Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] which keymap and keyboard setup
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2015 00:15:39
Message-Id: 4612514.Qp1NG1lUtW@wstn
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] which keymap and keyboard setup by Alan Mackenzie
1 On Saturday 06 June 2015 14:57:15 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
2 > Hello, Peter
3 >
4 > On Sat, Jun 06, 2015 at 02:25:17PM +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
5 > > On Saturday 06 June 2015 11:22:45 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
6 > > > :-) I have a Filco mechanical keyboard, which works well. Does your
7 > > > :new
8 > > >
9 > > > keyboard need more desk space than a standard one? That would be a
10 > > > negative feature for me.
11 > >
12 > > I wonder how much better these are than my 105-key Cherry with its
13 > > mechanical key switches. It isn't quiet, but it doesn't need to be since
14 > > I'm the only one here. I deliberately went for a proper keyboard rather
15 > > than those nasty rubber-sheet jobs.
16 >
17 > My Filco has Cherry keys in it. I seem to remember from researching it a
18 > few years back, Cherry keys come in several weights of action, and some
19 > of them have an audible click, some don't. An audible click would drive
20 > me crazy.
21
22 Hmm. I wonder whether I'm prone to it too...
23
24 --
25 Rgds
26 Peter