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She's growing up, and she's got a framework 13 laptop with fedora 40, which is great, but she's been using hand me down peripherals.

She'd love a decent mechanical KB as she likes the clicky clicky of the keys, but the last one I got her, a Lofree, basically bit the dust in no time.

She's SUPER into the aesthetics but doesn't want RGB led's, but DOES like a nice backlit keyboard.

When searching for it, amazon, best buy and the rest just pollute the results, so it's actually difficult to decide what to get her. Her birthday is coming up so this will be her main gift.

What have you all had good luck with that might be aesthetically pleasing, that the quality wasn't trash like Lofree.

EDIT: thank you for all your suggestions, I've sent her a bunch of links to look at and she's going through them now. I'll try to remember to post back what she picks.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I am a huge fan of Ducky keyboards, I am on my fourth keyboard from them

Ducky Shine 2 (black case, white keycaps, orange LEDs, MX Red Switches - Killed by dropping a 2L bottle of Fanta on it (don't do that).

Ducky Shine 4 (black case, black keycaps, red/blue LEDs, MX Brown switches) - Brought it to the office, used it for a few years, killed by water.

Duck One 2 Skyline - (dark grey case, dark grey, lighter grey and blue keycaps, no LEDs, MX Blue switches) - Still used at home, but now with the gorgeous Aloha KB Trailblazer keycap set.

Ducky One 2 Tuxedo - (black case, black white and red keycaps, no LEDs, MX Blue switches), spare board at home.

The One 3 has RGB and hotswap switches.

As for a mouse, I am a big fan of the Xtrfy M4/M42, it was my standard mouse, and still is brilliant. It has RGB, and the holes in it are great during summer, however I eecently moved to the Pulsar V3 xlite, which has much nicer design than the Cherry.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Another ducky fan!

I just got a ducky 3 and changed out to gateron smoothies.

So happy for the hot swap feature

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had never heard of these, thanks for sharing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are very welcome.

Be warned though, this stuff gets expensive...

But if you get a good quallity keyboard, it will last a long time, mitigating some of the cost.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Another question, she runs Fedora, do these have software that needs to run in windows?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The Pulsar doesn't need the software to work, once you have set the proper settings you want to change, the changes are saved to the mouse, and you don't need it.

The Xtrfy M4/M42 Wired/Wireless does not need any software, you make the changes by pressing different butron combinations.

[–] Reverendender 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What do you like about those two mouse models?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

After being burned by Logitech, I have trust issues with new hardware as I am worried that the manufacturer might include more than just the driver, so when I saw the videos about the Xtrfy M4/M42 on LTT's Short Circuit where they spoke about how it was a driverless mouse, I got the M4.

The Xtrfy M4 is excellent, it requires no software to configured, but you need to use the buttons in special combinations to configure the settings. The physical design of the shell looks a bit odd, it is perforated by holes all over, that gives the mouse three advantages, it removes material making it lighter, it improves airflow for the palm of my hand reducing sweaty palms when gaming during the summer months and improves grip so it is easier to hold securely, however the look of the mouse can be offputting for some persons, I'd suggest looking at pictures of the mouse to figure out if this is what the user wants.

Despite the holes it is very stable in its construction, the circuitboard is exposed through the holes, but is conformal coated to handle spills, the mouse will get dirty quick, the holes in the shell will collect dust and skin oils and be annoying to clean, the inside of the mouse will constantly be dirty, for me it isn't an issue but it looks terrible when looking closely at it.

The Pulsar is a more traditional mouse, still very light, with big holes on the botton with a smooth topshell that has a very slippery cloating.

This mouse is a very minimalistic mouse, you can select the profile out of the ones stored on the mouse with a button, but you can't change the settings of the profile directly on the mouse, you need Pulsar's software. The software however is not needed for general use after you have configured the settings you want, they are stored on the mouse and does not need the software to work.

As I hate software running in the background I first tried to set up the mouse using a Windows 10 VM in VirtualBox, and passing the mouse through to the VM, this worked great, and after verifying that the mouse worked fine without the software and that it didn't run in the background, I installed it on my main machine so that I can check the battery status easily.

If I could only have one mouse, I'd pick the M4, but the X3 xlite is growing on me...

[–] Reverendender 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

smooth

Conformal. Wow. I learned a new word today. Do the holes not invite lots of buildup of dust and gunk? Is it hard to clean?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The holes absolutely get dirty, as does the inside of the mouse, you can use a qtip or some paper towles to clean, it is time consuming, and you'll never get the inside clean