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Keyboard that would help avoid fingers strain (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by ColonelRevolution@lemmygrad.ml to c/leftistunix@lemmygrad.ml

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Hey there,

I've been doing a lot of typing lately on my shitty old Compaq keyboard (it has a good build quality, but keys require relatively much force to be pressed) and I experience some discomfort in my fingers.

Would anybody suggest any specific keyboard or keyboard type that would help me ease the strain? I know absolutely nothing about keyboards lol!

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[–] Cassilda@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I kind of like Cloudnine's ergoeomic keyboards. They're fairly inexpensive for a split mechanical keyboard, but I like most things about them. There's a full size (huge) and a TKL (merely large).

The configuration software is Windows-only, and also not very good, but you don't have to use it for anything.

[–] ColonelRevolution@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You're right, these are not that expensive for split keyboards. Too bad that they are not sold in my country, so I would need to consider additional transport costs.

I wonder if macro keys would be recognized by Linux? The configuration software would be unnecessary if I could use basic configuration files for my window manager and define behavior by providing key codes.