This also is a problem for the installer(s).
It is actually a quite serious 'bug'. When a less experience user
installs ubuntu, he selects his language which switches all the UI
components to Dutch. Great, next screen is then the keyboard, which you
just hit a few keys (qwerty works just fine btw) and continue, only to
find out later that symbols etc do not work.
The original poster is entirely correct, we do not have dutch keyboards.
We use US english keyboards. Normal standard american keyboards. with
the Euro symbol printed on the 5 (sometimes on the odd keyboard on the
'e').
So what needed to be added in the keyboard selection box, and be set to
default, is a US english layout, and an international US english
keyboard. It should be called Dutch (new) maybe or Dutch (US english) or
the like, so people wouldn't get too confused (about a US english layout
in the dutch selection field). A lot of people prefer the US english
(international) over the regular one, as we do use double dotted vouls,
accent ecute/grave etc. Oh and the Euro symbol via alt (alt-gr) 5
nowadays alot.
This bug has been around since 6.10 i belive, and since I still notice
it in 8.04 i thought it was time to report it.
** Changed in: ubuntu
Status: New => Confirmed
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Dutch "standard" keyboard does not exist
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/179457
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