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I'm currently using docker desktop, but I'll have a look at nix.
A co-worker already pointed me towards the fn button to do nothing.
It's been a good experience so far, better than I had hoped. Slightly annoyed at the qwerty keyboard layout as it isn't exactly.the way I like it ( the enter key is quite small and I keep pressing \ occasionally, they also moved the ` key to the direct right of left shift rather than above tab ( where it is on a default qwerty ).
But these aren't dealbreakers. I'll get used to them.
I'll check out the rest of your suggestions. Thanks for the input!
Hm, did you by chance get an ISO layout keyboard? Mine has an ANSI keyboard, and the \ key is directly above enter and ` is above tab. It's the same as you would expect on a US Windows keyboard except for the bottom row.
I asked for a US ANSI, but it was unfortunately not available when they wanted to order. I'm not sure what the reason is. Coworkers that had an old one said the keys were fine on their previous Mac.
But that is entirely possible. Not to go off on a rant but man do I hate keyboard layouts. And shops are rarely transparent on what kind of layout it is not to mention how confusing it is to have multiple types of QWERTY. I'll get used to it :D
Yup. It's even worse in non-English countries since retailers will pretty much only sell the local layout. I ordered mine from Apple directly to get ANSI layout.
Yup. I live in a non English country as well. I know your pain!