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Lenovo's bluetooth keyboard [1] is quite nice if you've gotten used to a pointing stick and want it on your desktop as well. It's fairly expensive (~80 USD), b
by MrUnderhill 11y ago
Lenovo's bluetooth keyboard [1] is quite nice if you've gotten used to a pointing stick and want it on your desktop as well.
It's fairly expensive (~80 USD), but it's one of the better chiclet-style keyboards I've tried.
The main drawbacks are imho Fn/Ctrl position (Fn bottom left, cannot be swapped with Ctrl) and a bit poor Bluetooth range.
Strangely, they've also put a huge PrtSc key between AltGr and Ctrl, which is easy to accidentally hit. (The Ubuntu camera sound has occasionally scared the bejeebies out of me.)
Apart from that, I'm really happy with it. There is a Linux utility to lock the Fn keys which works well [2]. It charges via USB (~1 week battery time with high usage), but does not function as a USB keyboard.
[1] http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/itemdetails/0B47189/460/60AC6A0372B14F5BA7B12F1FF88E33C7 http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/itemdetails/0B47189/460/60AC6A0...
[2] https://github.com/lentinj/tp-compact-keyboard https://github.com/lentinj/tp-compact-keyboard
- PopeOfNope 11y agoThere's also the Tex Yoda, for those who are also fans of minimal mechanical keyboards. You have to wait for a group buy on massdrop to buy one, though. https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/2tn5i0/the_tex_yoda_trackpoint_mechanical_keyboard_is/ https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/2tn5i0/the_tex_yo... https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=58458.0 https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=58458.0
- david-given 11y ago(Link doesn't work if you're not a massdrop member.)
- PopeOfNope 11y agoUpdated. Massdrop is aggravating that way.
- david-given 11y agoThanks!
- yohui 11y agoYou can append ?mode=guest_open to Massdrop URLs to bypass the sign-up page: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/tex-yoda?mode=guest_open https://www.massdrop.com/buy/tex-yoda?mode=guest_open
- PopeOfNope 11y agoThanks! I'll have to remember that.