Perhaps this will help.
http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/unix.html
When I first started out with computers in the 70's I made a DSK keyboard.
I had it set up to plug in between the terminal and CPU.
The realities of not having a DSK keyboard everywhere I had to type forced me to switch back.
You CAN NOT switch on the fly - you must do one or the other.
It takes a few weeks each time you switch - going to DSK is much faster then QWERTY.
I miss it. 
DSK really does work.
You can go faster and somehow it feels much "freer" while you are typing.
Much closer to the words just flowing off your fingers.

Mark Browne
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chester A. Larson 
  To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org 
  Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 5:57 PM
  Subject: [TCLUG] Dvorak KB


  Has it been ported to Linux?  If it has where do I can find a KB?
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