I was writing a post earlier tonight about my new keyboard which I'm really enjoying.
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At the moment I have the Logitech G613 but have always had my eyes on the Keychron keyboards for how compact it looks and feels.
I was using Logitech MX keys before and got myself Keychron K2 this week, and I have to say that even throuhg the clicking sound is very nice, the customizability here is a joke. There's no way to reprogram the
fnor thescreenshotbutton and that's really awkward as many accents in languages are written using the rightoptionkey that this keyboard is missing.Maybe there is something you can do to customize it like Karabiner-Elements?
Interesting I've never heard of Karabiner :o is there a linux version?
The karabiner works fine for all of the keys, except of 2- screenshot and fn which most probably is hardcoded into the keyboard
Oh really? What keyboard would you recommend instead of the keychron keyboards?
I'm going back to Logitech MX keys. I knew it was good when buying it, but I underappreciated how good!
I had the first Keyhron keyboard, the K1 and it was awful. US layout (I'm in the UK), noisy keys and dodgy bluetooth. I did love the lights and how compact it was though (and soon got used to switching between uk and us layout so I could use the £ key when needed).
It didn't last long though as the keys really weren't that great.
All that said they have moved on a lot with many models since the K1. So if you live somewhere you're not going to get hammered by import tax then they may be worth a shot.
Interesting points....thanks for sharing
Also been looking at Keychron keyboards for a while.
The Keychron is also what I want to move to. Not even sure which, but I just know it's keychron
Yeah haha I hear that a lot
I just recently got Keychron K2 - love every second of working on it
Thanks for sharing!
I run an ErgoDox EZ with Kiwi switches from TheKeyDotCo and Cyberspace keycaps from Kono. It took a little getting used to, but now I can't imagine typing on anything else.
Wow! I guess, I'm in love with that keyboard. But sadly, it is out of reach for me. Maybe, one day, when I have a real software engineer job, I can get one.
I'm using a Logitech MX keys keyboard, after they discontinued the K310 series. It is rather silent and has a nice smooth feedback, plus the interesting ability to work with multiple devices.
Thanks for sharing!
when I started to know about mechanical keyboards, I was curius why people liking it. So, I bought a Roral Kludge 84. I am using windows 10. After connecting it to my laptop, all the
fnshortcut works properly on my system.The keyboard is nise too, I like typing on it. I saw youtubers mod their keyboard, but I think I dont need to mod mine. It works and sounds just fine.
Royal Kludge 84 hehe
I built a cheap 65% mechanical keyboard. I got the PCB + case from ebay. I put some Gateron blue switches on it and some keycaps I picked up from Etsy. I also have a tenkeyless Keychron with Cherry MX red switches and a Ducky Mini with Cherry MX brown switches. I tend to use the one I built the most. I like that it's backlit, however, I may put some linear switches on it, the blue switches are....loud.
Thanks, it was a hyperfixation for all of about two months. Now I've got four mechanical keyboards laying around (forgot to mention my Royal Kludge in my initial post), and about 100 or so brand new Gateron blues. If you want em, I can let them go on the cheap.
Custom Keychron Q1
All done by mamaswitch.store/
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I'm using a Keychron K8 and I love it!
Mechanicals, comfortable and have background LED's.
Awesome!
The built in keyboard of my laptop.
Why? Well, because its there. I can use it whenever I open my laptop and dont need to carry extra stuff around.
And most important: its silent. I cant stand keyboard noise when I type.
I've been in the mech keeb rabbit hole for some time now. I had a couple pre-built kbs and for about two months now I'm using my custom built from scratch keyboard. It's called Kyria and it's an ortholinear split keyboard. I've never had better kb in my life.
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I wrote a post about that in the best keyboard I had for coding 😁
Awesome and thanks for sharing!
Just FYI, you can embed your dev.to posts using this syntax
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And I shared a comment on said post about my keyboard, haha!
Well, I don't think mine is necessarily the most ergonomical or best keyboard by any means, but I have one of these from Lofree + the mouse:
It is pretty dang stylish and I like the clickiness of the keys. But, after about 3 years, mine is starting to break down, so I might be in the market for a replacement soon. Gonna have to consider this Logitech that you're talking about!
Well, since posting about my keyboard (which I noted was kinda on it's way out), I ended up buying a new Lofree keyboard.
I found a used one on Mercari for $35 so I'm kinda taking my chances... hopefully it's in good shape and none of the keys are wonky!
But yeah, it looks a lot like my other one with just a few color changes. Still got the teal in there though so it'll match my mouse!
hahahah plot twist!
A Drevo Calibur v2 Pro
I'm not sure what's "pro" about it, I think that means it has bluetooth as well as working with a cable or some such. It's a sort of 65% (no function keys, no keypad) in a slightly unusual style with hardward toggle for mac/windows layouts as far as the control keys go. I don't use that function like I thought I would.
It has blue switches and sounds like a typewriter. It has magnetic feet which are actually really cool - I always end up snapping off the little flip-out plastic ones that are so common or replacing them with rubber.
It's fully RGB and though I get strobing effects when I move my eyes along it, I don't tend to look at it while I'm typing so it doesn't matter. It's black, and I have a mostly light pastel-ish sort of colour theme going on with a few differences: Caps Lock is red (and mapped to escape), Tab and arrow keys are green, Enter is pink. Don't have a camera on me right now.
Overall, I'd say it's a really good keyboard. Cost about £35 on ebay as an open-box return a couple of years ago.
I'd like different keycaps, but it's ISO, and it's really difficult to get keycaps for proper keyboards - most manufacturers only think about the US, and I can't get used to that layout.
Thanks for sharing!
I use a corne, its a split columnar 40%. Took about a day to get used to the split columnar layout, and months to get the 40% right. I totally expected that to be the other way around. the split columnar layout is not as weird as it looks and is so damn comfortable to type on.
Nice!
I just picked up the Keychron K8 for my new setup and absolutely love it. Went with the red switches and it is hands down my fav keyboard so far.
MacBook Pro 13 (2019) keyboard with labelled hungarian, but I use english keyboard ... so couple of label uninformative. Y = Z and reverse.
But main reason is touchpad and touchbar, whole computer is great for digital nomad usecase.
A Das Keyboard Professional Model S with the UK layout. Ideally I wanted the Ultimate, which has blank keys to help discourage you from looking at them, but they weren't selling them in the UK at the time.
I love it, it's the best keyboard I ever used. The action is absolutely perfect, it's rock solid and comfortable to use. I suffer from a degree of RSI but I can happily use it all day without issue. At a little over £100 it was a bit pricey, but it was well worth it, particularly now that I work from home part of the week and so can use it then. It is quite noisy though.