From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99AF9138A1C for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:17:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D45BBE0900; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:17:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pa0-f43.google.com (mail-pa0-f43.google.com [209.85.220.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 739BCE0878 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 20:17:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id kx10so3245599pab.30 for ; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:17:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=4LGh5iYLu8JVwxnI1jXlitl2DWQQZJ7ODemv/s44qjA=; b=U0eTC8j05mVpXlp9uGk5dfoACDEKraXsG2bWB4GU/roc3d8R1Q3i3OxwnWIkAcztRc 1NfERcVJv3k5zTIweeOTxFds4icREpeGpAa7BJz8h2Ko6n0VFqNQd/Y3+zBYR48AmLbc XOpp+D+PJXTiCqLaN3WNDF7mwyx9qLBKaCenfwRjWitNxpbmNdCy8MbEuV3SOhsXC4mV UF3/VLl4HKsyDcrl/+oxNG4uJwXrFBJHupI/GxxFVm0hyZfq48yHNu+15wGJXnF+oIeB mK8+8nFQHlaFQbipAWp0+MxfjgDDKJEMGMfmJLYKTNtf5rA1WohCKF3Q3Ki/CETRXrj9 /6sw== X-Received: by 10.68.230.97 with SMTP id sx1mr291405pbc.154.1416514623408; Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:17:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.247.60] (76-10-185-200.dsl.teksavvy.com. [76.10.185.200]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id g13sm2814736pat.45.2014.11.20.12.17.02 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:17:02 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <546E4C2F.5020909@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 12:16:47 -0800 From: Daniel Frey User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.8.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo References: <546BCBF1.1040500@xunil.at> <4205384.Z0EX7SB3mS@andromeda> <546E30B6.9010800@xunil.at> <546E3E29.7080009@thegeezer.net> In-Reply-To: <546E3E29.7080009@thegeezer.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: a466bb8e-ba6a-4f10-bc5d-acf7ae70a462 X-Archives-Hash: 31226d6eeaf4b2345ca9516624cebf90 On 11/20/2014 11:16 AM, thegeezer wrote: > yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to > navigating without removing hands from keyboard it does become almost a > prerequisite. > does anyone know if you can get usb keyboards that have the trackpoint > style mini-joystick in the middle of them ? Yep: http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/itemdetails/0B47190/460/60AC6A0372B14F5BA7B12F1FF88E33C7 I almost bought this one but I wanted a usb port on my keyboard itself for my mouse, IIRC this one didn't have that. I have used a lenovo keyboard with it, I liked it, just wish it had a USB port for the mouse. > the other big thing with the thinkpads used to be the keyboards. the > x201 had a great almost totally full size keyboard, but they are > increasingly becoming a thing of a bygone era with apple style > calculator buttons that have nothing like the tactile response they used > to have. as lenovo are moving away from these big-key style keyboards, > does anyone have any recommendations of a laptop supplier that is > starting to use them ? > I've been looking around too and it seems like everyone's doing the chicklet keyboards. I haven't looked that hard, but almost every laptop I've found seems to have the goofy keyboards. Dan