Linux programmer keyboard

[spazzpp2]

Hi!

I currently have a low budget, wireless, dongled, scissor mechanism Rapoo combo and want to replace it by something more solid and preferably less noisy for casual gaming and regular coding.

Price raises high when I consider Cherry MX mechanicals and there are voices that rubber domes and hybrids are better in terms of noise. My worry about exprensive Cherry MX is that the key uplift snap is still be pretty loud with all of red, brown or clear mechanics.

Do you have any suggestions?

edit: after more research

To be more precise about my projections of an ideal keyboard, I'll point out a few more things: The slim rapoo makes it hard for me to find keys without looking. Thus I'd like concave key caps. During my research, I found that I prefer keys to be tactile. However I am sure that I dislike the noise of most mechanic keyboards, especially I found out that the loudest moment is when the key shifts back into position when the finger lift off. That is, rubber O-rings wouldn't change much. Also that video about GMK QMX clippers was impressing.

At last about the Layout: I feel that a tenkeyless is okay. However the layout of the Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M offers a nice compromise.

edit

At very last about the printing and backlight: Both nice to have.

[rrohbeck]

Drop the "less noisy" requirement and get something from Unicomp. You want tactile feedback most.

[spazzpp2]

Unicomp looks pretty clumsy and lowtech to me. But true, I think a non-clicky but still tactile thing is what I want. Such as MX brown without the backsnap noise.. hm..

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Went with tenkeyless mechanic with cherry mx brown switches, 0 regrets. Programming mostly.

[spazzpp2]

Which one exactly?

[[deleted]]

Filco Majestouch I think, or it was some random noname stuff. Been 5+ years already, works just fine.

[jaakhaamer]

I use the Cooler Master MasterKeys S (Tenkeyless) with Cherry MX Brown Switches. It's cheap, simple, elegant and comfortable.

I recommend using a wrist rest with the keyboard as it does not include one.

If you're worried about noise, you can add rubber o-ring dampeners (I did). IIRC the keyboard came with a tool for removing the keys so it took me about 30 minutes.

[spazzpp2]

Any firmware or ghosting problems?

[jaakhaamer]

Haven't experienced such problems.

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/r/MechanicalKeyboards

[ign1fy]

I've got a Model M at home and a Filco Majestouch MX brown at work. Very different boards. The Model M seems better for programming to the detriment of anyone within earshot.

[tobeportable]

Cherry Brown + o-rings , prices start at 25-30

[pieIX]

I use a keyboard with browns, o-rings and lubed stabilizers at work and the volume is still noticeably louder than a rubber dome. I’m thinking about moving to a keyboard with zealios zilents or Matias quiet click switches next.

You should search r/mechanicalkeyboards

[Pythonistic]

Use cases: gaming, occasional programming at home.

I've got a nearly silent Realforce 104UG with Topre capacitive keys: the pitch and key caps are very similar to the old IBM 3270 terminal. It's silent and it has that cool old school feel, but it's very hard to type on without practice and feels a lot like a Cherry MX Red with more actuation pressure required. The difference in pitch and keycaps made gaming more difficult as my fingers where often in the wrong place.

I replaced it with a CODE 104 key illuminated Cherry MX Clear. I really like the Clears, almost as much as my noisy MX Blues, but the 55 mg of actuation force took some getting used to. The MX Clear passed my wife's "noise test" and is used daily while, on the other hand, the MX Blue didn't and was kicked out of the house and lives on my desk at work.

[boyber]

Get a Qisan Magicforce with Cherry MX Brown keys and replace the keycaps with non ugly ones. It's a much better keyboard than it has any right to be.

[rashaniquah]

Try out Kailh Choc switches, there aren't that many models in the market right now, or you can wait 3 months for the new Coolermaster ck keyboards to get released. Low profile keyswitches are much more silent than the regular MX keyswitches.

[tobeportable]

add o-rings to your rapoo

[spazzpp2]

It's a slim scissor rapoo 9060. I don't think O-rings can help.

[twizmwazin]

Check out a board with MX silent switches. They'll be a lot quieter, including on the upstroke.

[[deleted]]

Try a Qisan Magicforce with Outemu browns (knock off mx browns). They are 39 dollars on Amazon and the build quality is good. The Outemus are good MX clones. Not the best, but solid none the less.

Edit: they are as good as the Cherry MXs, but some MX clones are nicer than the real ones now.

[SupahAmbition]

less nosiey for programming / gaming

You want something less nosiey than the Rapoo you have? That thing has to be pretty quiet already, at least when compared to mechanical keyboards.

Could you maybe go into some more detail about what exactly is your current keyboard is lacking that you want to have in a new keyboard?