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Re:I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanica... by LeifCarrotson on Thursday August 18, 2022 @12:05PM (#32511473)
Down in tech specs it says the switches are Kailh Chocolate Low Profile Reds, which are a reasonably common linear switch.

Also, OP, you've got a typo in those same specs: OS support is listed as "Apple MacOS 12 (Monteray) and up". That should be Monterey with an E.

I'm a bit curious why the keyboard requires MacOS 12 or Windows 10, and doesn't list Linux support...it's an HID device. Just about anything will work, right? I assume it's configured out of the box with CONFIG_ZMK_HID_CONSUMER_REPORT_USAGES_FULL, and not _BASIC, to get the RGB and encoder to work...but again, this is a keyboard. Why wouldn't it work?

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Re:I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanica... by ebastler on Thursday August 18, 2022 @06:12PM (#32515497)
I think that's mostly a "I tested it with these OS so I can guarantee it works" thing - ZMK should work with pretty much anything out there as long as it can do HID over Bluetooth.
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Re:I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanica... by bashinator on Thursday August 18, 2022 @12:23PM (#32511670)
There's likely a toggle switch to configure command/option vs. window/alt - I've seen that on other high-end keyboards. With linux you can use either depending on how you like to keybind.
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Re:I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanica... by Bud on Thursday August 18, 2022 @01:26PM (#32512474)
As long as we're being picky, it's also "macOS", no capital M, and not "MacOS".
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Re:I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanica... by gus_massa on Thursday August 18, 2022 @12:19PM (#32511634)
A few years ago here in Argentina, the "free" keyboard with your desktop computer was usually a Spanish-LatinoAmerica 101-keyboard. You have the "Ñ" key, but the "><" key was missing. One solution was to install a special unofficial device driver downloaded from a page I can't find now. Perhaps this keyboard need some special configuration.
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Re:I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanica... by smrtinsert on Thursday August 18, 2022 @02:12PM (#32513016)
Same question, the command iconography is a turn off. I'm a mixed owner and prefer peripherals that flawlessly work on both.
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