On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 13:50, Robert McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 01:14:23PM +0100, Farran wrote: >> has anyone got any suggestions for a new keyboard? > > Keyboard preferences vary dramatically from person to person so > recommendations aren't much use. I think keyboards are something where > it can be worth paying more to get one from a shop so you get to try > it out first (you can order them and send them back if you don't like > them but it only takes a couple of iterations of that for the > shipping charges to be more than the premium taken by an actual shop). > My preference is for the keyboards in thinkpads, but I haven't found a > desktop version of this yet. > > Any keyboard should work for the basic functionality since the > interfaces are standardised. There can be issues with the extra > shortcut buttons as the code they send seems to be chosen at random by > manufacturers, but you can map them to what they are supposed to do > manually. > > > Robert > > ________________________________________________________ > Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ormiret.com > > No trees were killed in the creation of this message. However, many > electrons were terribly inconvenienced. > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
The Model M is a gorgeous keyboard, not necessarily in appearance.. but the quality. I however, have a Logitech G15, an expensive unit, but very cool on Linux, you can get the LCD working, the keys respond very well :) -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Company No. 6135915 Registered in England and Wales -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
