Keyboard Fetishes and System76 (UPDATED)
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Last keyboard mod before the end of the year! - Jon’s FOSS Blog
Well, this year has been a long and crazy one for me and I wanted to upgrade the style of my first mechanical keyboard. Even though it’s not my fav one to type on, it is still a memorable part of my collection and it’s a great WFH keeb. I bought a wood case which raises it up a little but it’s much more solid, better sounding and nicer styling compared to the cheaper, thinner, and hollow plastic case that comes with ducky keyboards!
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System76 give everything you need with the Launch Heavy keyboard
Their idea for their original Launch keyboard, according to their press release, was a desire to provide customers of their Thelio desktops "with additional USB-C and USB-A ports that were easily accessible" and a "fully configurable keyboard allowed them to accomplish this while creating a holistic experience with the comprehensive list of shortcuts introduced in COSMIC" (COSMIC being their GNOME Shell customisations). Later the Launch Lite did away with the USB hub to provide a more affordable and smaller option. Now, they've gone super-sized, well — compared with the previous models anyway.
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System76’s New Open-Source Hardware Keyboard Is Massive
If you’re a keyboard enthusiast, System76’s Launch lineup of keyboards is perhaps among the best keyboards out there. They’re a little on the expensive side, but they allow unparalleled tweaking allowing you to get it to work just how you like to. And you can now get it with a numpad, even.
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Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen5 - etbe - Russell Coker
Since February 2018 I have been using a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen1 [1] as my main laptop. Generally I’ve been very happy with it, it’s small and light, has good performance for web browsing etc, and with my transition to doing all compiles etc on servers it works well. When I wrote my original review I was unhappy with the keyboard, but I got used to that and found it to be reasonably good.
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Osprey Keyboard Lets The NRF52840 Spread Its Wings
While most people don’t care whether they use one finger or ten, some people want to better themselves by learning how to touch-type. And honestly, there’s no easier way to do that than by getting into the ergo keyboard game. Even if you consider yourself a touch-typist already, an ortholinear or column-staggered keyboard may teach you otherwise, as you find yourself trying to type ‘c’ with your index finger (for example) and failing miserably.
UPDATE
One more some hours ago:
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Linux-ready Launch Heavy is a $300 mechanical keyboard for number crunchers | Ars Technica
Prebuilt mechanical keyboards often neglect Linux support. Users frequently report success in getting a mechanical keyboard's basic functions to work, but many of these peripherals don't accommodate software for controlling advanced features, like macros, with Linux. Since last year, System76's Launch keyboard has been trying to address that problem. But number crunchers will be much more interested in the new Launch Heavy.
Released this week, the Launch Heavy is a numpad-equipped version of the 84-key Launch. As detailed in our System76 Launch review, the keyboard is one of the most customizable Linux-focused mechanical keyboards one can find. However, an absent numpad made the Launch an immediate 'no' for many. Now, the newly released Launch Heavy is addressing many, but not all, of its smaller counterpart's shortcomings.
Newer from FUDzilla:
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Linux keyboard hits the shops
Launch Heavy carries a hefty price tagMechanical keyboards often need to pay more attention to Linux support because manufacturers see developers as...