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Linus Torvalds returns to a mechanical keyboard
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Tom's Hardware ☛ Linus Torvalds returns to a mechanical keyboard with Cherry MX Blues — the low-profile quiet keyboard lifestyle wasn't for him
Torvalds can't actually remember why he switched to a quieter, low profile keyboard. He isn't based in a shared office space, where a noisy mech keyboard would potentially disturb others, he muses. Nevertheless, he'd decided to give the switch half a year to stick, but has now judged the endeavor to be a failure.
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The Register UK ☛ Linus Torvalds goes back to a mechanical keyboard
“I gave it half a year thinking I'd get used it, but I'm back to the noisy clackety-clack of clicky blue Cherry switches,” he wrote, referring to the mechanical key switches made by German company Cherry, which promotes them as “clicky and noticeable” as they produce both tactile and audible feedback with every keystroke.
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Torvalds ditches soft keyboard for clackety clack
Linux boss blames autocorrect for typo mayhem
IT's Mr Sweary, Linus Torvalds has binned his low-profile keyboard and rejoined the noisy mechanical brigade.
The penguin emperor said he had wasted the last six months trying to love a “quieter low-profile keyboard” but had given up and gone back to the glorious racket of Cherry blue switches.
Torvalds admitted: I gave it half a year thinking I'd get used to it, but I'm back to the noisy clackety-clack of clicky blue Cherry switches. It seems I need the audible (or perhaps tactile) feedback to avoid the typing mistakes that I just kept doing.".
Torvalds questioned why he bothered torturing himself in the first place, since working from home means nobody else is around to complain about his personal symphony of clacks.
"It's not like I'm in some office where the noise of my keyboard can disturb others. I mention this only in case people have reacted to my typos. Or maybe it's just me, and I'm just conveniently blaming the keyboard. Anyway, going forward, I will now conveniently blame autocorrect since I can't blame the keyboard."
While his typo rate might have risen to human levels, it has not derailed progress on Linux 6.15, which Torvalds said was “fairly normal” after producing a sixth release candidate.