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.
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
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).
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.
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.
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.
The quoted fulfillment estimate is related to the Librem 14 version 1. Version 2 is still in planning and initial project management stages. It is still much too early to quote any reliable details regarding this new version.
Librem 14 is so WONDERFULL, Please DO NOT involve China to make Librem 14, please please.
Also make the Librem 14 to raise more Feelings and Emotions via Audio, Video, Hardware, Software and of course GNU!.
One of my dream is to see Librem 14 on POWERPC. X86 is locked and unsecurity too much, the only good features in x86 it is the retrocompatibility.
This will make the L14 more Unique and Libre plus Twin Turbo Power. PowerPC is ready for Laptops from Power10.
L14,L5 is really good and deserve a dedicated website, ironically it is not.
Also i want say that i really like the work of @francois-techene, francois supa professional!
Add a SOCKET for Bios # This add huge flexibility, including wireless for.
Add a USB Recovery Bios # So with this we not need a external programmer for.
