Linus Torvalds goes back to a mechanical keyboard after making too many typos

Linux kernel project boss Linus Torvalds has re-joined the ranks of full-size mechanical keyboard aficionados.

The penguin emperor on Sunday revealed he’s spent the last six months using what he described as “a quieter low-profile keyboard”.

I will now conveniently blame autocorrect since I can't blame the keyboard

“I gave it half a year thinking I'd get used it, but I'm back to the noisy clackety-clack of clicky blue Cherry switches,” he wrote, referring to the mechanical key switches made by German company Cherry, which promotes them as “clicky and noticeable” as they produce both tactile and audible feedback with every keystroke.

“It seems I need the audible (or perhaps tactile) feedback to avoid the typing mistakes that I just kept doing.”

He’s now unsure why he conducted the keyboard experiment.

“It's not like I'm in some office where the noise of my ...