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it's alright. I'm not sure if it fits within what you consider ergonomic but it's a fairly decent laptop keyboard.
https://www.asus.com/us/laptops/for-home/chromebook/asus-chromebook-c424/
that's a pretty bog standard laptop keyboard.
It is actually comfortable
I mean, yeah. Laptop keyboards are basically a solved science these days.
Do you have this laptop currently? You can coreboot it and install Fedora on it https://docs.mrchromebox.tech/docs/supported-devices.html
Iam afraid I will brake it tbh
They're not too bad to work with, I did my grandma's Chromebook a bit ago and did 2 last night after realizing I didn't need a modded cable, just the battery trick. If you'd replace it anyway it doesn't hurt to try!
I have to take the battery out right?
Not entirely, just the connection it has to the motherboard
how do I even do this? :p
There doesn't seem to be any specific videos for your model, but for the most part you just have to take all of the screws out of the bottom and wedge something in the crack between the top and bottom to gently pry it apart. I would take a look at some other videos on similar computers to get comfortable with it first. If the case is putting up a lot of resistence once you've gotten a part separated, you'll want to go back and make sure you got all of the screws out, sometimes they'll be under the rubber feet.
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I promise it's not as hard as it sounds 😂
Edit: this ifixit guide may help a bit https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/ASUS+Chromebook+C424MA-DH48F+Lower+Case+Replacement/180425