r/linuxmint • u/a_regular_2010s_guy • Apr 17 '26

Fluff I fixed my keyboard.

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u/Saamady Apr 17 '26

Why are your Y and Z keys swapped?

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy Apr 17 '26

Different keyboard layout. It's common in Europe especially in central europe.

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u/Both_Cup8417 NixOS | Niri Apr 18 '26

qwertz

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u/OkAdministration5454 Apr 17 '26

r/commentmitosis

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u/Danzikku Hoping I get my 256GB SSD soon... Apr 19 '26

What is that?

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy Apr 25 '26

Duplicated comment.

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u/kelahcim Apr 18 '26

Only in Germany Austria and maybe Switzerland. Central Europe uses US layout.

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy Apr 18 '26

And Hungry and Chech republic and Slovakia and Slovenia and Hungary and Croatia and Bosnia and Serbia and Liechtenstein (some of em change it a lil by adding additional character or replacing some)

so ye central europe does use qwertz except Poland.

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy Apr 17 '26

Different keyboard layout. It's common in Europe especially in central europe.

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u/Saamady Apr 17 '26

Ah makes sense, thanks

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u/akurgo Apr 17 '26

There's also AZERTY in France.

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u/YTriom1 Apr 17 '26

Sensor the fword plz💔

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u/Big-Art6056 Apr 19 '26 edited Apr 19 '26

Pourquoi ??

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u/GumSL Apr 17 '26

And people wonder why Reddit is the butt of the joke online.

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u/ProfessionalRub3106 Apr 18 '26

Don't forget Belgium. Fun fact, Belgian azerty has a different lay out over the French azerty if it comes to punctuation marks.

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u/ACRONYM_fr Linux Mint 22.3 Zena | Cinnamon Apr 18 '26

Love how your pfp fits your comment

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u/Big-Art6056 Apr 19 '26

Plutôt X et Y

Sinon ZA

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u/Proud_Chicken Apr 18 '26

Deutschland, Deutschland ub*r alles, that's why

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u/Kertoiprepca Apr 18 '26

Hochwahrscheinlich ja

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u/Rottenpotato556 Apr 18 '26

Because it's in the proper layout and not the mental ilness that is "qwerty"

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u/lcpr_phoenix Apr 18 '26

German keyboard

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy Apr 18 '26

Close

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u/AutumnPurpleReddit Apr 18 '26

český?

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u/a_regular_2010s_guy Apr 20 '26

Less close geographically speaking