Comment on Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994

• ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  All keyboard layouts can be customized in software but some keyboard hardware like QMK can be programmed in hardware, which makes it especially convenient for switching computers.

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  • ExLisper@linux.community ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Where do you use it? Do you have to use different computers at work or do you just carry your keyboard with you all the time in case you have to use some friend’s computer?

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    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You just never have to reconfigure it if you reinstall, or move to another computer, or dual-boot etc.

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    • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Work PC and personal PC on the same desk, with a KVM switch to seamlessly switch between them.

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    • sailingbythelee@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Keyboards like Keychron are able to store BT connection info for multiple computers. So, you can easily switch between, say, your desktop, your server, and your laptop, as needed. Or bring it to work, or whatever. The point is that being able to use the same high quality keyboard with every device is nice if you do a lot of typing.

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      • ExLisper@linux.community ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I had a quick look and yeah, $100 for a good, wireless keyboard is not that much. It definitely happened to me once or twice that I had to type directly on my Raspberry Pi fresh after installation when I didn’t have my key mappings set up there. Other than that I just switch single USB cable between two computers on the same desk and that’s it. If I ever have to work on a Mac again I will take another look tough. Do they have Linux software?

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This sounds like a really rare use scenario.

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    • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lots of people use VMs, too.

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• stown@sedd.it ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A Wooting keyboard

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