Hej hej,
I’m on the lookout for a new keyboard and mouse for my gaming and development sessions on Linux. Was therefore wondering if people here have some experience in this field in terms of recommendations. Personally quite tied to quiet keyboards, i like low-profiles but its not a must. Mainly looking for something that is well supported on Linux and keyboard. Or if anyone has any other nice to have peripherals they want to recommend then I’m all ears!
My keyboard requirements;
- Must support Nordic ISO layout
- Must be linear switches or at least quiet keys.
- Must be 100% or 96% in size
Any tips or recommendations are welcome <3
To be honest, I’ve never used or heard of a keyboard or mouse that doesn’t work with Linux. The space is pretty well standardized so generic drivers work for everything. I don’t have experience with keyboard layouts that aren’t English QWERTY, though. The safest option would be something basic from a major brand, extra stuff like RGB is not 100% guaranteed to work.
If the brand is large enough, it’s probably already supported by OpenRGB or purpose-made alternative for that brand (OpenRazer, for example). That said, in a lot of cases only rgb changes are supported, and things like rebinding keys/macros is not. Layout doesn’t matter, your keyboard doesn’t control that
We use QWERTY here too, but we have more letters in our alphabets which makes the keyboards slightly different.
You can reprogram individual keys if you need to in Linux, so even if your preferred layout doesn’t exist, you can get what you want working.
I personally use Dvorak, and it hasn’t really been an issue. That’s pretty mainstream though, so YMMV.
Regardless, I’ve never even considered Linux support for a keyboard. Some parts may not work, like maybe RGB or macro software, but if you don’t need that, the basic keyboard should be absolutely fine and you can tune from there with standard Linux layout tweak tools. If your keyboard supports QMK, I think that works on Linux so you can go wild with that if you like.
Logitech MX Master 3 doesn’t work well in Bluetooth mode, at least for me it’s unusable. MX Master 2S works great on the same computer. But neither of them supports remapping the extra keys, so I’d say neither of them works 100%.
I have an MX3 and you can map not just keys but per-application macro actions using
solaarI also use MX master 3 via Bluetooth without any problems.