  acer_laptop     Acer Laptop
  asus_laptop     Asus Laptop
  apple           Apple
  apple_laptop    Apple Laptop
  applealu_ansi   Apple Aluminium Keyboard (ANSI)
  applealu_iso    Apple Aluminium Keyboard (ISO)
  applealu_jis    Apple Aluminium Keyboard (JIS)
  silvercrest     SILVERCREST Multimedia Wireless Keyboard
  emachines       Laptop/notebook eMachines m68xx
  benqx           BenQ X-Touch
  benqx730        BenQ X-Touch 730
  benqx800        BenQ X-Touch 800
  hhk             Happy Hacking Keyboard
  classmate       Classmate PC
  olpc            OLPC
  sun_type7_usb   Sun Type 7 USB
  sun_type7_euro_usb Sun Type 7 USB (European layout)
  sun_type7_unix_usb Sun Type 7 USB (Unix layout)
  sun_type7_jp_usb Sun Type 7 USB (Japanese layout) / Japanese 106-key
  sun_type6_usb   Sun Type 6/7 USB
  sun_type6_euro_usb Sun Type 6/7 USB (European layout)
  sun_type6_unix_usb Sun Type 6 USB (Unix layout)
  sun_type6_jp_usb Sun Type 6 USB (Japanese layout)
  sun_type6_jp    Sun Type 6 (Japanese layout)
  targa_v811      Targa Visionary 811
  unitekkb1925    Unitek KB-1925
  compalfl90      FL90
  creativedw7000  Creative Desktop Wireless 7000
  htcdream        Htc Dream phone

! layout
  us              English (US)
  af              Afghani
  ara             Arabic
  al              Albanian
  am              Armenian
  at              German (Austria)
  az              Azerbaijani
  by              Belarusian
  be              Belgian
  bd              Bangla
  in              Indian
  ba              Bosnian
  br              Portuguese (Brazil)
  bg              Bulgarian
  ma              Arabic (Morocco)
  cm              English (Cameroon)
  mm              Burmese
  ca              French (Canada)
  cd              French (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  cn              Chinese
  hr              Croatian
  cz              Czech
  dk              Danish
  nl              Dutch
  bt              Dzongkha
  ee              Estonian
  ir              Persian
  iq              Iraqi
  fo              Faroese
  fi              Finnish
  fr              French
  gh              English (Ghana)
  gn              French (Guinea)
  ge              Georgian
  de              German
  gr              Greek
  hu              Hungarian
  is              Icelandic
  il              Hebrew
  it              Italian
  jp              Japanese
  kg              Kyrgyz
  kh              Khmer (Cambodia)
  kz              Kazakh
  la              Lao
  latam           Spanish (Latin American)
  lt              Lithuanian
  lv              Latvian
  mao             Maori
  me              Montenegrin
  mk              Macedonian
  mt              Maltese
  mn              Mongolian
  no              Norwegian
  pl              Polish
  pt              Portuguese
  ro              Romanian
  ru              Russian
  rs              Serbian
  si              Slovenian
  sk              Slovak
  es              Spanish
  se              Swedish
  ch              German (Switzerland)
  sy              Arabic (Syria)
  tj              Tajik
  lk              Sinhala (phonetic)
  th              Thai
  tr              Turkish
  tw              Taiwanese
  ua              Ukrainian
  gb              English (UK)
  uz              Uzbek
  vn              Vietnamese
  kr              Korean
  nec_vndr/jp     Japanese (PC-98xx Series)
  ie              Irish
  pk              Urdu (Pakistan)
  mv              Dhivehi
  za              English (South Africa)
  epo             Esperanto
  np              Nepali
  ng              English (Nigeria)
  et              Amharic
  sn              Wolof
  brai            Braille
  tm              Turkmen
  ml              Bambara
  tz              Swahili (Tanzania)
  ke              Swahili (Kenya)
  bw              Tswana
  ph              Filipino
  md              Moldavian

! variant
  chr             us: Cherokee
  euro            us: English (US, with euro on 5)
  intl            us: English (US, international with dead keys)
  alt-intl        us: English (US, alternative international)
  colemak         us: English (Colemak)
  dvorak          us: English (Dvorak)
  dvorak-intl     us: English (Dvorak, international with dead keys)
  dvorak-alt-intl us: English (Dvorak alternative international no dead keys)
  dvorak-l        us: English (left handed Dvorak)
  dvorak-r        us: English (right handed Dvorak)
  dvorak-classic  us: English (classic Dvorak)
  dvp             us: English (programmer Dvorak)
  rus             us: Russian (US, phonetic)
  mac             us: English (Macintosh)
  altgr-intl      us: English (international AltGr dead keys)
  olpc2           us: English (the divide/multiply keys toggle the layout)
  hbs             us: Serbo-Croatian (US)
  workman         us: English (Workman)
  workman-intl    us: English (Workman, international with dead keys)
  ps              af: Pashto
  uz              af: Uzbek (Afghanistan)
  olpc-ps         af: Pashto (Afghanistan, OLPC)
  fa-olpc         af: Persian (Afghanistan, Dari OLPC)
  uz-olpc         af: Uzbek (Afghanistan, OLPC)
  azerty          ara: Arabic (azerty)
  azerty_digits   ara: Arabic (azerty/digits)
  digits          ara: Arabic (digits)
  qwerty          ara: Arabic (qwerty)
  qwerty_digits   ara: Arabic (qwerty/digits)
  buckwalter      ara: Arabic (Buckwalter)
  plisi-d1        al: Albanian (Plisi D1)
  phonetic        am: Armenian (phonetic)
  phonetic-alt    am: Armenian (alternative phonetic)
  eastern         am: Armenian (eastern)
  western         am: Armenian (western)
  eastern-alt     am: Armenian (alternative eastern)
  nodeadkeys      at: German (Austria, eliminate dead keys)
  sundeadkeys     at: German (Austria, Sun dead keys)
  mac             at: German (Austria, Macintosh)
  cyrillic        az: Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)
  legacy          by: Belarusian (legacy)
  latin           by: Belarusian (Latin)
  oss             be: Belgian (alternative)
  oss_latin9      be: Belgian (alternative, Latin-9 only)
  oss_sundeadkeys be: Belgian (alternative, Sun dead keys)
  iso-alternate   be: Belgian (ISO alternate)
  nodeadkeys      be: Belgian (eliminate dead keys)
  sundeadkeys     be: Belgian (Sun dead keys)
  wang            be: Belgian (Wang model 724 azerty)
  probhat         bd: Bangla (Probhat)
  ben             in: Bangla (India)
  ben_probhat     in: Bangla (India, Probhat)
  ben_baishakhi   in: Bangla (India, Baishakhi)
  ben_bornona     in: Bangla (India, Bornona)
  ben_gitanjali   in: Bangla (India, Uni Gitanjali)
  ben_inscript    in: Bangla (India, Baishakhi Inscript)
  eeyek           in: Manipuri (Eeyek)
  guj             in: Gujarati
  guru            in: Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
  jhelum          in: Punjabi (Gurmukhi Jhelum)
  kan             in: Kannada
  kan-kagapa      in: Kannada (KaGaPa phonetic)
  mal             in: Malayalam
  mal_lalitha     in: Malayalam (Lalitha)
  mal_enhanced    in: Malayalam (enhanced Inscript, with rupee sign)
  ori             in: Oriya
  tam_unicode     in: Tamil (Unicode)
  tam_keyboard_with_numerals in: Tamil (keyboard with numerals)
  tam_TAB         in: Tamil (TAB typewriter)
  tam_TSCII       in: Tamil (TSCII typewriter)
  tam             in: Tamil
  tel             in: Telugu
  tel-kagapa      in: Telugu (KaGaPa phonetic)
  urd-phonetic    in: Urdu (phonetic)
  urd-phonetic3   in: Urdu (alternative phonetic)
  urd-winkeys     in: Urdu (WinKeys)
  bolnagri        in: Hindi (Bolnagri)
  hin-wx          in: Hindi (Wx)
  hin-kagapa      in: Hindi (KaGaPa phonetic)
  san-kagapa      in: Sanskrit (KaGaPa phonetic)
  mar-kagapa      in: Marathi (KaGaPa phonetic)
  eng             in: English (India, with rupee sign)
  alternatequotes ba: Bosnian (with guillemets for quotes)
  unicode         ba: Bosnian (with Bosnian digraphs)
  unicodeus       ba: Bosnian (US keyboard with Bosnian digraphs)
  us              ba: Bosnian (US keyboard with Bosnian letters)
  nodeadkeys      br: Portuguese (Brazil, eliminate dead keys)
  dvorak          br: Portuguese (Brazil, Dvorak)
  nativo          br: Portuguese (Brazil, Nativo)
  nativo-us       br: Portuguese (Brazil, Nativo for US keyboards)
  nativo-epo      br: Esperanto (Brazil, Nativo)
  phonetic        bg: Bulgarian (traditional phonetic)
  bas_phonetic    bg: Bulgarian (new phonetic)
  french          ma: French (Morocco)
  tifinagh        ma: Berber (Morocco, Tifinagh)
  tifinagh-alt    ma: Berber (Morocco, Tifinagh alternative)
  tifinagh-alt-phonetic ma: Berber (Morocco, Tifinagh alternative phonetic)
  tifinagh-extended ma: Berber (Morocco, Tifinagh extended)
  tifinagh-phonetic ma: Berber (Morocco, Tifinagh phonetic)
  tifinagh-extended-phonetic ma: Berber (Morocco, Tifinagh extended phonetic)
  french          cm: French (Cameroon)
  qwerty          cm: Cameroon Multilingual (qwerty)
  azerty          cm: Cameroon Multilingual (azerty)
  dvorak          cm: Cameroon Multilingual (Dvorak)
  fr-dvorak       ca: French (Canada, Dvorak)
  fr-legacy       ca: French (Canada, legacy)
  multix          ca: Canadian Multilingual
  multi           ca: Canadian Multilingual (first part)
  multi-2gr       ca: Canadian Multilingual (second part)
  ike             ca: Inuktitut
  eng             ca: English (Canada)
  tib             cn: Tibetan
  tib_asciinum    cn: Tibetan (with ASCII numerals)
  ug              cn: Uyghur
  alternatequotes hr: Croatian (with guillemets for quotes)
  unicode         hr: Croatian (with Croatian digraphs)
  unicodeus       hr: Croatian (US keyboard with Croatian digraphs)
  us              hr: Croatian (US keyboard with Croatian letters)
  bksl            cz: Czech (with <\|> key)
  qwerty          cz: Czech (qwerty)
  qwerty_bksl     cz: Czech (qwerty, extended Backslash)
  ucw             cz: Czech (UCW layout, accented letters only)
  dvorak-ucw      cz: Czech (US Dvorak with CZ UCW support)
  nodeadkeys      dk: Danish (eliminate dead keys)
  winkeys         dk: Danish (Winkeys)
  mac             dk: Danish (Macintosh)
  mac_nodeadkeys  dk: Danish (Macintosh, eliminate dead keys)
  dvorak          dk: Danish (Dvorak)
  sundeadkeys     nl: Dutch (Sun dead keys)
  mac             nl: Dutch (Macintosh)
  std             nl: Dutch (standard)
  nodeadkeys      ee: Estonian (eliminate dead keys)
  dvorak          ee: Estonian (Dvorak)
  us              ee: Estonian (US keyboard with Estonian letters)
  pes_keypad      ir: Persian (with Persian keypad)
  ku              ir: Kurdish (Iran, Latin Q)
  ku_f            ir: Kurdish (Iran, F)
  ku_alt          ir: Kurdish (Iran, Latin Alt-Q)
  ku_ara          ir: Kurdish (Iran, Arabic-Latin)
  ku              iq: Kurdish (Iraq, Latin Q)
  ku_f            iq: Kurdish (Iraq, F)
  ku_alt          iq: Kurdish (Iraq, Latin Alt-Q)
  ku_ara          iq: Kurdish (Iraq, Arabic-Latin)
  nodeadkeys      fo: Faroese (eliminate dead keys)
  classic         fi: Finnish (classic)
  nodeadkeys      fi: Finnish (classic, eliminate dead keys)
  winkeys         fi: Finnish (Winkeys)
  smi             fi: Northern Saami (Finland)
  mac             fi: Finnish (Macintosh)
  nodeadkeys      fr: French (eliminate dead keys)
  sundeadkeys     fr: French (Sun dead keys)
  oss             fr: French (alternative)
  oss_latin9      fr: French (alternative, Latin-9 only)
  oss_nodeadkeys  fr: French (alternative, eliminate dead keys)
  oss_sundeadkeys fr: French (alternative, Sun dead keys)
  latin9          fr: French (legacy, alternative)
  latin9_nodeadkeys fr: French (legacy, alternative, eliminate dead keys)
  latin9_sundeadkeys fr: French (legacy, alternative, Sun dead keys)
  bepo            fr: French (Bepo, ergonomic, Dvorak way)
  bepo_latin9     fr: French (Bepo, ergonomic, Dvorak way, Latin-9 only)
  dvorak          fr: French (Dvorak)
  mac             fr: French (Macintosh)
  bre             fr: French (Breton)
  oci             fr: Occitan
  geo             fr: Georgian (France, AZERTY Tskapo)
  generic         gh: English (Ghana, multilingual)
  akan            gh: Akan
  ewe             gh: Ewe
  fula            gh: Fula
  ga              gh: Ga
  hausa           gh: Hausa
  avn             gh: Avatime
  gillbt          gh: English (Ghana, GILLBT)
  ergonomic       ge: Georgian (ergonomic)
  mess            ge: Georgian (MESS)
  ru              ge: Russian (Georgia)
  os              ge: Ossetian (Georgia)
  deadacute       de: German (dead acute)
  deadgraveacute  de: German (dead grave acute)
  nodeadkeys      de: German (eliminate dead keys)
  T3              de: German (T3)
  ro              de: Romanian (Germany)
  ro_nodeadkeys   de: Romanian (Germany, eliminate dead keys)
  dvorak          de: German (Dvorak)
  sundeadkeys     de: German (Sun dead keys)
  neo             de: German (Neo 2)
  mac             de: German (Macintosh)
  mac_nodeadkeys  de: German (Macintosh, eliminate dead keys)
  dsb             de: Lower Sorbian
  dsb_qwertz      de: Lower Sorbian (qwertz)
  qwerty          de: German (qwerty)
  tr              de: Turkish (Germany)
  ru              de: Russian (Germany, phonetic)
  legacy          de: German (legacy)
  simple          gr: Greek (simple)
  extended        gr: Greek (extended)
  nodeadkeys      gr: Greek (eliminate dead keys)
  polytonic       gr: Greek (polytonic)
  standard        hu: Hungarian (standard)
  nodeadkeys      hu: Hungarian (eliminate dead keys)
  qwerty          hu: Hungarian (qwerty)
  101_qwertz_comma_dead hu: Hungarian (101/qwertz/comma/dead keys)
  101_qwertz_comma_nodead hu: Hungarian (101/qwertz/comma/eliminate dead keys)
  101_qwertz_dot_dead hu: Hungarian (101/qwertz/dot/dead keys)
  101_qwertz_dot_nodead hu: Hungarian (101/qwertz/dot/eliminate dead keys)
  101_qwerty_comma_dead hu: Hungarian (101/qwerty/comma/dead keys)
  101_qwerty_comma_nodead hu: Hungarian (101/qwerty/comma/eliminate dead keys)
  101_qwerty_dot_dead hu: Hungarian (101/qwerty/dot/dead keys)
  101_qwerty_dot_nodead hu: Hungarian (101/qwerty/dot/eliminate dead keys)
  102_qwertz_comma_dead hu: Hungarian (102/qwertz/comma/dead keys)
  102_qwertz_comma_nodead hu: Hungarian (102/qwertz/comma/eliminate dead keys)
  102_qwertz_dot_dead hu: Hungarian (102/qwertz/dot/dead keys)
  102_qwertz_dot_nodead hu: Hungarian (102/qwertz/dot/eliminate dead keys)
  102_qwerty_comma_dead hu: Hungarian (102/qwerty/comma/dead keys)
  102_qwerty_comma_nodead hu: Hungarian (102/qwerty/comma/eliminate dead keys)
  102_qwerty_dot_dead hu: Hungarian (102/qwerty/dot/dead keys)
  102_qwerty_dot_nodead hu: Hungarian (102/qwerty/dot/eliminate dead keys)
  Sundeadkeys     is: Icelandic (Sun dead keys)
  nodeadkeys      is: Icelandic (eliminate dead keys)
  mac             is: Icelandic (Macintosh)
  dvorak          is: Icelandic (Dvorak)
  lyx             il: Hebrew (lyx)
  phonetic        il: Hebrew (phonetic)
  biblical        il: Hebrew (Biblical, Tiro)
  nodeadkeys      it: Italian (eliminate dead keys)
  winkeys         it: Italian (Winkeys)
  mac             it: Italian (Macintosh)
  us              it: Italian (US keyboard with Italian letters)
  geo             it: Georgian (Italy)
  ibm             it: Italian (IBM 142)
  kana            jp: Japanese (Kana)
  kana86          jp: Japanese (Kana 86)
  OADG109A        jp: Japanese (OADG 109A)
  mac             jp: Japanese (Macintosh)
  dvorak          jp: Japanese (Dvorak)
  phonetic        kg: Kyrgyz (phonetic)
  ruskaz          kz: Russian (Kazakhstan, with Kazakh)
  kazrus          kz: Kazakh (with Russian)
  stea            la: Lao (STEA proposed standard layout)
  nodeadkeys      latam: Spanish (Latin American, eliminate dead keys)
  deadtilde       latam: Spanish (Latin American, include dead tilde)
  sundeadkeys     latam: Spanish (Latin American, Sun dead keys)
  std             lt: Lithuanian (standard)
  us              lt: Lithuanian (US keyboard with Lithuanian letters)
  ibm             lt: Lithuanian (IBM LST 1205-92)
  lekp            lt: Lithuanian (LEKP)
  lekpa           lt: Lithuanian (LEKPa)
  apostrophe      lv: Latvian (apostrophe variant)
  tilde           lv: Latvian (tilde variant)
  fkey            lv: Latvian (F variant)
  modern          lv: Latvian (modern)
  ergonomic       lv: Latvian (ergonomic, ŪGJRMV)
  adapted         lv: Latvian (adapted)
  cyrillic        me: Montenegrin (Cyrillic)
  cyrillicyz      me: Montenegrin (Cyrillic, ZE and ZHE swapped)
  latinunicode    me: Montenegrin (Latin Unicode)
  latinyz         me: Montenegrin (Latin qwerty)
  latinunicodeyz  me: Montenegrin (Latin Unicode qwerty)
  cyrillicalternatequotes me: Montenegrin (Cyrillic with guillemets)
  latinalternatequotes me: Montenegrin (Latin with guillemets)
  nodeadkeys      mk: Macedonian (eliminate dead keys)
  us              mt: Maltese (with US layout)
  nodeadkeys      no: Norwegian (eliminate dead keys)
  winkeys         no: Norwegian (Winkeys)
  dvorak          no: Norwegian (Dvorak)
  smi             no: Northern Saami (Norway)
  smi_nodeadkeys  no: Northern Saami (Norway, eliminate dead keys)
  mac             no: Norwegian (Macintosh)
  mac_nodeadkeys  no: Norwegian (Macintosh, eliminate dead keys)
  colemak         no: Norwegian (Colemak)
  legacy          pl: Polish (legacy)
  qwertz          pl: Polish (qwertz)
  dvorak          pl: Polish (Dvorak)
  dvorak_quotes   pl: Polish (Dvorak, Polish quotes on quotemark key)
  dvorak_altquotes pl: Polish (Dvorak, Polish quotes on key 1)
  csb             pl: Kashubian
  szl             pl: Silesian
  ru_phonetic_dvorak pl: Russian (Poland, phonetic Dvorak)
  dvp             pl: Polish (programmer Dvorak)
  nodeadkeys      pt: Portuguese (eliminate dead keys)
  sundeadkeys     pt: Portuguese (Sun dead keys)
  mac             pt: Portuguese (Macintosh)
  mac_nodeadkeys  pt: Portuguese (Macintosh, eliminate dead keys)
  mac_sundeadkeys pt: Portuguese (Macintosh, Sun dead keys)
  nativo          pt: Portuguese (Nativo)
  nativo-us       pt: Portuguese (Nativo for US keyboards)
  nativo-epo      pt: Esperanto (Portugal, Nativo)
  cedilla         ro: Romanian (cedilla)
  std             ro: Romanian (standard)
  std_cedilla     ro: Romanian (standard cedilla)
  winkeys         ro: Romanian (WinKeys)
  phonetic        ru: Russian (phonetic)
  phonetic_winkeys ru: Russian (phonetic WinKeys)
  typewriter      ru: Russian (typewriter)
  legacy          ru: Russian (legacy)
  typewriter-legacy ru: Russian (typewriter, legacy)
  tt              ru: Tatar
  os_legacy       ru: Ossetian (legacy)
  os_winkeys      ru: Ossetian (WinKeys)
  cv              ru: Chuvash
  cv_latin        ru: Chuvash (Latin)
  udm             ru: Udmurt
  kom             ru: Komi
  sah             ru: Yakut
  xal             ru: Kalmyk
  dos             ru: Russian (DOS)
  mac             ru: Russian (Macintosh)
  srp             ru: Serbian (Russia)
  bak             ru: Bashkirian
  chm             ru: Mari
  yz              rs: Serbian (Cyrillic, ZE and ZHE swapped)
  latin           rs: Serbian (Latin)
  latinunicode    rs: Serbian (Latin Unicode)
  latinyz         rs: Serbian (Latin qwerty)
  latinunicodeyz  rs: Serbian (Latin Unicode qwerty)
  alternatequotes rs: Serbian (Cyrillic with guillemets)
  latinalternatequotes rs: Serbian (Latin with guillemets)
  rue             rs: Pannonian Rusyn
  alternatequotes si: Slovenian (with guillemets for quotes)
  us              si: Slovenian (US keyboard with Slovenian letters)
  bksl            sk: Slovak (extended Backslash)
  qwerty          sk: Slovak (qwerty)
  qwerty_bksl     sk: Slovak (qwerty, extended Backslash)
  nodeadkeys      es: Spanish (eliminate dead keys)
  winkeys         es: Spanish (Winkeys)
  deadtilde       es: Spanish (include dead tilde)
  sundeadkeys     es: Spanish (Sun dead keys)
  dvorak          es: Spanish (Dvorak)
  ast             es: Asturian (Spain, with bottom-dot H and bottom-dot L)
  cat             es: Catalan (Spain, with middle-dot L)
  mac             es: Spanish (Macintosh)
  nodeadkeys      se: Swedish (eliminate dead keys)
  dvorak          se: Swedish (Dvorak)
  rus             se: Russian (Sweden, phonetic)
  rus_nodeadkeys  se: Russian (Sweden, phonetic, eliminate dead keys)
  smi             se: Northern Saami (Sweden)
  mac             se: Swedish (Macintosh)
  svdvorak        se: Swedish (Svdvorak)
  swl             se: Swedish Sign Language
  legacy          ch: German (Switzerland, legacy)
  de_nodeadkeys   ch: German (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)
  de_sundeadkeys  ch: German (Switzerland, Sun dead keys)
  fr              ch: French (Switzerland)
  fr_nodeadkeys   ch: French (Switzerland, eliminate dead keys)
  fr_sundeadkeys  ch: French (Switzerland, Sun dead keys)
  fr_mac          ch: French (Switzerland, Macintosh)
  de_mac          ch: German (Switzerland, Macintosh)
  syc             sy: Syriac
  syc_phonetic    sy: Syriac (phonetic)
  ku              sy: Kurdish (Syria, Latin Q)
  ku_f            sy: Kurdish (Syria, F)
  ku_alt          sy: Kurdish (Syria, Latin Alt-Q)
  legacy          tj: Tajik (legacy)
  tam_unicode     lk: Tamil (Sri Lanka, Unicode)
  tam_TAB         lk: Tamil (Sri Lanka, TAB Typewriter)
  tis             th: Thai (TIS-820.2538)
  pat             th: Thai (Pattachote)
  f               tr: Turkish (F)
  alt             tr: Turkish (Alt-Q)
  sundeadkeys     tr: Turkish (Sun dead keys)
  ku              tr: Kurdish (Turkey, Latin Q)
  ku_f            tr: Kurdish (Turkey, F)
  ku_alt          tr: Kurdish (Turkey, Latin Alt-Q)
  intl            tr: Turkish (international with dead keys)
  crh             tr: Crimean Tatar (Turkish Q)
  crh_f           tr: Crimean Tatar (Turkish F)
  crh_alt         tr: Crimean Tatar (Turkish Alt-Q)
  indigenous      tw: Taiwanese (indigenous)
  saisiyat        tw: Saisiyat (Taiwan)
  phonetic        ua: Ukrainian (phonetic)
  typewriter      ua: Ukrainian (typewriter)
  winkeys         ua: Ukrainian (WinKeys)
  legacy          ua: Ukrainian (legacy)
  rstu            ua: Ukrainian (standard RSTU)
  rstu_ru         ua: Russian (Ukraine, standard RSTU)
  homophonic      ua: Ukrainian (homophonic)
  extd            gb: English (UK, extended WinKeys)
  intl            gb: English (UK, international with dead keys)
  dvorak          gb: English (UK, Dvorak)
  dvorakukp       gb: English (UK, Dvorak with UK punctuation)
  mac             gb: English (UK, Macintosh)
  mac_intl        gb: English (UK, Macintosh international)
  colemak         gb: English (UK, Colemak)
  latin           uz: Uzbek (Latin)
  kr104           kr: Korean (101/104 key compatible)
  CloGaelach      ie: CloGaelach
  UnicodeExpert   ie: Irish (UnicodeExpert)
  ogam            ie: Ogham
  ogam_is434      ie: Ogham (IS434)
  urd-crulp       pk: Urdu (Pakistan, CRULP)
  urd-nla         pk: Urdu (Pakistan, NLA)
  ara             pk: Arabic (Pakistan)
  snd             pk: Sindhi
  legacy          epo: Esperanto (displaced semicolon and quote, obsolete)
  igbo            ng: Igbo
  yoruba          ng: Yoruba
  hausa           ng: Hausa
  left_hand       brai: Braille (left hand)
  right_hand      brai: Braille (right hand)
  alt             tm: Turkmen (Alt-Q)
  fr-oss          ml: French (Mali, alternative)
  us-mac          ml: English (Mali, US Macintosh)
  us-intl         ml: English (Mali, US international)
  kik             ke: Kikuyu
  qwerty-bay      ph: Filipino (QWERTY Baybayin)
  capewell-dvorak ph: Filipino (Capewell-Dvorak Latin)
  capewell-dvorak-bay ph: Filipino (Capewell-Dvorak Baybayin)
  capewell-qwerf2k6 ph: Filipino (Capewell-QWERF 2006 Latin)
  capewell-qwerf2k6-bay ph: Filipino (Capewell-QWERF 2006 Baybayin)
  colemak         ph: Filipino (Colemak Latin)
  colemak-bay     ph: Filipino (Colemak Baybayin)
  dvorak          ph: Filipino (Dvorak Latin)
  dvorak-bay      ph: Filipino (Dvorak Baybayin)
  gag             md: Moldavian (Gagauz)

! option
  grp                  Switching to another layout
  grp:switch           Right Alt (while pressed)
  grp:lswitch          Left Alt (while pressed)
  grp:lwin_switch      Left Win (while pressed)
  grp:rwin_switch      Right Win (while pressed)
  grp:win_switch       Any Win key (while pressed)
  grp:caps_switch      Caps Lock (while pressed), Alt+Caps Lock does the original capslock action
  grp:rctrl_switch     Right Ctrl (while pressed)
  grp:toggle           Right Alt
  grp:lalt_toggle      Left Alt
  grp:caps_toggle      Caps Lock
  grp:shift_caps_toggle Shift+Caps Lock
  grp:shift_caps_switch Caps Lock (to first layout), Shift+Caps Lock (to last layout)
  grp:win_menu_switch  Left Win (to first layout), Right Win/Menu (to last layout)
  grp:lctrl_rctrl_switch Left Ctrl (to first layout), Right Ctrl (to last layout)
  grp:alt_caps_toggle  Alt+Caps Lock
  grp:shifts_toggle    Both Shift keys together
  grp:alts_toggle      Both Alt keys together
  grp:ctrls_toggle     Both Ctrl keys together
  grp:ctrl_shift_toggle Ctrl+Shift
  grp:lctrl_lshift_toggle Left Ctrl+Left Shift
  grp:rctrl_rshift_toggle Right Ctrl+Right Shift
  grp:ctrl_alt_toggle  Alt+Ctrl
  grp:alt_shift_toggle Alt+Shift
  grp:lalt_lshift_toggle Left Alt+Left Shift
  grp:alt_space_toggle Alt+Space
  grp:menu_toggle      Menu
  grp:lwin_toggle      Left Win
  grp:win_space_toggle Win Key+Space
  grp:rwin_toggle      Right Win
  grp:lshift_toggle    Left Shift
  grp:rshift_toggle    Right Shift
  grp:lctrl_toggle     Left Ctrl
  grp:rctrl_toggle     Right Ctrl
  grp:sclk_toggle      Scroll Lock
  grp:lctrl_lwin_rctrl_menu LeftCtrl+LeftWin (to first layout), RightCtrl+Menu (to second layout)
  lv3                  Key to choose 3rd level
  lv3:switch           Right Ctrl
  lv3:menu_switch      Menu
  lv3:win_switch       Any Win key
  lv3:lwin_switch      Left Win
  lv3:rwin_switch      Right Win
  lv3:alt_switch       Any Alt key
  lv3:lalt_switch      Left Alt
  lv3:ralt_switch      Right Alt
  lv3:ralt_switch_multikey Right Alt, Shift+Right Alt key is Compose
  lv3:ralt_alt         Right Alt key never chooses 3rd level
  lv3:enter_switch     Enter on keypad
  lv3:caps_switch      Caps Lock
  lv3:bksl_switch      Backslash
  lv3:lsgt_switch      <Less/Greater>
  lv3:caps_switch_latch Caps Lock chooses 3rd level, acts as onetime lock when pressed together with another 3rd-level-chooser
  lv3:bksl_switch_latch Backslash chooses 3rd level, acts as onetime lock when pressed together with another 3rd-level-chooser
  lv3:lsgt_switch_latch <Less/Greater> chooses 3rd level, acts as onetime lock when pressed together with another 3rd-level-chooser
  ctrl                 Ctrl key position
  ctrl:nocaps          Caps Lock as Ctrl
  ctrl:lctrl_meta      Left Ctrl as Meta
  ctrl:swapcaps        Swap Ctrl and Caps Lock
  ctrl:ac_ctrl         At left of 'A'
  ctrl:aa_ctrl         At bottom left
  ctrl:rctrl_ralt      Right Ctrl as Right Alt
  ctrl:menu_rctrl      Menu as Right Ctrl
  ctrl:ctrl_ralt       Right Alt as Right Ctrl
  ctrl:swap_lalt_lctl  Swap Left Alt key with Left Ctrl key
  ctrl:swap_lwin_lctl  Swap Left Win key with Left Ctrl key
  ctrl:swap_lalt_lctl_lwin Left Alt as Ctrl, Left Ctrl as Win, Left Win as Alt
  grp_led              Use keyboard LED to show alternative layout
  grp_led:num          Num Lock
  grp_led:caps         Caps Lock
  grp_led:scroll       Scroll Lock
  keypad               Layout of numeric keypad
  keypad:legacy        Legacy
  keypad:oss           Unicode additions (arrows and math operators)
  keypad:future        Unicode additions (arrows and math operators; math operators on default level)
  keypad:legacy_wang   Legacy Wang 724
  keypad:oss_wang      Wang 724 keypad with Unicode additions (arrows and math operators)
  keypad:future_wang   Wang 724 keypad with Unicode additions (arrows and math operators; math operators on default level)
  keypad:hex           Hexadecimal
  keypad:atm           ATM/phone-style
  kpdl                 Numeric keypad delete key behaviour
  kpdl:dot             Legacy key with dot
  kpdl:comma           Legacy key with comma
  kpdl:dotoss          Four-level key with dot
  kpdl:dotoss_latin9   Four-level key with dot, Latin-9 only
  kpdl:commaoss        Four-level key with comma
  kpdl:momayyezoss     Four-level key with momayyez
  kpdl:kposs           Four-level key with abstract separators
  kpdl:semi            Semicolon on third level
  caps                 Caps Lock key behavior
  caps:internal        Caps Lock uses internal capitalization; Shift"pauses" Caps Lock
  caps:internal_nocancel Caps Lock uses internal capitalization; Shift doesn't affect Caps Lock
  caps:shift           Caps Lock acts as Shift with locking; Shift"pauses" Caps Lock
  caps:shift_nocancel  Caps Lock acts as Shift with locking; Shift doesn't affect Caps Lock
  caps:capslock        Caps Lock toggles normal capitalization of alphabetic characters
  caps:numlock         Make Caps Lock an additional Num Lock
  caps:swapescape      Swap ESC and Caps Lock
  caps:escape          Make Caps Lock an additional ESC
  caps:backspace       Make Caps Lock an additional Backspace
  caps:super           Make Caps Lock an additional Super
  caps:hyper           Make Caps Lock an additional Hyper
  caps:shiftlock       Caps Lock toggles ShiftLock (affects all keys)
  caps:none            Caps Lock is disabled
  caps:ctrl_modifier   Make Caps Lock an additional Ctrl
  altwin               Alt/Win key behavior
  altwin:menu          Add the standard behavior to Menu key
  altwin:meta_alt      Alt and Meta are on Alt keys
  altwin:alt_win       Alt is mapped to Win keys (and the usual Alt keys)
  altwin:ctrl_win      Ctrl is mapped to Win keys (and the usual Ctrl keys)
  altwin:ctrl_alt_win  Ctrl is mapped to Alt keys, Alt is mapped to Win keys
  altwin:meta_win      Meta is mapped to Win keys
  altwin:left_meta_win Meta is mapped to Left Win
  altwin:hyper_win     Hyper is mapped to Win keys
  altwin:alt_super_win Alt is mapped to Right Win, Super to Menu
  altwin:swap_alt_win  Alt is swapped with Win
  Compose key          Position of Compose key
  compose:ralt         Right Alt
  compose:lwin         Left Win
  compose:lwin-altgr   3rd level of Left Win
  compose:rwin         Right Win
  compose:rwin-altgr   3rd level of Right Win
  compose:menu         Menu
  compose:menu-altgr   3rd level of Menu
  compose:lctrl        Left Ctrl
  compose:lctrl-altgr  3rd level of Left Ctrl
  compose:rctrl        Right Ctrl
  compose:rctrl-altgr  3rd level of Right Ctrl
  compose:caps         Caps Lock
  compose:caps-altgr   3rd level of Caps Lock
  compose:102          <Less/Greater>
  compose:102-altgr    3rd level of <Less/Greater>
  compose:paus         Pause
  compose:prsc         PrtSc
  compose:sclk         Scroll Lock
  compat               Miscellaneous compatibility options
  numpad:pc            Default numeric keypad keys
  numpad:mac           Numeric keypad keys always enter digits (as in Mac OS)
  numpad:microsoft     Shift with numeric keypad keys works as in MS Windows
  numpad:shift3        Shift does not cancel Num Lock, chooses 3rd level instead
  srvrkeys:none        Special keys (Ctrl+Alt+<key>) handled in a server
  apple:alupckeys      Apple Aluminium Keyboard: emulate PC keys (Print, Scroll Lock, Pause, Num Lock)
  shift:breaks_caps    Shift cancels Caps Lock
  misc:typo            Enable extra typographic characters
  shift:both_capslock  Both Shift keys together toggle Caps Lock
  shift:both_capslock_cancel Both Shift keys together activate Caps Lock, one Shift key deactivates
  shift:both_shiftlock Both Shift keys together toggle ShiftLock
  keypad:pointerkeys   Shift + NumLock toggles PointerKeys
  grab:break_actions   Allow breaking grabs with keyboard actions (warning: security risk)
  grab:debug           Allow grab and window tree logging
  currencysign         Adding currency signs to certain keys
  eurosign:e           Euro on E
  eurosign:2           Euro on 2
  eurosign:4           Euro on 4
  eurosign:5           Euro on 5
  rupeesign:4          Rupee on 4
  lv5                  Key to choose 5th level
  lv5:lsgt_switch_lock <Less/Greater> chooses 5th level, locks when pressed together with another 5th-level-chooser
  lv5:ralt_switch_lock Right Alt chooses 5th level, locks when pressed together with another 5th-level-chooser
  lv5:lwin_switch_lock Left Win chooses 5th level, locks when pressed together with another 5th-level-chooser
  lv5:rwin_switch_lock Right Win chooses 5th level, locks when pressed together with another 5th-level-chooser
  nbsp                 Using space key to input non-breakable space character
  nbsp:none            Usual space at any level
  nbsp:level2          Non-breakable space character at second level
  nbsp:level3          Non-breakable space character at third level
  nbsp:level3s         Non-breakable space character at third level, nothing at fourth level
  nbsp:level3n         Non-breakable space character at third level, thin non-breakable space character at fourth level
  nbsp:level4          Non-breakable space character at fourth level
  nbsp:level4n         Non-breakable space character at fourth level, thin non-breakable space character at sixth level
  nbsp:level4nl        Non-breakable space character at fourth level, thin non-breakable space character at sixth level (via Ctrl+Shift)
  nbsp:zwnj2           Zero-width non-joiner character at second level
  nbsp:zwnj2zwj3       Zero-width non-joiner character at second level, zero-width joiner character at third level
  nbsp:zwnj2zwj3nb4    Zero-width non-joiner character at second level, zero-width joiner character at third level, non-breakable space character at fourth level
  nbsp:zwnj2nb3        Zero-width non-joiner character at second level, non-breakable space character at third level
  nbsp:zwnj2nb3s       Zero-width non-joiner character at second level, non-breakable space character at third level, nothing at fourth level
  nbsp:zwnj2nb3zwj4    Zero-width non-joiner character at second level, non-breakable space character at third level, zero-width joiner at fourth level
  nbsp:zwnj2nb3nnb4    Zero-width non-joiner character at second level, non-breakable space character at third level, thin non-breakable space at fourth level
  nbsp:zwnj3zwj4       Zero-width non-joiner character at third level, zero-width joiner at fourth level
  japan                Japanese keyboard options
  japan:kana_lock      Kana Lock key is locking
  japan:nicola_f_bs    NICOLA-F style Backspace
  japan:hztg_escape    Make Zenkaku Hankaku an additional ESC
  esperanto            Adding Esperanto supersigned letters
  esperanto:qwerty     To the corresponding key in a Qwerty layout
  esperanto:dvorak     To the corresponding key in a Dvorak layout
  esperanto:colemak    To the corresponding key in a Colemak layout
  solaris              Maintain key compatibility with old Solaris keycodes
  solaris:sun_compat   Sun Key compatibility
  terminate            Key sequence to kill the X server
  terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp Ctrl + Alt + Backspace

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-07-22 12:20

So if I install MX instead of AntiX, I get to configure the keyboard else nothing? I'm asking this because in Debian KDE I installed other desktop environments (GNOME, Openbox, LXDE) just to see if they recognized Colemak layout. I first installed Colemak system-wide, through a script using CLI, then configured it via GUI. This went on fine in KDE but the other DE couldn't pick it up and only work with QWERTY.

What I meant is that the locale stuff is available in both editions, but the keyboard may be easier to change in MX than in antiX. the colemak keyboard is listed already in the xfce keyboard utility.

You may have noticed that I did indeed post my hardware info in my original post, I'll just re-post it below for convienience's sake.

Ha! I was typing on a phone and had scrolled past them so fast I forgot about them!

Years ago, when I tried Ubuntu on LiveCD: it worked fine so I installed it on hard-disk but wireless wasn't recognized. This happed with Mageia as well so I'm a little skeptical about live-usb/cd, that's why I'm asking about important features now, before trying it out on live media.

No problem asking, however I'm here to tell you if wireless works on the liveCD/usb it will work on the installed system. Wireless, particularly intel wireless, should work just fine. both editions ship with the appropriate firmware preinstalled. the liveMEDIA features are one of those things than makes antiX/MX different from straight debian.

BitJam · posted: 2015-07-24 03:28

Moby wrote:Is it true one needs to install Locale settings from scratch such as keyboard layout? I'd like to configure my system to use Colemak instead of good, ol' QWERTY. (← This is really important to me!!)

You are in luck! Setting the keyboard varient in antiX live is very easy. Once you have the live system configured the way you want, the settings should carry over when you install. Likewise, for most people, you can set up the locale with the F2-Language and F3-Timezone menus in the live bootloader and this too gets carried over when you installed. You only need to use the F3 menu if your country spans several timezones.

Type in
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as a boot parameter to set the keyboard varient. Technically, Colemak is a variant not a layout. The layout is set to"us" by default but it will be customized when you select a language with the F2-Language menu in the live bootloader.

If you are using a LiveUSB, you can use the F8-Save option to save whatever other boot options you have selected or typed in.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-07-24 15:00

you can also use the"setxkbmap" utility to set your variant after install. to set colemak:

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setxkbmap -variant colemak

which could be put in a startup file to launch everytime.

Moby · posted: 2015-07-24 21:24

So folks, have you had any chance to check my hardware specifications? A 32-bit processor with ~2GB RAM? What about the Wireless network card?]

As to the keyboard layout, the"standard" colemak that dirkd referred me to in that long list of his, won't do because I need a special Italian language variant. As I said earlier, I installed it on Debian 7 KDE through a script that I downloaded from the Colemak official forums – I'm hoping it's going to work in AntiX too, should I proceed with the installation.

So…does AntiX operate Fluxbox or IceWM?

rust collector · posted: 2015-07-24 21:46

If it works on debian, I would try it on antix. your machine is more than good enough.
I would try it live, and see if your stuff works. the default wm is icewm, but there are more in there.

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-07-24 22:47

Moby wrote:So folks, have had any chance to check my hardware specifications? A 32-bit processor with ~2GB RAM? What about the Wireless network card?]

As to the keyboard layout, the"standard" colemak that dirkd referred me to in that long list of his, won't do because I need a special Italian language variant. As I said earlier, I installed it on Debian 7 KDE through a script that I downloaded from the Colemak official forums – I'm hoping it's going to work in AntiX too, should I proceed with the installation.

So…does AntiX operate Fluxbox or IceWM?

dolphin_oracle · posted: 2015-07-24 22:48

either one although icewm is the default. Flux box is fully configured (select from function key on live media) jwm installed as well

BitJam · posted: 2015-07-24 23:10

dolphin_oracle wrote:either one although icewm is the default. Flux box is fully configured (select from function key on live media) jwm installed as well

You can also switch between them directly using the desktop menu under Desktop --> Alternate Desktops. On the LiveUSB your selection will be remembered across reboots.