The Linux/Unix Keyset

[damorgue]

How about a key which says 'terminal'

[Zifle]

How about a key which says 'terminal'

I'd approve of this, even more so something like this, though:

[komar007]

to have a decent price, we need 50 keycaps per logo if we go the doubleshot  route, and less if we go infil or dyesub.

So maybe we should prepare like 10-15 complete feasible ideas, then set the number of keys per set, let's say 5, make a survey, where everybody votes 5 times for distinct keycaps and then each participant buys whole sets of 5 caps for a set price.
This price can be a little higher to cover the tooling costs of the next, say 5 caps, which will allow us to also buy these less common keycaps for sensible prices, if we buy the basic set.
This sounds a bit like Round Four...
Not sure this is good:D

[Djuzuh]

to have a decent price, we need 50 keycaps per logo if we go the doubleshot  route, and less if we go infil or dyesub.

So maybe we should prepare like 10-15 complete feasible ideas, then set the number of keys per set, let's say 5, make a survey, where everybody votes 5 times for distinct keycaps and then each participant buys whole sets of 5 caps for a set price.
This price can be a little higher to cover the tooling costs of the next, say 5 caps, which will allow us to also buy these less common keycaps for sensible prices, if we buy the basic set.
This sounds a bit like Round Four...
Not sure this is good:D

The organisator decides how he wants it done, end of story.

If you step forward and make this happen, you get to choose how it works. But if people don't agree with your methods, they won't buy ofc .

[komar007]

But if people don't agree with your methods, they won't buy ofc .

And that's what I'd fear the most if I were to organize it;)
Anyway, it was just a suggestion. Let's hope more people will want larry the cow:)

[Djuzuh]

How about a key which says 'terminal'

I'd approve of this, even more so something like this, though:

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BTW, love this.

[älg]

How about a key which says 'terminal'

I'd approve of this, even more so something like this, though:

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There could be two version of this key: green on black = user-shell, and red on black = root-shell

[Djuzuh]

How about a key which says 'terminal'

I'd approve of this, even more so something like this, though:

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There could be two version of this key: green on black = user-shell, and red on black = root-shell

If there isn't enough interest to do those, I'll run those myself on qwerkeys.

[damorgue]

That one would be beautiful with white sides, black top and white letters.

[Djuzuh]

why do you want white sides?

EDIT: oh yeah, to give the impression that the terminal is in a window.

[i3oilermaker]

I like the terminal idea...I will do a mockup when I have a little bit of time.

[Anynoupy]

Very basic mock-up, also thinking about making the background a bit more "blueish"



And definitely in for the Terminal keycap, great idea !

[Zifle]

Just throwing the idea out there, could a terminal key be made doubleshot, white as base, shot with black, something similar to the image I previously linked, with the white base working as the border, and the ">_" ?
Not sure how it would look, but might be nice if it works.

[boost]

I want a redhat key and /Var key ^_^

[Djuzuh]

Just throwing the idea out there, could a terminal key be made doubleshot, white as base, shot with black, something similar to the image I previously linked, with the white base working as the border, and the ">_" ?
Not sure how it would look, but might be nice if it works.

Look at the 9-15 billiard keys to get an idea.

[damorgue]

I was thinking those new keys by QWERkeys that had one colour on the sides (white), one colour on the top face (black) and one white legend to show the terminal.

[i3oilermaker]

Added prompt keys...I think we are getting close here!

[inlikeflynn]

I'm really a big fan of double shots...the legends come out so much more crisp and clean. 

I'll work on a few of these ideas and add to OP

I also tend to like DS better.

anyways, here is a Linux Mint mod key without the other graphic effects in there and just the white DS part

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i3oilermaker, what about the Linux Mint one?

[boost]

Sudo key!!!

[i3oilermaker]

That one could be tricky to do...I was starting to think this set should be more generic Linux/Unix and less specific distributions because A) We can to every dist. B) Most of those logos are trademarked and may get denied by SP and C) A lot of them are too complex for double shots.

If anyone has more generic unix ideas throw them out there.

[boost]

Ch mod

[inlikeflynn]

That one could be tricky to do...I was starting to think this set should be more generic Linux/Unix and less specific distributions because A) We can to every dist. B) Most of those logos are trademarked and may get denied by SP and C) A lot of them are too complex for double shots.

understandable. the LM one is from their Creative Common Licensed graphic which shouldn't be a problem for SP. I think it fits within their specifications, but it may need modifications too.

anyways, i might run LM myself  separately then if I get motivated enough

[i3oilermaker]

kill -9 backspace?

[Djuzuh]

kill -9 backspace?

I have a way more awesomer idea for the backspace.

But I want to try making a group buy.

Now I just need to do the SVGs .

But I will order everything in the OP if you do a GB for it !

[i3oilermaker]

If you want to throw the idea out I am happy to do the SVG and work it into this GB

Up to you.

[Djuzuh]

mh… yeah why not.

I have other ideas I want to run. Procrastination ftw !


I want a backspace with this on it :

:(){ :|:& };:

[i3oilermaker]

mh… yeah why not.

I have other ideas I want to run. Procrastination ftw !


I want a backspace with this on it :

){ :|:& };:

No offence but I like kill -9 more  

I don't really get it...

[Djuzuh]

type it in a terminal and you'll see !

Oh, and save everything you are working on before. Just you know, because it's good practice.

(hint: it's the most well known fork bomb)

[wiredPANDA]

Alright. The ^C and prompt keys got my attention. Nice mock-ups. Can't wait to see some of these ideas as prototypes down the line.

[sth]

The terminal key would probably work best if it was just >_ rather than the whole image.
That or $_ / #_

[telepete]

Terminal keys look great. Really clean.

[bebuxe]

>mkawa_
for the SUSE:
http://www.suse.com/company/careers/
*no lie. Most of your appliances use SUSE one way or another. Esp. a new car.

>sth
Agreed. I am making #█ and $█

>Et al.
PLEASE wait, I need to make MANY of these.
ANSI C!, EOT ^D, NUL ^@ \0, LF \n, ␠, TCP IP, Gopher mascot!, IRC, ncurses, lynx web browser?, surf, Firefox or Mozilla, Dennis Ritchie (SO GOING ON THIS ONE)!, Ken Thompson?, return 0;?, Haskell λ, FreeBSD Head,  Ghostscript!, GIMP?, Xiph fish (vorbis ogg group),  TiMidity++, bc/dc, #!bin/sh (or #!), NOT, goto, printf, while(1), break, ..., rm -rf, /dev/null, touch, dig, sudo, pw, shutdown, eject, regex, man man, ed, nc, ssh, Go?, ksh93, bash, UTF-8, sed, CSV, JSON, xz?, and more programs to come!

I need to make poll for these. P.S.: still editing

+1 ESC ^[, +1 GNU, +1 GLIDER!!!!, +1Open source, +1 real terminal (WIP)

[komar007]

I like "return 0;" for enter!

[Findecanor]

The only Linux-y key I want is a 1-unit Meta key that goes well together with my Dolch key caps. Fat chance, though.

[damorgue]

The only Linux-y key I want is a 1-unit Meta key that goes well together with my Dolch key caps. Fat chance, though.

Doesn't Round3 (and Round3 in the current Round4) have one?

[älg]

[...] That or $_ / #_

I support this Or sth like $>_ and #>_ which probably would be too long I think.
The green and red mockups lock good already

[bebuxe]

Wait what Round 4? Is there a group buy that I am missing that is selling the Glider?

And >is for green text.
What terminal uses > or shell for that matter?

[Djuzuh]

Wait what Round 4? Is there a group buy that I am missing that is selling the Glider?

And >is for green text.
What terminal uses > or shell for that matter?

yes.

But there are no lines in the glider key. It's just the circles.

[bebuxe]

WHERE IS IT?!?

[Djuzuh]

Group buy round 4.

A huge group buy, very messy, with unbearable delay.

7bit's organising it. There is a thread on DT and on GH.

[bebuxe]

If you mean these two:
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=20485.0
http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/doubleshot-replacements-round-4-t1376.html
I am not seeing a Glider key.
But I did miss round 3's Lotus

[Djuzuh]

Lotus keys are in the GB, and so are the glider keys.

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Round4_Pricelist

that's the best way to see that's available imo.

[Findecanor]

Doesn't Round3 (and Round3 in the current Round4) have one?

No. Not left-justified. Signature Plastics' font and bottom row profile is different profile from Cherry's.

[bebuxe]

They all say n/a. I sent an email anyways.

Whatever this is the Unix/Linus KB set. Anyone like any of my ideas?

Read a return 0;, and I know I need to do $█ and Dennis Ritchie. And if you did not get my "!" and "?", "!" means I motion this to be in. "?" means should this be even considered (not in my motion).

Should Inkscape  be includes ? , Libre Office ? (so against it), any other special characters or control characters,  other jokes? (i.e. kill, nuke, UDP () {}), legendary emotions?, TeX?, CSS?, HTML? (against too), MySQL dolphin, etc.......

[salmo]

It would be nice to have some ADM-3A style H,J,K, and L keys with arrows on them to go with the Vim escape keys.

Isn't that basically Round 3? 


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He meant that he wants arrows beneath the letters.

Ahhh I see - That is doable...is there much interest for those?

Yes!  Or maybe I should say I'd be in for a few sets of these.  I'm jealous of all the WASD gamer-types, and want my HJKL arrows. 
I also like the ^[  key and would get a couple of those.

[bebuxe]

>Salmo
You Know what, I never got that too. I either used the arrow keys or IJKL. Yeah, I mess up when I used JK as ↓↑ in games. I wonder if most game devs are Left handed, or just trolls.

EDIT:
I remember now why I used WASD. Famicom made my head hardwired for left hand movement, and right for action.

Would you like me to make them as triangles instead or <v^>? ↳↟.↟↵

[bebuxe]

Got pics and sources at http://  sirplzmysite.  net/finished_works/unix_keys/

You are welcome to edit, Including the Metadata.

Also there are templates at http://  sirplzmysite.  net/finished_works/
keycap.svg
keycap_white.svg

PLEASE, CAREFUL OF THE BANDWIDTH. Download once, and enjoy.

[älg]

The root shell should be red in my opinion:

The underscore of the normal shell looks longer than the one of the root shell. The vertical distance between the lower end of the # and the underscore seems wider on the root shell as well. Is this an optical illusion?

[bebuxe]

>älg
No, you are correct. I used another Font for root since # looked horrible on Arial. I think I used Sans or something. But granted, root will be red.

I am also trying to remember what others I needed to do that I thought while making these quick ones.

[sth]

arial sucks for anything print/manufactured -- it's a sloppy copy of a header font that should be used sparingly at best. there are much better typefaces designed for print out there