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Cherry Announces Linux keyboard

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the didn't-someone-do-this-already dept.

Errtu76 writes "ZDnet says Cherry has announced a specially designed Linux keyboard that will be available in the UK, Ireland and Germany later this year. The Cherry CyMotion Master Linux keyboard has the Linux penguin logo, Tux, instead of the Windows start key and features 29 hot keys. The hot keys are configured for the Linux operating system and desktop applications, simplifying actions such as cutting, copying and pasting text, and moving between Web pages. PCworld has a little more info on the keyboard."

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  1. Hot Keys by Morphix84 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is it just me, or are Hot Keys for thinks like Copying and Pasting really over rated, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-X, etc. (And the Linux Equivilants, i'm a Windows user) are subconcious to me at this point, rather than rooting around for some key at the top of the keyboard.

    1. Re:Hot Keys by Euphonious+Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful
      What we need in a Linux keyboard is fewer keys. Eliminate all the extra junk, and then use better keyswitches for the keys remaining. The "happy hacker" keyboard's layout is OK, but its action totally stinks.

      Back in the 80s, Apple tried several times to switch to membrane-switch keyboards, and the market always made clear that they were intolerable. It's sad to see hackers accepting them today.

  2. Re:So... by pclminion · · Score: 4, Insightful
    That would definitely make prolonged Emacs sessions a bit more comfortable...

    I don't understand why people complain about this. Using CTRL in the lower left corner is perfectly comfortable to me, and it's painful for me to use a Sun keyboard where CTRL is in the caps lock position.

    What gives, do I have a weird bone structure in my hand or something?

  3. Re:Forget the Windows/Tux key! Cater to everyone! by Zapdos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Why LCD? Just give the buyer a bag of 10 keys with instructions on how to pop in the chosen keys.
    The 5 pairs of keys would be:
    Linux
    BSD
    Windows
    Apple
    Cherries

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  4. Re:Don't mind me if I'm wrong by dizzyduck · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We already have these. They're called "function keys." Why people refuse to use them is totally beyond me.

    Suppose I assign F12 to Play/Pause. I'm working in OO.org and I want to pause my music to take a call. Whoops! F12 is already used in OO.org to toggle numbering. The function keys are context sensitive, and as such are totally unsuitable for use as global hotkeys.

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