Re: Re: How do you use unix?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Android8675 on Sat Mar 01 2025 06:50 am

Android8675 wrote to phigan <=-

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/xtneip/if_you_know_you _kn ow_black_focus_fk2001/

I did all of my BBSing in the 90s with one of these or a Model M.

I started splurging on keyboards, monitors and mice at work - those are relatively cheap and they're what people's impressions of PCs are mostly based on. Although, I haven't seen a desktop PC in any of my company's offices... All laptops.

Yeah, my new gig is mostly laptops which i've never had before. it's nice to grab your computer for a meeting, come back to your desk, dock and work on full size stuff.

Computers, so glad I don't IT anymore. I just get to use em. :)

-A.

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Re: Re: How do you use unix?
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Android8675 on Fri Feb 21 2025 07:58 am

Theater was big in my school, and it's big in my daughter's school -
we've seen some really impressive performances. The kids do all the backstage work, too. I've been trying to steer her to theater since all
of my theater friends in high school ended up being the cool adults, and
are still close many years later.

Theater is amazing, and so many career paths. My best friend is a lighting tech, works on those giant riggings at large venue concerts, basically gets to setup all the cool tech that goes into large productions. It's hard work, but he doens't have to work that often. Rest of the time he's at burning man getting shit out of his teeth. (Runs BIMR on the Playa, total rockstar)

-A.

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Re: Re: How do you use unix?
By: MRO to Android8675 on Thu Feb 20 2025 01:13 pm

never heard someone call it a keeb.

anyways, i like the reddragon brand. my old one broke because i spilled soda on it. this is the one i have now. very clicky.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G11G2X8

i have to have volume control on my keyboards. I don't use macros. I also like having a lit keyboard.

Red Dragons are GREAT, quality products, not terribly expensive, can still modify them a bit if you desire, but great out of the box.

LED keebs are fun. LED lighting these days is getting crazy if you're into the whole "i spend way too much money on my pc".

-A.

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Re: Re: How do you use unix?
By: Android8675 to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Sep 12 2025 11:21 am

Yeah, my new gig is mostly laptops which i've never had before. it's nice to grab your computer for a meeting, come back to your desk, dock and work on full size stuff.

Years ago, I had a job where they gave me a work laptop and an external monitor, mouse, and keyboard to use with it. The laptop's screen actually had a higher resolution than the external monitor though, and I ended up using the laptop screen as my main screen, as I could see more content at one time on it.

I'm in a similar situation now too, though the aspect ratios of the screns are different. My work laptop has a 3840x2400 screen, and work also gave me an external ultrawide monitor which is 3440x1440. I considered using the laptop screen as my main screen with this setup, but I feel like the laptop screen is actually a little small to read easily, so I've been using the external ultrawide monitor.

Nightfox

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On 12 Sep 2025, Android8675 said the following...

anyways, i like the reddragon brand. my old one broke because i spille soda on it. this is the one i have now. very clicky.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G11G2X8

i have to have volume control on my keyboards. I don't use macros. I a like having a lit keyboard.

Red Dragons are GREAT, quality products, not terribly expensive, can
still modify them a bit if you desire, but great out of the box.

LED keebs are fun. LED lighting these days is getting crazy if you're
into the whole "i spend way too much money on my pc".

i also will +1 the redragon keyboards. i don't have the original switches anymore though (and don't really remember the stock experience other than that it was nice.. but SUPER clicky. wanted to try out some other stuff)

i have a K552 in white with a set of Akko switches (some "blue"-ish variant that they stopped making) and original NES color themed key caps

thankfully (mostly for my wallet) this put me way past the quality level i'd ever really care about personally.

and it has a key combo i can use the lock the keyboard from cats ;)

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Re: Re: How do you use unix?
By: fusion to Android8675 on Fri Sep 12 2025 06:48 pm

to try out some other stuff)

i have a K552 in white with a set of Akko switches (some "blue"-ish
variant that they stopped making) and original NES color themed
key caps

thankfully (mostly for my wallet) this put me way past the quality
level i'd ever really care about personally.

i had a k550 and now i have a k580 with blue switches.
they are decent keyboards but not perfect.

I'm not happy with how my k550 randomly died and they wouldn't replace it. their software works like shit with the mouse i have.
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