Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
by NortySpock on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:01PM
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Nice, I can see the tilt angle is different.
I might need to try either getting the one you linked or perhaps 3D printing a stand to tilt my existing mouse out and experiment.
Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
by asciimov on Thursday September 23, 2021 @06:13PM
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I've got a love hate relationship with the ergo.
I love the tilt, and the improved build quality.
But I wish it had better battery life, was a size bigger, and had Linux drivers.
Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
by Izikiel43 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:08PM
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I would like it to have a better scroll like the fancy mx mouse with inertial scroll.
+1 to battery and usb c
Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
by rtkaratekid on Thursday September 23, 2021 @09:30PM
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Man I love it, and my battery lasts weeks! Sorry to hear yours doesn’t. And yeah, I wish it had Linux drivers. I thought I found some software somewhere that allowed this (I don’t really use Linux as a desktop, just terminals). Maybe I’ll try and find it and put a link here.
Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
by asciimov on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:51PM
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Yeah, mine lasts 4-6 weeks, but with the Logitech M570 trackball I was getting 6-12 months off of a single AA battery.
The M570 also has a red led that lights up when you need to replace the battery. The ergo doesn't have any such led, so the only sign that you need to recharge it is when it dies.
There are some "drivers" for it but I haven't had much luck with them. What I did find was someone had some scripts I was able to use to get things usable on a 4k monitor: https://gitlab.com/khaytsus/mxergo
Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
by thraxil on Friday September 24, 2021 @03:59AM
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I use the MX Ergo on Linux. Never had to install any drivers. Works perfectly.
Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
by asciimov on Friday September 24, 2021 @02:45PM
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My issue is that I use a scaled 4k monitor, and in order to get the mouse to move at a reasonable speed I had to put some xinput commands into my autostart script. It feels hacky, and just wish it had proper support.
Re:Using two keyboards at once for pain relief
by thraxil on Saturday September 25, 2021 @04:20AM
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I use two 4K monitors. Haven't really had an issue with movement speed. I can pretty easily send the pointer from one side all the way too the other with one flick of my thumb. I use sway/wayland though, so maybe it's different from X11 on that. I also mostly use the keyboard for desktop navigation, coding, etc. The mouse is almost entirely for clicking on things within a browser window and the occasional Steam game.
I got the ergo one[1] and my wrist pain went away, the key is that now I don't move my wrist anymore.
[1] https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/mx-ergo-wireles...