07-14-2019, 02:32 PM
(07-12-2019, 05:05 PM)fire219 Wrote:(07-12-2019, 12:18 PM)binarian Wrote:(07-05-2019, 06:19 AM)Luke Wrote: For those who prefer to chat about the July community update on the forum, here is the thread.
@Luke: a concern or two regarding the PB pro privacy switches. While I like the general implementation, I had two big questions:
1. If you're touting the privacy aspects of your privacy switches but then making them based on keyboard firmware, is the firmware for that keyboard ALSO open source? I didn't see that specifically addressed in the blog.
2. What happens if I need to replace the keyboard, for whatever reason? Will the machine in general still work? Will the privacy switches still work?
Looking forward to T=0!
1. The firmware for the keyboard (and trackpad) is open source, and there will be software to reprogram it.
2. The machine will still work, but the keyboard may need to be reprogrammed (see above) for the privacy switches to work.
That's actually really great. My Asus 1000H netbook has an issue with occasional false double key presses. Quite annoying. I guess this could get fixed in the keyboard firmware but as it's closed source... So one more thumb up for Pine.