Re:Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment
by JonathonW on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @02:47PM
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Page up and page down in that location is fairly common in business-class laptops; Lenovo, Dell, and HP all do it in at least some models.
Re:Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment
by trinix912 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:03PM
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IBM ThinkPads had Back/Forward buttons there. They acted like the back/forward buttons on mice these days. Very useful for browsing in Windows Explorer and IE. I loved them.
Re:Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment
by mardifoufs on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @02:51PM
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They make their desktops but not their laptops. That's probably why their laptops can sometimes have some weird quirks (keyboard layouts, screen resolution options, etc).
Re:Cosmic DE update: System76's new Linux desktop environment
by trelane on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:04PM
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It's really common. The term is ODM: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_laptop_brands_and_manu...
oh, i never knew that! i thought they made everything.
for real though, who thought that having pgup and pgdn as mini keys on top of the left and right arrow keys was a good idea? and how did that get through quality assurance?