System76 Talks Up Their Forthcoming Linux Keyboard

[CochainComplex]

btw Am I the only one missing the pre chiclet notebook keys? (the ones looking like flat mechnucal ones.) every time i sit in front of a "vintage" it feels like a massage

[nh2_]

TrackPoint IV patents are expired now, just saying. I wish someone would actually try competing with Lenovo.

Already happening: https://tex.com.tw/products/shinobi

Custom keyboard with mechanical switches, closely following the original, non-chiclet Thinkpad keybaord layout, and it has a trackpoint.

[Mario Junior]

This keyboard will respect my freedom?

[Mez']

Oh, yes: System 76, please include trackpoint in your new keyboard design…

Please don't.
Unless it is part of a customization. Then do. The more people are satisfied, the merrier.
I hope that "empowering you to fully customize your keyboard to your whims" will give us just that, a decent number of options so that we are fully empowered. The opposite of Gnome.

[Templar82]

I am interested to see what they come up with, I think System76 have a good idea of what people actually want in a world where most companies are just selling crap.

And I don't need a new computer so it would be nice to be able to support them with something else.

[nranger]

btw Am I the only one missing the pre chiclet notebook keys? (the ones looking like flat mechnucal ones.) every time i sit in front of a "vintage" it feels like a massage

You are definitely not the only one given the community of Thinkpad users that swear be the classic 7 row keyboard from the T series pre-T430.

[CochainComplex]

You are definitely not the only one given the community of Thinkpad users that swear be the classic 7 row keyboard from the T series pre-T430.

exactly, I'm once in a while using the T60...splendid. I have heard chiclet came up when Apple did their unibody thing. I hope that one day the pre-chiclet will come back. for me typing on chiclet feels like typing on a calculator...

[evasb]

trackpoint, please

https://github.com/system76/laptop-suggestions/issues/25

[M@GOid]

I'll give up my 1986 IBM Model M when they pry it from my cold dead hands.

Have you seeing how much a good Model M go for these days? You better not go out telling everyone you have one, or somebody could put a crowbar to use.

[BrianRamsay]

The irony of being a mechanical keyboard enthusiast is that even though the first one I bought was the cheapest and not the greatest brand it's still great and still going strong. I have no real justification for buying these others! I'm looking forward to see what the System76 treatment looks like. It's been awhile since I bought that last one....