System76 Talks Up Their Forthcoming Linux Keyboard

[evasb]

trackpoint, please

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

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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.

[Mario Junior]

This keyboard will respect my freedom?

[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.

[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

[bdog]

Go System76! I love you guys!

[bregma]

Mechanical clicky MX Cherry Blue individually backlit rainbow LED keys. Choice of brass, leather, or polished wood trim. Maybe a few steam pipes or alternatively an acanthus leaf scrollwork package.

Keyboards shouldn't be boring.