I also figured this was related to the keyboard. I sometimes use Windows at work, where I have a wireless MS (heh) keyboard. I swear it basically always misses

I also figured this was related to the keyboard. I sometimes use Windows at work, where I have a wireless MS (heh) keyboard. I swear it basically always misses the first key I press if I haven't typed in a while. Sure, it could be the keyboard going to sleep to save power or whatever. But that same keyboard never had any kind of issue on my other computers, including under Windows, nor on that very same computer running Linux.