Re: [PLUG] Mountain Everest Keyboards

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

On 11/20/21 4:24 PM, Steve Litt via plug wrote:
> JP Vossen via plug said on Sat, 20 Nov 2021 02:37:04 -0500
>
> > On 11/19/21 9:02 PM, Casey Bralla via plug wrote:
> > > I've been thinking about getting one of these fancy keyboards for
> > > Christmas, but I wonder if the darn thing will work at all without
> > > being hooked to Windows box.  Does anybody know?
> > > https://us-mountainggshop.com/collections/everest-keyboards/products/everest-max

From what I've seen in looking around, a keyboard will Just Work as a keyboard, but if you want to do the fancy stuff like program it, or change LEDs or backlights or stuff like that, it's some crappy Windows software.  I'm not 100% sure, and YMMV.

Side note, this is a useful article: https://www.howtogeek.com/194705/how-to-disable-or-reassign-the-caps-lock-key-on-any-operating-system/
	Like for: `setxkbmap -option caps:escape`


> > It looks like this one is more expensive, but it's 100% open source
> > and US made: https://system76.com/accessories/launch

> $285.00.
> That's OK if you go back to 1987 practices and ...

Yeah, it's expensive and ugly.  But it's open source and Linux-y...

...
> Meanwhile, if you like mechanical keyboards, there's this reboot of the
> IBM model M clickity-clack:
> https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/NEW_M

I loath noisy keyboards, esp. when people use them to type while on conference calls.  That's just not acceptable and should be outlawed; I run a lot of calls at work and I'm constantly having to mute people.

Damn it Casey, now you've got me thinking about it too. :-)  I'm using 20+ year old Compaq (really) PS/2 (really) keyboards with USB adapters, and I have a lot of key stick or transposition problems.  Some of it is crappy typing and fat fingers...but some of it isn't.

I don't want to hi-jack Casey's thread too much, but what *I'd* like is drop-dead simple, USB-wired, no lights, no programming, no nothing, TKL with a USB port.

After wasting far too much time poking around, it looks like this might be a winner:
https://shop.daskeyboard.com/products/das-keyboard-4c-tkl-mechanical-keyboard
	$130
	Cherry MX Brown switches
	USB hub
	TKL (TenKeyLess) = no number pad, which I never, ever use
	Full n-key rollover (NKRO) over USB
		https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKRO

Anyone have any thoughts on Das Keyboard, or Cherry MX Brown switches?

Later,
JP
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