consider Linux and buckling spring keyboards

Here’s a post from Mike Clements regarding keyboards, OS and apps:

I switched to Linux (Ubuntu) about a year ago, for everything - desktop apps, programming, writing, internet, etc. Linux has always been a solid server platform yet the desktop and apps have come a long way in the past few years. It’s a rock solid OS, community support that beats anything Microsoft or Apple can offer, excellent out of the box hardware compatibility, a choice of 4 mature desktops - Gnome, KDE, Unity and XFCE, and a surprisingly wide variety of surprisingly mature applications that are compatible with the MS equivalents. I’ve hated MS Word ever since Microsoft came out with the ribbon menus a few years back, actually prefer using LibreOffice Writer, which seamlessly reads & writes MS Word format when you need it.

RG: The ribbon menus are the thing I hate the most about the new Word, yeah. No interest in Linux personally, although (and this is getting ahead a bit) I did notice that it appears Scrivener has a Linux version in beta.

Nothing beats a good old buckling spring keyboard. I got one from Unicomp in 2001 and still use it every day. Two companies, many thousands of lines of code and other writing later, it is still going strong like new. I have 2 others in both offices home & work. It’s the only keyboard that enables me to do 100 wpm with 99% accuracy. I’ve never found its equal in typing touch, feel and confidence.

RG: I do love those buckling spring keyboards - basically Selectric keyboards for computers. Noisy but very worth it. Probably ought to order one for home though they are hard to find.