Librem 14 v2 wishlist

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Please add for L14 v2:

Intel i9
Developer keyboard
Developer monitor
Developer case
Developer PCB.
Full Free Software compatible.
Premium electronics
Purism L14 v2 stickers
Purism L14 v2 t-shirts

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My biggest wish for the Librem 14 would be to have a better keyboard with wider shift buttons on the right side. I constantly hit the wrong button when I want to type a capital letter and try to use the shift button with my right hand.

For me, the current keyboard configuration is a dealbreaker. It’s not practical for daily use.

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They need to finally fix the hinges.

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I support this. I’ve been using my librem 14 a lot and essentially trained myself to type in a weird or different way, as if always dodging a hole in where I expected keys to be. ( I just use left shift when right shift would’ve been better in my historic home row usage. ) For me that was because I simply decided I would use the Librem 14 and so I went with it.

But why? Why is the right shift in such an unusual place? I can’t quite picture where it should be after using this weird one long enough, but I still know that it’s wrong. Let’s put it in the right place in the next version of the keyboard, and then forget about it.

This sounds subtle, but I mostly like almost everything about the Librem 14 and remember even when I got it that this 1 thing stuck out to me as being “wrong by design.”

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I have the same issue with the keyboard. It is not as much of a problem now, after using for a while. What got me over it was to play a particular game that requires you to regularly type Capitol letters, & play it a L.O.T., so that you re-train your fingers. You have to stay on the one keyboard for long enough, and it will eventually get “built in” so to speak. for me slashem-sdl was the trick.
I manage now to work around it and hardly notice anymore. And, I regularly switch between 3 different laptop keyboards and a full-sized usb keyboard. The human body is amazing, and all computers s**k (by which I mean all require various amounts of “getting used to”).

However, I agee, this is a lot of workaround, and there is another alternative, you could just use xmodmap to swap the page-up and shift key functionality. I would have done that, but I worked it out the other way first.

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my laptop lost network in the middle of the post, so to add, here is a ewe tewb that shows how to do the xmodmap and swap your pgup and shift_R keys https://youtu.be/l5LJ9tO7G74, which also boils down to him explaining this archwiki post: Keyboard input - ArchWiki

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I agree, unfortunately not quite right by design, and I do not usually like to point it out, but mac has a history of investing more in design overall, so it is no surprise to find a better example in their small keyboard, for the ipad. I think the key is they keep both the up and down arrow keys on the same line as the space-bar, so they are half sized, and the shift key can then take up the spot where most people have become accustomed to, and feels more natural, in more of the overall cases(maybe IMNSHO).

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But then it makes you wonder, since Purism did not do this, is it possible that this design is patented? Maybe Purism was fighting the government itself just to make a freedom device, and it forced them to be different.

I don’t know if this is the case or not, I’m just doing some uninformed speculating. But if something like that happened, I think I would rather to force myself to use the Purism than to use a dumb evil one. For what it’s worth, I used to use a dumb Microsoft surface that had the same compressed up/down, so if it is a patented design then Microsoft is probably paying Apple the extortion fee for access.

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Please, please do not give me a cheaper Librem 14 v2.

Make Librem 14 v2 super premium, super health, super gnu, super longevity, super programmers like: dos-level, super customer care, super everythings…

Please please no more cheaper things

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I wonder when is the release date of Librem 14 version 2? Plus, add features with touch-screen.

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I guess that L14 v2 will be L16 v1 specs.

Note! The Librem 14 is currently out of stock while we are
 working on releasing its successor, the Librem 14 v2. Stay tuned!

I would like Librem 14 v2 Savannah! gnu lands…

  • Professional Gnu computer made in-house of Purism.
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Please add Matte LEDs and increase the led size. Barrel jack led is it bad position like poor visibility.

Move L14 v2 from Notebook to Laptop or Desktop-Ready.

Please,please,please,please no more Notebook, no more Aluminum, no more Cheap.

Make Librem 14 v2 WONDER ever.

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Since L14 v2 is purportedly on the verge of release, there is no way any of that can be done.

You need to start a L14 v3 wishlist (and maybe clarify what you mean regarding Notebook contrasted with Laptop, which most people consider synonyms).

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Notebook it not same like Laptop, as laptop it more featured, heavier, powerfull and primitive than Notebook. Librem 14 it is more Laptop than Librem 13, however L14 still has some Notebook features like the desing, keyboard and sensorless. So i wanted Librem 14 fully fully Laptop.

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That was the Librem 15 and maybe will be the Librem 16. Some (most?) people prioritize portability (weight, size, etc) and it makes sense for Purism to cater to that.

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