Linux Keyboard Behavior.

[ppppenguin]

Thanks for trying but that's a US layout keyboard.

[Mark Hennessy]

Oops - missed that.

Here's what I have: http://www.amazon.co.uk/sejin-SPR-8695UB...B00I5NHZ2U

It's nice - I'd recommend it. But the only places that seem to have it in stock right now are quite pricey. I'm sure I paid around a tenner for it, a couple of years back (if I'm honest, I'd forgotten all about it until this thread). Having retrieved it, I'm trying it now. Keys feel quite nice, and are pretty much the same size as a regular keyboard. A bit less travel, naturally. It's taking a while to get used to all the other keys, like cursor keys and PgUp/Dn, and having smaller than usual Return and Backspace keys, but it's no worse than a small laptop. In situ, it will be for occasional/basic use, not the programming I'm meant to be doing now...

Either way, they exist. For such an important thing, I'd probably steer clear of the £5 jobs IMHO...

[ppppenguin]

This should fit the bill. But there's no way of knowing if it's nice to use until I try it. Fortunately the keyboard on that PC doesn't get used very heavily.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Keysonic-KB-ACK-...=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1443038257&sr=1-6&keywords=mini+keyboard+usb

I still carefully maintain a couple of very old Dell keyboards for regular use. I like the look and feel of them. Maintenance consists of occasional washing to get rid of all the crud. I hold them upside down as much as possible when doing this, expecially while rinsing (with a shower head) to minimise water ingress. Then dry for 48 hours in the airing cupboard. I have to use PS2 to USB adaptors to connect them to modern PCs.

[Joe]

That does look OK, Jeffrey.

I've got an old IBM keyboard, well it's not THAT old as it's got the W95 keys on, that's really great.

To clean them I take them to bits and wash the case and key-tops with oxygenating crystals, which makes short work of the grime.

— Joe

[Refugee]

I have two desktop PCs with original PS2 keyboards. They are very heavy and have worked for many years.
The key caps come off for cleaning and it does not take that much to take the case off for a big clean.

[ppppenguin]

I reckon it's far too tedious to take off 100 or so key caps and get them back in the right places. Washing up brush, fairy liquid, a good scrub, rinse under shower and towel dry. then airing cupboard. Keyboard kept upside down for rinse, minimum water for scrub. Never failed yet.

[Murphyv310]

Hi
I've been using Linux for some years, I started with ubuntu then moved to mint which I run 17.2. I can't though get my head round the programming and steer clear of the forums. Regarding keyboards I use a trust wireless one but don't use the numeric keyboard.
I've also recently added a SDR program GNU radio and successfully configured it through Terminal so I can use my RTL dongle, works a treat.