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Title: Greetings from a CS Major!
Post by: CSCoder4ever on Mon, 01 September 2014, 11:51:49
A little bit about myself, I'm a CS Major ( as the title suggests  :p ), a major Linux user and a sprouting mechanical keyboard enthusiast!

The Linux Distros I use are Crunchbang ( Debian essentially ), ( Vanilla ) Arch Linux and Slackware. As I personally do not believe that there is "one perfect distro" and instead had chosen my top 3.  :thumb:
Being a CS Major, I want to go into Embedded programming as programming small computers to do a certain task really sparks my interest!

Okay enough bread, time for the meat! I currently own 3 keyboards, a CM Quickfire TK w/ MX Browns, a Rosewill RK-9100 w/ MX Blues, and a newly acquired Poker II w/ MX Blacks.
My favorite Switches as of now are in fact blues, I love the clicks and the tactile feel they give vs. the browns, which only give clacks. In fact that's probably the only switch I'll be collecting from now on!

Well due to the lack of finding anything else to add, I'll ask a question: is it really worth getting a new case for a poker II keyboard? because I personally find the case it came with fine, but I'd like to learn more, so I just thought I'd ask!
Title: Re: Greetings from a CS Major!
Post by: Vibex on Mon, 01 September 2014, 11:58:42
Welcome to GH. I just started college as a CS Major myself.
As for the your question, they are certainly not necessary, but they add a nice bit of weight to your keyboard (at least if you are talking about aluminum cases) and are also nice bling.  A lot of people here like to make there keyboards as awesome as possible (myself included ;)) so if you really want to dive into the expensive hobby of mech boards I would grab a case. But thats just my personal opinion. :p
Title: Re: Greetings from a CS Major!
Post by: Hundrakia on Mon, 01 September 2014, 12:01:24
Welcome! I take it you've purchased at least an Arduino? I too am drawn to embedded programming; but I'm no CS Major. You may be interested in the Teensy uC, as it couples your interests nicely.
Title: Re: Greetings from a CS Major!
Post by: CSCoder4ever on Mon, 01 September 2014, 12:06:43
Wow that was quick, thanks for the welcomes!  ;D

Welcome! I take it you've purchased at least an Arduino? I too am drawn to embedded programming; but I'm no CS Major. You may be interested in the Teensy uC, as it couples your interests nicely.

Actually I only have a Raspberry Pi, Embedded enough imo  :D
Title: Re: Greetings from a CS Major!
Post by: barkinos98 on Mon, 01 September 2014, 12:11:59
Hey man!
Welcome on board. As the famous saying goes, "welcome to geekhack where you'll end up smiling and your wallet ends up crying"  :p
Title: Re: Greetings from a CS Major!
Post by: Dubsgalore on Mon, 01 September 2014, 12:35:40
CS Major too. Welcome
Title: Re: Greetings from a CS Major!
Post by: The Mad Professor on Mon, 01 September 2014, 13:56:14
It's Da Penguin!
Title: Re: Greetings from a CS Major!
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 01 September 2014, 17:19:45
Welcome to Geekhack!

Do you need a reason to replace a case?

If you want to go for embedded programming AND keyboards, you could try writing new firmware for a programmable keyboard :)