• plm00@lemmy.ml
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    20 hours ago

    Ortho linear means all the keys are arranged vertically and straight, with no key offset like you’d find in regular keyboards. The idea is you can type faster (after getting used to it), and offset keys are no longer necessary since we don’t use typewriters anymore.

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      15 hours ago

      Just to expand a little,

      ortho-, as a prefix, means:

      Right angle, perpendicular.

      As in orthogonal, or orthographic.

      Or sometimes just “straight”, or “corrective”(?), like in “orthodontist” or “orthopedic”, I suppose.