Linus Torvalds Returns To Mechanical Keyboard After Making Too Many Typos

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has abandoned his six-month experiment with a quieter low-profile keyboard in favor of his old mechanical one with Cherry MX Blue switches. In a post about Linux 6.15-rc6 on LKML.org, Torvalds explained that his typing accuracy suffered without the tactile feedback.

'It seems I need the audible (or perhaps tactile) feedback to avoid the typing mistakes that I just kept doing,' Torvalds wrote. The famously outspoken developer couldn't recall why he initially switched to the quieter keyboard, as he doesn't work in a shared office where the noise would disturb others. After the failed experiment with the unnamed quiet keyboard, Torvalds has now returned to what he describes as a 'noisy clackety-clack' input device. He joked that since he can no longer blame his keyboard for typos, 'going forward, I will now conveniently blame autocorrect.'

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