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Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

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William Unruh wrote:

Well, I do not know if it is the majority. I had one laptop (Dell
XPS13-1915) which had none. Just an ethernet 3 port which you could
plug and ethernet to USB3 adapter into. (the thickness of the laptop
was less than the height of an ethernet port.)

What is an "ethernet 3 port"?

William meant to write "USB 3", not "ethernet 3".

Hey, us old guys do that from time to time (ie, constantly), just wait
until it's *your* turn to start running into address collisions. g

I'm not as young as you might think.

But it's interesting to consider "ethernet to USB3 adapter", seems like
something I might be able to use on occasion, this is what you're
talking about right?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833166088

I need to snag a couple of better USB3 hubs, the ones I have are kind of
a PITA.

I have this one, it is decent:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008ZGKWQI

What's the deal with the computer hardware industry anyway, they must be
so starving for profits that they never think of things like fat USB
sticks preventing each other from fitting into adjacent ports.

You can now get up to 128Gb in a tiny little dongle about the depth and
width of a small thumbnail.

I think usually there's some way to switch the default keycode for
those kinds of keyboards.

If not the hardware, doubtless the software. Keyboards are a PITA at
the best of times, it takes 3 fingers on left hand plus 2 fingers on
right hand to select-to-end, some keyboards have a one-finger PgUp/PgDn
and others require Ctl, etc etc.

Yeah, they're all different. So I use the window manager and xmodmap
to provide a consistent experience for me no matter what.
Ironically, the ****ing "Windows monopoly" key is a key part of my keystroke
paradigm unification.

Microsoft's "Sculpt" ergonominc keyboard as a little switch you can
slide to have the Fn keys be Fn keys or idiot buttons, at your
preference.

I have a nice Logitech bluetooth keyboard, but haven't yet set up the
bluetooth drivers on the new systems (the Acer is old enough that it has
no bluetooth hardware).

As an aside, this ASUS I'm using has a wired ethernet port that is
as thin as a USB port, but accomodates a standard RJ45 connector
by having a hinged bottom lip.

What model? Hard to visualize from "hinged bottom lip".

ASUS n551jq-ds71. Can't find a good image of the port, however.

If I was better at installing linux on linux-unfriendly laptops, I'd
probably have a NextBook 10" (nicely made imo), but when BIOS does not
support booting from USB it's kinda tough. On Android systems though,
there's a development mode which I think is defined into Android, so you
can transfer files from your PC. If you have the time and aren't
concerned about bricking it.

That won't brick squat. However, my Galaxy S5's USB 3.0 mode is
"Window only". Dafuq! So I have to use the crappy MTP or PTP mode
to transfer files.

Wife thinks I have too many laptops already, she's probably right LOL,
now I'm thinking that I've seen clues that linux will run on a Mac so
who knows what's next. g

As long as you're having fun and not catting around with young chicks!

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You seek to shield those you love and you like the role of the provider.