QWERTY called "US-International layout" is, in fact, OS-dependent. There exist other layouts that try to overcome this shortcoming. One popular is EurKEY which is available for Windows, OS X and Linux. A dead key is not used, like a grave accent (`) on a QWERTY keyboard, although some people use a dead key. Depending on the operating system and sometimes the application program being used, there are many ways to generate Latin characters with accents independently of the layout in use. Minor changes to the arrangement are made for other languages. There are a large number of different keyboard layouts used
Dvorak Simplified Keyboard October 2008. It is available for both Windows and GNU/Linux. Dvorak Simplified Keyboard The Dvorak Simplified Keyboard ( ) is a keyboard layout patented during 1936 by August Dvorak and his brother-in-law, William Dealey. Several modifications have since been designed by the team directed by Dvorak or by ANSI. These variations have been collectively or individually termed the Simplified Keyboard or American Simplified Keyboard, but they all have come to be known commonly as the Dvorak keyboard or Dvorak layout. Dvorak proponents claim the layout requires less finger motion and reduces errors compared to the standard QWERTY keyboard arrangement. It