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Just built my first ortholinear keyboard! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just built my first ortholinear keyboard!

Keyboard/case: Ortho60v2 from #cannonkeys (https://cannonkeys.com/products/ortho60)
Switches: #akko Rose Red (https://en.akkogear.com/product/akko-cs-rose-red-switch/)
Keycaps: Custom order from #kromekeycaps (https://www.kromekeycaps.com/)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ortho linear means all the keys are arranged vertically and straight, with no key offset like you'd find in regular keyboards. The idea is you can type faster (after getting used to it), and offset keys are no longer necessary since we don't use typewriters anymore.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Just to expand a little,

ortho-, as a prefix, means:

Right angle, perpendicular.

As in orthogonal, or orthographic.

Or sometimes just "straight", or "corrective"(?), like in "orthodontist" or "orthopedic", I suppose.