Apple Slim USB Keyboard

[Michael Tewner]

Just to clear up the comment - I have both the large keyboard (connected to
Linux) and a small keyboard (BlueTooth, connected to a mac).

-MIke


On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:35 AM, Michael Tewner <tewner at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have it set up.
> Works great - Ubuntu got the volume keys set up automatically (after
> selecting the keyboard type).
> On the one I got (iDigital with the number pad), I often accidentally hit
> the "eject" button, so I disabled it in Linux. I seem to remember a problem
> with using the function keys, but I haven't used that computer in some
> time...
> The enter key is smaller than a standard keyboard - at least on mine. That
> took some getting used to.
>
> Keep in mind that as cool as they look, they keyboard feels different - I
> still type slower and with more errors on my apple keyboard than on my
> standard IBM keyboard.
>
> Also notice that the smaller keyboard (without the number pad) has the
> "ctrl" key *not* in the corner. That makes writing in terminals a tad weird
> for me. The large keyboard doesn't have this problem.
>
> -Mike
>
> 2010/10/14 Steve G. <wordz2u at gmail.com>
>
> Out of the country for a while... Maybe someone else can try and report?
>>
>> THX
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 9:15 PM, Marc Volovic <marcvolovic at me.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have one - you are welcome to try.
>>>
>>> M
>>>
>>> On Oct 14, 2010, at 3:56 AM, Steve G. wrote:
>>>
>>> Has anyone successfully connected the Apple brushed aluminum keyboard (I
>>> am thinking the USB one, not the bluetooth) to a linux box?
>>>
>>> I tried it at an apple store, and liked the feel of the keys, but a
>>> search suggests the issue is iffy.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Z.
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