Then he switched to Linux.
Alexei smiled. He typed a reply: "Ghbdtn! Спасибо." punto switcher linux
He pressed Ctrl+Shift. Nothing. He pressed Alt+Shift. Nothing. He installed GNOME Tweaks, hunted through keyboard layouts, set Russian to "Phonetic." Still, the machine refused to read his mind. For the first time in a decade, Alexei had to manually switch layouts. It felt like walking without a cane after a stroke. Then he switched to Linux
He sat in the dark, the glow of his monitor painting his face blue. The ghost was gone. Спасибо
"Because switching keyboard layouts manually is like having to think about breathing. Punto Switcher taught me that the best tools are invisible. They fix your mistakes before you know you made them. This is my love letter to that idea, translated into the language of Linux."
"I know," Alexei said. "But it never corrects inside password fields. Look—"