On Thu, 16 Jul 2020, William Morder via trinity-users wrote: >> using the following provides no guidance; I need a generic German >> keyboard. >> >> sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration >> >> I'm a bit encouraged by Mint but likely the machine goes back to the >> store. I couldn't get Deepin. I'll try MX. >> >> f. > > Here's a crazy thought. Why not choose German - DE when installing, when asked > to choose language? (I am thinking of the Devuan netinstall version, which is > old-school Debian.) > > Then maybe you can deal with adding or changing language later. I am assuming > that you read or speak German well enough for this. At least then you'll see > if you have that character available, and if you can advance farther in the > installation process. > > There are some keyboard mapping tricks you can do within Trinity (and probably > other DEs, too), but you have to get it installed first. here's the problem or two: I don't mind choosing German but I am hesitant to install because I may return the computer. I have to be careful that Windows gets to set itself back to default in case I give up and want to return it. and the Live boot didn't give me a language option (unless I overlooked it). must be some boot tricks I can try but right now I'm going to look at MX. Mint almost does the trick but again with installing, I may not get a driver for the wifi and may not get a way to set up the Desktop.... a lot of uncertainties. I would love to have '|'! -- Felmon Davis Verbum sat sapienti.