Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-25 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday, November 21, 2014 08:06:25 PM Peter Weilbacher wrote: On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, thegeezer wrote: On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: But I like that trackpoint yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to navigating without removing hands from

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-22 Thread Sid S
I will agree with the suggestion that Asus laptop keyboards are decent. On the higher end models the keys have a surprising amount of travel. As for keyboards with a trackpoint, I would suggest the TEX Yoda Trackpoint and the Miniguru keyboards. Sadly, neither is available with any regularity (the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-21 Thread wireless
On 11/20/14 15:20, Daniel Frey wrote: On 11/20/2014 11:16 AM, thegeezer wrote: yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a prerequisite. does anyone know if you can get usb keyboards that have the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-21 Thread Peter Weilbacher
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, thegeezer wrote: On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: But I like that trackpoint yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a prerequisite. Just that it's pretty

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-21 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 21.11.2014 um 20:06 schrieb Peter Weilbacher: On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: But I like that trackpoint yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a prerequisite. Just that

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-21 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 20.11.2014 um 21:16 schrieb Daniel Frey: On 11/20/2014 11:16 AM, thegeezer wrote: yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a prerequisite. does anyone know if you can get usb keyboards that have

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread Sid S
In a similar vein, I would suggest https://system76.com/laptops. I found them after I purchased my laptop. Had I known, I likely would have gone with them and purchased their most expensive model. For the most part, what you want is relatively hard to get with a typical consumer computer. They've

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 20.11.2014 um 15:37 schrieb Sid S: In a similar vein, I would suggest https://system76.com/laptops. I found them after I purchased my laptop. Had I known, I likely would have gone with them and purchased their most expensive model. For the most part, what you want is relatively hard to

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 20 November 2014 19:19:34 CET, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 20.11.2014 um 15:37 schrieb Sid S: In a similar vein, I would suggest https://system76.com/laptops. I found them after I purchased my laptop. Had I known, I likely would have gone with them and purchased their most

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread thegeezer
On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: But I like that trackpoint yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a prerequisite. does anyone know if you can get usb keyboards that have the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread Daniel Frey
On 11/20/2014 11:16 AM, thegeezer wrote: yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a prerequisite. does anyone know if you can get usb keyboards that have the trackpoint style mini-joystick in the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-19 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 11:45:05 PM Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: I consider buying a new laptop in late 2014 ... taxes and stuff ... I run 2 thinkpads here, each with 8 gigs of RAM and SSD inside: L520 and X220 - both still with Intel Core i-(5|7)-2xxx inside. So far OK, but not

[gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-18 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
I consider buying a new laptop in late 2014 ... taxes and stuff ... I run 2 thinkpads here, each with 8 gigs of RAM and SSD inside: L520 and X220 - both still with Intel Core i-(5|7)-2xxx inside. So far OK, but not up2date. Considering a budget of ~1000 EUR maximum (more based on reason) ...