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So i've been drooling over the keyboards at https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/ and my Logitech g710+ has been a real trooper for a long time, but It's starting to break down. But it seems like all the keyboards on that site all need some kind of firmware that's only for windows/mac.

Are any other keyboard nerds on nostr that know of a decent brand of keyboard that I can customize that plays nice with Linux? If I'm spending some duckets on a keyboard that comes with cool features, I'd like to be able to use them. Not that I *need* programable RGB but if like to at least be able to use custom key bindings if the keyboard offers it.

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Block Seven 9mo ago

https://system76.com/keyboards/

Pricey but solid as and built like a tank.

Enki 9mo ago

They at least let you pick your switches. That's pretty nice.

ChipTuner 9mo ago

Well I'm kind of a, "I don't like change person" so my daily driver is a corsair k95 from 2012. Nearly every led is burned out. When I'm feeling it I keep my dell AT101W right behind the k95, plugged in 24/7 so I can whip it out on demand. Both are only useful in daylight though. At night I have this cheaper RedDragon k5556 rgb thing. Keys are fine, its also completely aluminum so it's very sturdy which is my primary requirement.

I'm really liking those Ducky vintage remakes. Id like to see one that looks and feels similar but has a single color led backlight to use at night. I'm a very good touch-typer but I still like some light. I can re-home faster with my eyes than I can by feel.

https://www.vaughnnugent.com/public/resources/downloads/cms/c/dszvkmdbxsrfva3sylh6q5ylxy.webp

Enki 9mo ago

Yeah, I'm currently looking at either a System76 keyboard, which seems extremely expensive, and replacing it with ducky pudding cap keys. Or ordering the parts to kind of put together a custom keyboard with Topre switches. (I use cherry browns right now. Kinda wanna swap to silent browns or topre)

I was also looking at "Das keyboard". And I could arguably keep my Logitech 710+ going by getting some replacement keycaps and switches....But the frame is kind of starting to deteriorate......

Enki 9mo ago

I do like the retro look though, and Ducky seems to make some pretty fantastic keyboards just for off-the-shelf stuff.

DEAD ACCOUNT 9mo ago

You getting a new keyboard?

Enki 9mo ago

Eventually, when I make up my mind, but it's hard for me to give up my Logitech G710+.

DEAD ACCOUNT 9mo ago

Sounds dope

ChipTuner 9mo ago

Yeah the system76 is out of my price range and not my style. I like big, heavy, and durable XD A little light helps too.

My redDragon is brown and I didn't like it at first, but it crosses over very well with the old tell and IBM boards. It's a similar feel so I like it. I do however beat the crap out of my k95. The red switches are very very light. I do like them for gaming but I'm starting to get too old to be good at video games anymore anyway XD.

The browns and old mechs do really improve your finger strength though XD

Enki 9mo ago

And I guess in all reality I don't really need Anything fancy, beyond a soft backlight. But all of the ducky keyboards came with, programmable macros and stuff like that. It would be kind of cool if I'm spending more than a hundred bucks on a keyboard that I'm able to use all of those neat features. All the firmware I see for these keyboards are all Windows or Mac though.

I'm having a hard time justifying spending $300 on the System76 keyboard.

ChipTuner 9mo ago

> All the firmware I see for these keyboards are all Windows or Mac though.

That's a bummer.

> But all of the ducky keyboards came with, programmable macros and stuff like that

Agreed. I don't use macros that often anymore, I have lots of macros on my mouse I use constantly though.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 9mo ago

i love my idobao ID75... i have two of them in case the circuit totally dies on one, the other is upstairs spare

i wish it was a 90 key thing, idk why that wasn't an idea in their minds, it's impossible to find a simple ortho 90 key anywhere... best i can do is a 140 key cherry thing

been pecking at this thing for 4 years now and i hope i can eventually expand my rig to a nice 90 or 105 key grid, 90 would be enough

mechanical keyboards are a one way deal, once you start using them, you don't want to go back, especially for me... supposedly cherry silvers are "gaming" keyboards but i find them extremely suitable for my code editing needs, even, thet gaming benefits are peripheral, most of my time i am just "yay, i have fast keys that don't require me to push them hard"

the current keys i have are 38n actuation, and previously i had cherry silvers, these are gateron ... white? clear? idk, they are clear, but the base is white, they are better, and i hardly need to touch these things and honestly i could deal with a lighter press than this, but maybe a deeper actuation depth

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 9mo ago

oh it's not spare upstairs, it's attached to my bitcoin full node rig

ChipTuner 9mo ago

Good to know on the silvers. I just heard of them looking up this link. I haven't touched a new keyboard since 2019 I think.

Hazey 9mo ago

Ortholinear ftw 👍

tee 9mo ago

is 'custom keybindings' = play nice with linux?