Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-25 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Friday, November 21, 2014 08:06:25 PM Peter Weilbacher wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, thegeezer wrote: > > On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > > But I like that trackpoint > > > > yeah at first it's odd, but then when you start getting used to > > navigating without removing

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-22 Thread Sid S
I will agree with the suggestion that Asus laptop keyboards are decent. On the higher end models the keys have a surprising amount of travel. As for keyboards with a trackpoint, I would suggest the TEX Yoda Trackpoint and the Miniguru keyboards. Sadly, neither is available with any regularity (the

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-21 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 20.11.2014 um 21:16 schrieb Daniel Frey: > 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 tha

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-21 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 21.11.2014 um 20:06 schrieb Peter Weilbacher: >> On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >>> But I like that trackpoint >> 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. > >

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-21 Thread Peter Weilbacher
On Thu, 20 Nov 2014, thegeezer wrote: > On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > > But I like that trackpoint > 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. Just that it's pre

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-21 Thread wireless
On 11/20/14 15:20, Daniel Frey wrote: 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 trackpo

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread Daniel Frey
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

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread thegeezer
On 20/11/14 18:19, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > But I like that trackpoint 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 trackp

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 20 November 2014 19:19:34 CET, "Stefan G. Weichinger" wrote: >Am 20.11.2014 um 15:37 schrieb Sid S: >> In a similar vein, I would suggest https://system76.com/laptops. I >found >> them after I purchased my laptop. Had I known, I likely would have >gone >> with them and purchased their most expe

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 20.11.2014 um 15:37 schrieb Sid S: > In a similar vein, I would suggest https://system76.com/laptops. I found > them after I purchased my laptop. Had I known, I likely would have gone > with them and purchased their most expensive model. > > For the most part, what you want is relatively hard t

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-20 Thread Sid S
In a similar vein, I would suggest https://system76.com/laptops. I found them after I purchased my laptop. Had I known, I likely would have gone with them and purchased their most expensive model. For the most part, what you want is relatively hard to get with a typical consumer computer. They've

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: new thinkpad with Gentoo

2014-11-19 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Tuesday, November 18, 2014 11:45:05 PM Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > I consider buying a new laptop in late 2014 ... taxes and stuff ... > > I run 2 thinkpads here, each with 8 gigs of RAM and SSD inside: > > L520 and X220 -> both still with Intel Core i-(5|7)-2xxx inside. > > So far OK, but