Linus Torvalds goes back to a mechanical keyboard
Linus Torvalds goes back to a mechanical keyboard
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Someday i want to be famous enough for people to care about mundane shut in my life, like what switches are in the keyboard i use
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Someday I want people to not care about mundane shit in people's lives just because they're famous.
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No, you don't.
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Or you can just post to !Dullsters@dullsters.net
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Someone gift this man a good lubed tactile thocky keyboard. He deserves better than rattly cherry blues
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Even some Kalih Box clickies of his preferred weighting would be better, though I have to admit the bottom-tier Outemu "dustproof" Greens I have on some of my boards are surprisingly nice if you're into clickies.
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Cherry makes the best keyboards (at least for my and my buddy Linus' taste).
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I'm still rockin my $30 red dragon. Works fine, although I would like something that isn't so loud.
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I have a cerakey custom board that reduces plastic components that I'm genuinely in love with. i love how cold the ceramic keycaps are
im really interested in seeing if optical switches would work with the keycaps
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Yeah I still don't understand what I'm supposed to be looking for in a mechanical keyboard
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Pretty much any of them will outlive you. All you are looking for is your preferences - if you don't have any, then you don't have to worry. Some people like key switches to be linear, some like ones that have a tactile feeling to them, others like them to be really clicky audibly. Some people just want it to plug in with a USB cable, others prefer bluetooth, others want 2.4 GHz wireless, some people want it to be capable of all 3. Some people want key caps that are aesthetically pleasing, others want ones that show the bindings for non-latin characters, some people want really big letters, or none at all. Some people want a non-qwerty layout, some want the qwerty layout but with variations like a split shift key, numpad + key, spacebar. Some people like the spacebar to be longer instead of having a right alt key, some want to have an F13 key. Others want really small portable keyboards instead of a fullsize, some want them to be light or heavy.
This goes on and on and on, it's all about what you want and what you like, and the fact that if you treat it right you never need another keyboard unless you pour a glass of water onto it.
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