Cherry Announces Linux keyboard

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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That sucks

[Exmet Paff Daxx]

Don't people understand that the major innovation of the Internet was interoperability? Web developers with their Java and Flash and "Designed for MSIE 600x800 with JVM 1.4.2ab only" web sites misssed the entire feat of the Internet: a globally compatible worldwide network. Then Microsoft took this mindset to the next level by trying to put a "Windows key" on the keyboard, as if putting proprietary crap in a universal Human-Computer interface was somehow a good idea. It was a horrible idea when Macintosh did it, and it's a horrible idea now. People aren't supposed to have to re-learn interfaces: that's the whole point! That's why the Internet was successful in the first place!

The Linux community is supposed to be the people who "get it". We're supposed to be the leaders. And now we're putting out a dedicated keyboard for an Operating System that doesn't even have a standardized distribution?

I suppose this is to be expected, given as we have spent the last eight years failing to even standardize on a single window manager.