Bazecor VS Pinky4

Sadly I agree. Splits are great. I am eagerly awaiting my ortholinear split keyboard from https://dygma.com/ - no affiliation other than being a customer of their first keyboard, the raise and having the defy on order.

Maybe it's just me, but I think the proliferation of mechanical keyboards brings people closer to the fringe where custom keyboards, layouts, parts and pcbs are the norm for the pursuit of perfection.

Windows | Mac Arm | Mac Intel | Linux

The software is open-source and you can fork it if you want. Here's the link to our Github: https://github.com/Dygmalab/Bazecor 😊

I have tried passing the disable shm flag without any luck (disable-dev-shm-usage). The repo is https://github.com/Dygmalab/Bazecor/tree/blacksmith

Dygma Raise or Defy.

Bazecor 1.1.2 Firmware v1.0.9beta

This bug is still not fixed after 2 years and it's very disappointing. I use OSL for almost all layers except for macro layer, which I use Shift to Layer.

Found this https://github.com/Dygmalab/Bazecor/issues/90 where someone figured out F20 is triggering XF86AudioMidMute in Linux. So, this may not need any custom QMK firmware at all, and could be as easy as assigning F20 to some key with VIA and see if that does what you need. F20 is available in the VIA Configure (keyboard icon) Tab under Special down on the lower left side.

found it: https://github.com/tamanishi/Pinky4 looks like my next build 😄

I've already used a multimeter to verify that the TRRS cable is connecting the correct pins across both boards on the TRRS connector, and even verified that they're connecting the correct pins on each pro micro controller (e.g. GND to GND, VCC to VCC, Data to Data) according to the PCB layout (https://github.com/tamanishi/Pinky4/tree/master/pcb)

In my experience it does become harder to type on staggered keyboards unless you're continuing to do it regularly. You may need to relearn to do that. Same deal with continuing QWERTY usage.

VIA is proprietary and not really an official QMK thing (QMK is free software). There is also Vial[0] which is free software if you want a GUI, and the QMK configurator[1] web app (but this lacks some features like enabling mouse keys or NKRO).

Lastly I want to add that Workman[2] may be preferable to Colemak Mod-DH. Rather than an attempt to fix major issues in Colemak like Mod-DH, it's a whole new layout that avoided the issues from the start. I have also heard from some that it had ortholinear and columnar stagger boards in mind with its design.

I type on a Pinky4[3] keyboard that I assembled from a kit. More keys than your keyboard, but a similar idea. I was coming from a 60% and wanted a similar amount of keys. I've been quite happy with it.

[0] https://get.vial.today/

[1] https://config.qmk.fm/#/

[2] https://workmanlayout.org/

[3] https://github.com/tamanishi/Pinky4

and this one may not fit your requirements since it doesn't have the full bottom row, but a personal favorite, pinky4

I'm currently evaluating which keyboard to build. There are currently 2 main contenders: zodiark and pinky4 The sofle I also took into consideration but I would like to have a few more keys than 58. There are some pros and cons for both boards

you might want to take a look at PCB designs such as the Pinky4: https://github.com/tamanishi/Pinky4 (or Pinky3)