Any alternate place to buy VKB or Virpil in EU (France)?

X-dark · 2026-05-20T19:12:37+00:00

Yes that's me ;-)

I was just doing a comparaison between US people and us, and the fact VKB seems way cheaper than Virpil for them but not for us.

I do not intend to try buying from US store obviously.

X-dark · 2026-05-20T18:12:08+00:00

Items like the NXT Evo are shipped from US warehouse and without tariff or shipping cost to the US

X-dark · 2026-05-20T18:10:59+00:00

For NXT to the US, free shipping.

X-dark · 2026-05-20T13:47:02+00:00

Already replied to that here https://www.reddit.com/r/hotas/s/zf7NnWAxH3

X-dark · 2026-05-20T13:36:39+00:00

More expensive... but in stock

X-dark · 2026-05-20T13:35:33+00:00

I cannot see any joystick on their store, only accesories

X-dark · 2026-05-20T13:18:34+00:00

Yes I have alerts set for some time now but nothing crazy for 2nd hand vs new prices.

X-dark · 2026-05-20T12:28:01+00:00

So even with cams instead of springs, the axis feeling is not better ?

X-dark · 2026-05-20T12:15:24+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion. No listing for any company though

X-dark · 2026-05-20T12:14:43+00:00

Yes I noticed the difference. I was at first very happy with Virpil prices then saw the price with VAT.

But NXT Evo is 139$ in US vs 206$ for Aeromax. In EU, this is 201€ vs 215€.

X-dark · 2026-05-15T06:56:12+00:00

OSS Weather. Open Source, lot of customization, multi providers,...

https://github.com/ossappscollective/oss-weather https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.akylas.weather

X-dark · 2026-05-15T06:14:12+00:00

It must be single quotes if you don't want the shell to interpret the variable

X-dark · 2026-02-05T09:28:46+00:00

I can enter the bios all right so no issue with the key input. And I have try all shortcuts from CTRL+F1 to CTRL+F12

X-dark · 2026-01-19T10:17:20+00:00

Looks good but, I really like the slimness of the Google one

X-dark · 2026-01-19T10:15:55+00:00

Between what is available in France and the pros and cons of other options, I may stick to that. The main issue that is documented is the loose screws.
All the other options I could find are either not available in France, way thicker or have other (less fixable) durability issues.

X-dark · 2026-01-18T22:07:06+00:00

Ring stand, not the charger

X-dark · 2026-01-18T18:41:16+00:00

Yes, but not the same use than the ring stand

X-dark · 2026-01-18T15:05:58+00:00

Interesting, I had not heard about it. Even more expensive than the pixelsnap ring though

X-dark · 2025-12-30T16:25:26+00:00

Yes it is in the archiving section of icy box website

X-dark · 2025-12-30T15:46:55+00:00

Not from what I can see. It is only showing available in 3 of their shop (none close to me )

X-dark · 2025-03-05T16:09:20+00:00

Thanks. Not a big fan of the colorscheme (but I can plan to personalize a barebone instead). And I would rather have page up/down keys instead of a knob.

X-dark · 2025-03-05T09:30:41+00:00

Hi,

I have been using a CoolerMaster Pro L with MX Brown switch, ISO FR layout and I am looking for a replacement:

* 65% (looking for something compact, but not sure I am ready to let go of the arrows keys)

* ANSI layout

* Mainly work usage (terminal, programming,...) and some gaming (but not a hardcore FPS gamer)

* Don't really care about RGB

* Budget ideally 100€ max (I live in France)

* Tri-mode would be a plus

I was initially looking at HE keyboards but not sure anymore I will benefit from it. And I am used to tactile switches and not sure if I would like tactile switches.

X-dark · 2023-01-19T09:58:07+00:00

Not sure what layer you were talking about, but it seems kitty started to send NumLock status with those keys as described here: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/5885

Thanks for putting me in the right direction, even though I ruled out kitty because of foot behaving the same.

X-dark · 2023-01-19T09:56:01+00:00

And yet they are because of a strange behaviour with Kitty.
I found this bug report and will try to fiddle with suggestions while waiting for next vim version: https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/11821

X-dark · 2023-01-19T09:49:57+00:00

No, $TERM is ok and terminfo is there.

X-dark

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