"The last one is a Kensington but the last 3 M$ and this Kensington - - - they're real cheap POS! Its gotten to where 24 months is a great lifetime for a keyboard. "
This is the trend for almost everything, and has been for quite a number of years. Our throwaway society seems to want this quality level of products. On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 at 07:08, o1bigtenor via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 6:59 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2021-10-20 11:03, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: >> > >> > snip > >> I've just switched to xubuntu. I think it uses XFCE. So far (10 minutes >> in) it mostly works. It does fail on one thing, though: >> >> > Let me alt+tab between the windows. >> >> I can't seem to do that. And I can't cycle between workspaces, either. I >> hope it's not because I'm using an Apple keyboard. It's the least >> disappointing keyboard I've tried, but Linux barely understands it. >> >> > Is it maybe not so much that Linux doesn't understand the keyboards but > that the keyboard manufacturers are making such junk that Linux just > struggles to understand the signals? > > I've been using ergonomic keyboards for some about 20 years. > Started with a logitech (IIRC) and then was forced to move to the M$ 4000 > as they were the only game left in the 'reasonable' market. The last one is > a Kensington but the last 3 M$ and this Kensington - - - they're real cheap > POS! Its gotten to where 24 months is a great lifetime for a keyboard. > > I'm a fairly quick touch typist but I'm also seriously multi-lingual so a > good keyboard is quite important. Crap - - - the old manual typewriters > were far easier on me than these new items!! > > To get something that is going to last a bit better - - - is the only > option the quite pricey items where they use the mechanical switches? > Suggestions - - - - > > TIA > --- > Post to this mailing list [email protected] > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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