Is This Weird Keyboard Any Good? Niu Mini 40% Review

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  • @WolfgangsChannel
    @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety +28

    My 40% layout: pastebin.com/BTkAFb04 (you can upload it to QMK Configurator: config.qmk.fm/#/)
    Niu Mini 40% from KBDFans: kbdfans.com/products/niu-mini-40-diy-kit
    DSA Blank Keycaps from KPRepublic: www.aliexpress.com/item/32856011185.html
    Coiled miniUSB Cable: www.ebay.de/ulk/itm/152744334919

    • @_yuri
      @_yuri Před 4 lety

      i am thinking corne with aliaz silent

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 3 lety

      @@user-xe7dc2sz7o What the hell is CIS

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 3 lety

      @@user-xe7dc2sz7o Oh. Yeah, I'm Russian, actually.

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 3 lety

      @@user-xe7dc2sz7o Мне 25 и загоняться точно не стоит - в 19 я и англ. толком не знал. Слепое изучение языков которые тебе в жизни не пригодятся это точно не признак развития, разве что тебе просто нравится изучать языки. Мне конкретно они все в какой-то степени нужны, поэтому я их более-менее знаю. Английский всем более менее нужен, подтянуть его можно потребляя англоязычный контент, благо его в избытке.

    • @Nga_Babaye
      @Nga_Babaye Před 3 lety

      How many languages do you speak man? I tried mastering a 3rd, but I think I tried learning when I was too old.

  • @sfbshoccho
    @sfbshoccho Před 4 lety +436

    the most amazing part was your fluency in different languages WOW

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety +108

      A lot of takes and jumpcuts :D

    • @vitaliiboiko5565
      @vitaliiboiko5565 Před 4 lety +5

      в какой стране живеш что так получается поддерживать все языки?

    • @Neptune1991
      @Neptune1991 Před 4 lety +8

      @@WolfgangsChannel but damn your French was perfect !

    • @lemnisgroucatlinux847
      @lemnisgroucatlinux847 Před 4 lety +8

      @@Neptune1991 hmm not perfect but very good

    • @wilsonjholmes
      @wilsonjholmes Před 3 lety +18

      Biggest flex tbh

  • @user-xk1gg2dx7l
    @user-xk1gg2dx7l Před 4 lety +235

    Your russian is really fluent, i thought my brain was playing some kind of trick on me when you pulled that off

    • @h.b.5577
      @h.b.5577 Před 3 lety +1

      @@pedrogonzalez5590 Is he? I loosely recall him mentioning in one of his past videos that he lives in Germany.

    • @dameck9570
      @dameck9570 Před 3 lety +3

      @@h.b.5577 He does live in Germany

    • @dameck9570
      @dameck9570 Před 3 lety +1

      @@basketpourrie Well, I just saw that video too, but thank you for clarifying that in the thread :)

  • @chakotay9996
    @chakotay9996 Před 4 lety +113

    Im impressed with your language skills. Care to share how you learned them and what moitvated you?

    • @christbaumer
      @christbaumer Před 4 lety +37

      @Jakub Klimczak The right path to become a 30 year old boomer …

    • @ciarfah
      @ciarfah Před 4 lety +3

      Franz-Josef Christbaumer Time to go consoom loquat

    • @ivans3806
      @ivans3806 Před 4 lety +12

      Same here. German, Russian, French and English only in this video. Impressive! Voting for language related video on Wolfgang's channel.

    • @user-yh7zc9ke4s
      @user-yh7zc9ke4s Před 3 lety +11

      Lets see:
      russian - native
      english - everybody is learning it in school
      german - he lives in germany, so he had a lot of practice
      french - idk why he needs it but its much easier to learn the fourth language than the second

  • @int_i
    @int_i Před 4 lety +84

    Окей, за что ты так со мной, я чуть не умер когда ты заговорил на русском, причем почти без акцента, можешь не пугать так пожалуйста

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety +37

      Постараюсь

    • @termx260
      @termx260 Před 4 lety +6

      @@WolfgangsChannel ну это конечно даа... это круто!

    • @user-wr9ce4up8k
      @user-wr9ce4up8k Před 4 lety +2

      Сколько ты язык знаешь вообще?

    • @the_monarch2172
      @the_monarch2172 Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah what he said

    • @phimtown
      @phimtown Před 3 lety +2

      @@the_monarch2172 lmfao

  • @PseudoPseudoDionysius
    @PseudoPseudoDionysius Před 4 lety +23

    Wolfgang's subs are 60% more infatuated with him after this video.

  • @SaHaRaSquad
    @SaHaRaSquad Před 4 lety +9

    As someone who's been using a 40% ergonomic keyboard for about 9 months: it's amazing and I can't imagine going back to a full-size keyboard. The fact every single functionality you'd see e.g. on a normal laptop keyboard is available without moving the hands back and forth, and just as fast because you basically just use the thumbs for more than pressing a single oversized spacebar. Including stuff like the arrow keys which are directly under the fingertips at all times. But beware, I'm a hardcore Vim user and am comfortable with keyboard shortcuts, so YMMV.
    The tip about not using blank keycaps is good for beginners - I started out with a ~50% keyboard with basically the same layout and number row, and even though I didn't use the number row it still helped to see at a glance which number is hidden where. Nowadays I can enter everything without looking at keys, so over time you can probably go for blank keycaps as well if you insist.
    Also in my experience it's possible to use a 40% keyboard and still switch to a standard keyboard now and then. The first few times it's a bit strange but over time the brain learns to differentiate between the two. So I can still use a normal laptop keyboard, for example, but it feels much more cumbersome because all the keys are spread out farther.
    And I went for Aliaz 70g switches instead of the 60g, but I can confirm those are really damn quiet. Comparable to an average laptop keyboard as long as the case is quiet enough.

  • @MSK120
    @MSK120 Před 4 lety +22

    So when do you switch to 20% keyboard?

  • @freetobe3
    @freetobe3 Před 4 lety +117

    Jesus... that multilingual brain is freaking hot... *cries in 2.5 languages*

  • @SeboxFX
    @SeboxFX Před 4 lety +67

    You speak russian, french, german, english you must be german listening to your accent.
    Are all German so fluent in different languages ? Dang it !
    I'll probably stay with my TKL keyboard but still it'd be interesting to see if it actualy optimize my typing experience or not ..
    Good Video man, very informative thanks !

    • @erikkruger3409
      @erikkruger3409 Před 4 lety +26

      Definetly not nativ german speaking, but impressive anyway!
      Keep going Wolfgang!

    • @marioschroers7318
      @marioschroers7318 Před 4 lety +27

      @@erikkruger3409 He's a Russian German, so he is definitely a native speaker of both German and Russian, I assume.
      Edit: Well yes, his German carries some accent (never heard him speak German before actually). But who cares? He seems to be a really talented guy.

    • @RedFenceAnime
      @RedFenceAnime Před 4 lety +8

      A lot of people in Europe speak their native language a neighboring country's (or 2) language and English.

    • @SeboxFX
      @SeboxFX Před 4 lety +4

      I do only speak French and English and I don't know for others European country but French people definitly don't apply to your rule ahah, but yes still a very talented dude !

    • @thelanguagemonk
      @thelanguagemonk Před 4 lety

      @@SeboxFX Are you French?

  • @anthonyc417
    @anthonyc417 Před rokem

    Great video! It all makes far more sense and now I actually have the terminology I needed to search for items.

  • @lefacteurchance
    @lefacteurchance Před 4 lety +8

    very impressed that you've heard of bépo,considering only a tiny percentage of the francophones are aware of its existence

  • @ruchejok4946
    @ruchejok4946 Před 4 lety +17

    Ugh. Now I wish I could hear all the other linux-oriented youtubers speak Russian, because I was not, in any concievable way, prepared to hear you speak it, and got legit shocked.

  • @wojtuz4542
    @wojtuz4542 Před 4 lety +1

    Great product placement! Keep going that way

  • @marioschroers7318
    @marioschroers7318 Před 4 lety +2

    Cheers Wolfgang! The keyboard topic really has been haunting me recently. Currently, I have a Vortex Poker 3 RGB ISO-DE in use, but will swap it for a Poker Black ANSI-US.
    Indeed, I realized way too late that the ANSI layout is not only superior in terms of economics (better symmetry, much nicer Enter key), but it is in fact far more suitable for text input in virtually all languages that use Latin script when used in conjunction with a Compose key, similar to vim Digraph feature. I think I will map my Compose key to Right Alt / AltGr.
    That said, I guess ortholinear layouts and blank key caps are not for me though. I first need to improve accuracy of my touch typing, but then I wonder, won't blank key caps kinda undermine the purpose of RGB lighting?
    As for alternative layouts, I have been digging into that as well in terms of research, but I wouldn't want to have ZXCV and HJKL swapped for OS and vim keybindings, so any other alternative layout won't have any point.
    BTW, respect for your language skills. For some reason, I learned how to read Cyrillic script (sorta), but don't actually speak any Russian. I think I should change that.

  • @fargoflagrant7796
    @fargoflagrant7796 Před 4 lety +4

    Wolfgang is fluent in English: pretty impressive, he doesn't even have a very strong accent
    Wolfgang flexes his British accent: that sounds really natural, I guess he learned with a British teacher or spent some time in the UK or someting
    Wolfgang is fluent in French: okay, this boi has big brain
    Wolfgang is fluent in Russian: Wolfgang is a Russian spy android. He is was created with ancient technology uncovered from a mysterious meteor crater found deep in the Siberian steppe.

  • @UCFc1XDsWoHaZmXom2KVxvuA
    @UCFc1XDsWoHaZmXom2KVxvuA Před 4 lety +1

    Congrats for 30k subs!!

  • @MrChillDill
    @MrChillDill Před 4 lety +2

    Very cool seeing a switch type I've never heard of! Hearing you speak 4 different languages was crazy impressive too. Can you make a video talking about how you learned them so fluently?

  • @inside91
    @inside91 Před 4 lety

    You use Vim right? How can you not use page up/down or rather what do you use instead? Thanks!

  • @007Knightjp
    @007Knightjp Před 4 lety

    Kudos on the trackball as well. I myself like weird stuff. I am currently using the Bastron Glass keyboard and an Elecom HUGE with my Hackintosh. Are you left-handed?

  • @xXPK26realXx
    @xXPK26realXx Před 4 lety +4

    I personally use a Planck since half a year and I do not regret it. The biggest downside is (like Wolfgang said) mapping the umlauts properly on the smaller layout. But I got used to it quite fast.

  • @christianemek8036
    @christianemek8036 Před 4 lety +2

    Realy nice impression of your language skills. Thanks for that, i was very suprised listening to your German Accent.

  • @nicojar
    @nicojar Před 2 lety

    Ah, merci, tu as répondu à beaucoup de questions que je me posais sur le Planck :)
    And well done for your nails video!

  • @nicow8634
    @nicow8634 Před rokem +2

    No joke. Als du angafangen hast auf Deutsch zu reden, hast du meine gesammte Weltanschauung durcheinander gebracht und dann auf einmal noch fließendes Französisch und Russisch(das kann ich nicht einschätzen). Auch die Tatsache, dass du dir mehrere Layouts beigebracht hast ist wirklich beeindruckend. Ich wollte das nur mal loswerden. Bin selber interessiert am Lernen von möglichst vielen Dingen, aber das, was du machst, beweist Durchhaltevermögen des Todes

  • @aaronwelker3742
    @aaronwelker3742 Před 4 lety +3

    Nice to see that a 40% ortholinear can be used practically. I'm having a hard enough time on my 65% with FN + Shift + Esc for a ~. Also just getting into programming and not sure if I will need page up/down etc.

    • @cordestandoff2358
      @cordestandoff2358 Před rokem

      40% keyboard can support 2 or 3 "fn" key. So you can setting ~ like fn2 + esc. (Yeah, my english very bad, becose i from russia, хаха, лол :))

  • @elnahir
    @elnahir Před 2 lety

    Random comment, but are you still using the Logitech MX Ergo? Would you consider making a review on it? Stellar considerations and keyboard advise, btw!

  • @RonnyOlufsen
    @RonnyOlufsen Před 4 lety

    I am very impressed!.. both by your language skills and the keyboard!

  • @OnLyStrahl
    @OnLyStrahl Před 4 lety

    Hey, kannst du das mit den Umlauten genauer erklären?
    Also dein OS geht von einem US layout aus und du nutzt Umlaute mihilfe von ALT. Meinst du damit ALT-Codes, also z.B. ALT+132?
    Ich hatte es versucht mit ALT-Codes (z.B. 'send_altcode(228, record);'), jedoch hat das dann bei manchen Programmen eigenartige Seiteneffekte. Im Browser wird z.B. die Seite neu geladen.
    Kennst du dieses Problem, bzw hast du das irgendwie anders gelöst als ich?
    send_altcode(228, record);
    Ist einfach nur ein Macro, welches Alt drückt und die numberpad nummern tapped.

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety +1

      Ach ne, ich habe es einfach in Software eingestellt. In Windows kann man das mit AHK machen

    • @OnLyStrahl
      @OnLyStrahl Před 4 lety

      @@WolfgangsChannel Achsooo, okay, das ist natürlich auch eine Option. Vielen Dank für die schnelle Antwort :)

  • @TurboZarya
    @TurboZarya Před 4 lety

    So you mentioned that Cherry Browns are still a bit too loud? I have browns and I really like them but what would you recommend as a quieter alternative?

  • @hugomoran8777
    @hugomoran8777 Před 4 lety +21

    weird multilingual flex but ok

  • @paulantoni1934
    @paulantoni1934 Před 4 lety +3

    That sponsor transition made me think like wow some new competition for Linus
    Then I paused the video to read the split second message at 3:26

  • @isak1917
    @isak1917 Před 4 lety

    Ooh Super nice video! Personaly own a Planck and a NIU Mini and have been using them for Gaming,Code and everyday use for around 3months and i really like them! Ortho is the way to go!! Personaly have mine Built with Creams and TangierinesV2.

  • @prakash.vishwakarma
    @prakash.vishwakarma Před 4 lety

    What apps do you use on your mac?

  • @dmitrynikolaev5743
    @dmitrynikolaev5743 Před 4 lety +1

    2:45 Why not print your keyboard layout on a paper sheet and put it next to a monitor?

  • @Bee2beeh
    @Bee2beeh Před 4 lety +23

    7:58 Это было великолепно

  • @HeyNavi
    @HeyNavi Před 2 lety

    What microphone are you using? I like anything that’s small, which brought me here to the 40% layout niche

  • @jperfection
    @jperfection Před 4 lety

    Congrats for 30.9K subscribers :p

  • @dmitrynikolaev5743
    @dmitrynikolaev5743 Před 4 lety

    Hey, Wolfgang, how do you press Shift without any other buttons, Alt without other buttons, both Shifts at the same time? How do you press Ctrl-Alt-Delete?

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety

      What do you mean

    • @dmitrynikolaev5743
      @dmitrynikolaev5743 Před 4 lety

      @@WolfgangsChannel , for example, you need to press Alt to see menu in Firefox, which is hidden most of the time. Or both shifts together to leave guest operating system in Virtualbox or Vmware (or some other VM, I don't remember which one used that combination). What will you do?

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety

      @@dmitrynikolaev5743 Press a key a little bit longer

  • @mrprx4114
    @mrprx4114 Před 4 lety

    How did you manage to get all the non-english symbols on a layer? Did you go about it with character codes or something else?

  • @luckyvin400
    @luckyvin400 Před 3 lety

    Hey danke fur deine empfehlung mit Umlaute auf dem Tastatur. Ich habe nicht gedacht das ich eine 40% Tastatur benutzen konnte. Aber jetzt vielleicht versuche ich.

  • @hamburghammer2855
    @hamburghammer2855 Před 4 lety

    Epic Video
    THX for the advise with the German layout

  • @yadtahir9443
    @yadtahir9443 Před 4 lety +1

    Keep the good work; I love your channel :)

  • @hellNo116
    @hellNo116 Před 4 lety

    hey i would love to buy an ortholinear, but i would prefer to have the keyboard split in two, since i am a big dude and my hand are fairly apart and when i type sometime they feel to close for comfort.
    but real talk how do you manage without numbers?? i use them all the time and i need them to be readily accesible.
    finally that shift key and the brackets down there so you dont strain your pinky is freaking genious. i might try to play around in my keyboard with the now.

  • @Lilithe
    @Lilithe Před 2 lety

    I NEED those silent key switches. That seems so nice!

  • @lachlana7738
    @lachlana7738 Před 4 lety

    Any idea if the videos are available on any platforms like lbry?

  • @yaochen1188
    @yaochen1188 Před 4 lety

    your content on your Channel is awesome, thank you for inspiring us newbies to the tech world : )

  • @FranciscoMorales-qk4ux

    Hi, I saw that you have a Focusrite audio interface and I wanted to ask, did you have any problems using it with linux? I'm a musician and I also have a Focusrite so that's why I ask. Awesome video btw, cheers

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety

      I used to have zero problems with it, but lately I've been having this weird issue where PulseAudio would randomly change the sample rate, and all the audio would become low-pitched. Pretty weird.

    • @FranciscoMorales-qk4ux
      @FranciscoMorales-qk4ux Před 4 lety

      @@WolfgangsChannel That's really weird and problematic as the sudden change in the sample rate can bring aliasing issues, maybe there's an app interfering with the audio, anyway, thank you for taking the time to reply, you make awesome content.

  • @helidrones
    @helidrones Před 4 lety

    I really enjoy my good old full size Keytronic KT2000 E3602 from the 1992. It feels so real.

  • @ArcherNX1701
    @ArcherNX1701 Před 3 lety

    Great keyboard! I like the quiet keys too! Have you heard of a much smaller keyboard you can use with one hand? It was called Frogpad. They are out of biz now but I’m trying to find one.

  • @GhostRider5555555
    @GhostRider5555555 Před 4 lety +3

    С первого мною увиденного видео знал, что вы -- русскоговорящий. Просто у меня так же голос меняется, когда начинаю на английском говорить. Прямо чувствую напряжение в горле, когда слушаю вашу речь.

    • @alexanderdell2623
      @alexanderdell2623 Před 4 lety +2

      он вроде как немец,но русский у него действительно хороший

  • @loganbussell4855
    @loganbussell4855 Před 4 lety

    Been using Colemak on my Planck for about 2 years now and I'll never go back. Glad keyboards like these are getting more popular!

    • @rauljosegarcia
      @rauljosegarcia Před 3 lety

      I'm about to go ortholinear and I'm wondering about difficulties in going back and forth between ortho and regular. Thoughts after your time using ortho? Do you still use regular keyboards? How's the transition?

  • @kesmik
    @kesmik Před 4 lety

    I though that this weird looking B (can not find in german keyboard) is same as 'ss' in german. Can you replace it in every word?

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety

      Yes, it pretty much is the same. Until recently (1990-2000) ß had always been used in place of double-s, but then they introduced a reform and now it's only used in some cases (e.g. after a long vowel). People will still understand if you write daß instead of dass, but it's not technically correct anymore

  • @Pumpkin-Link
    @Pumpkin-Link Před 4 lety +1

    Inspired by your video I set up 1ms macros on my Anne Pro 2 so I could type the Portuguese characters çõãàê⪺ more easily using the Fn2 key, which I made to be right beside AltGr, this way I don't have to sacrifice the `~ key as a dead key as I use it a lot for programming. The more common chars áéíóú were already mapped to AltGr with just one key press on the "US Intl. with AltGr" layout on Linux. The good thing about Linux is that despite the ObinsKit limitations, I can input any char with macros just using the Ctrl+Alt+U unicode input mode (similar to the alt+numpad combo on windows), which is the case for ª and º

  • @colinbeckstrand2612
    @colinbeckstrand2612 Před 2 lety

    What is the keyboard at 5:15?

  • @ivans3806
    @ivans3806 Před 4 lety +1

    2:35 funny you tell this, I personally found blank keycaps forced me to memorize and internalize the keymap on muscle level memory (typing this on 3d printed handwired split dactyl manuform with Colemak layout).
    Edit: I'd suggest having a backup keyboard to enter your passwords would be helpful for first week or so - of course with laptop you have this built-in.

    • @blackpancake5612
      @blackpancake5612 Před 4 lety

      Same, I've never used legends. I'll first memorize the full layout from pen and paper fluently to make sure I don't introduce early bad habits and mistakes when I start rewiring my muscle memory.

  • @senseored
    @senseored Před 4 lety +1

    Two points:
    1. There's definitely an advantage (at least for me personally and the way I use the keyboard) to a 40% instead of a larger keyboard. Quick access to arrow keys, the number pad, macros and even controlling the mouse without ever leaving the home row by just pressing, holding or double pressing macro buttons is a HUGE DEAL.
    2. Blank keycaps are also better and less confusing for me, since the E button (for example) isn't just E for me, it is also 3, Next Track, F3 and # depending on which layer I am on.

  • @mitchelvalentino1569
    @mitchelvalentino1569 Před 4 lety +1

    I reallz enjoz zour kezboard videos! Being the layz American that I am, I’m reminded of the time I lived in Zurich and never bothered to learn the QWERTZ kezboard and instead just tzped everzthing from QWERTY muscle memorz. I hope zou do more kezboard videos in the future!

  • @FHangya
    @FHangya Před 3 lety

    dude. wow! Another polygloth! SO rare, awesome stuff ^^ Happy to hear you speak so well :)! (half-Russian here)

  • @ruchejok4946
    @ruchejok4946 Před 4 lety +2

    Actually if you don't have any video idea planned for the forseeable future, I belive it's safe to say most of us here would love to know what environment are you stuyding languages in - what's your workflow, how have you configured your linux (mac?) for it, what general tips and advices can you give on tackling languages in our digital age.

  • @olafschermann1592
    @olafschermann1592 Před rokem

    Awesome watching you speaking so many languages fluently.

  • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017

    Are all those keyboards at 1:30 yours? Beautiful collection if so.

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 3 lety

      I wish!

    • @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017
      @stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Před 3 lety

      @@WolfgangsChannel Lol! Oh well, we can dream. Those Canoe boards especially look cool to me. Btw, I watched your Niu review and it was excellent. I think I'm going to order this kit if they have any left.

  • @shanechitwood4623
    @shanechitwood4623 Před 4 lety

    Is it jarring switching from a different keyboard layout to a normal one constantly, like you're laptop?

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety

      Not really. It's like switching between a bike and a car.

  • @EdLrandom
    @EdLrandom Před 4 lety +5

    Congrats on a sponsor

  • @matt92hun
    @matt92hun Před 3 lety +2

    It looks like the perfect vim keyboard, if you are not really concerned with other languages.
    I regularly switch between several different keyboard layouts, so blank keycaps wouldn't be any less helpful than whatever static layout. A 40% keyboard just sounds a bit cumbersome when the language you're trying to type has more letters than you have keys on your keyboard.
    To French speakers I wholeheartedly recommend bépo, you don't have to break your fingers while typing and it includes Æ and Œ, which are missing from the default AZERTY layout for some reason. Azerty is the worst layout I've tried so far, it doesn't even support the language it was supposedly designed for. I use the term "designed" lightly here, because in my headcanon they just messed up the QUERTY layout before slapping on some French letters for the sole purpose of being different.

  • @NikolajLepka
    @NikolajLepka Před 4 lety +1

    The ergodox has staggered keys too, though
    They're just staggered vertically, rather than horizontally

  • @elmonte5lim
    @elmonte5lim Před 3 lety

    Impressive!
    How's your Polish?
    ;)

  • @GGShinobi77
    @GGShinobi77 Před 2 lety

    Ich bin nur hergekommen um zu hören wie Wolfgang in mehreren verschiedenen Sprachen spricht! :)

  • @loonie209
    @loonie209 Před 3 lety

    As a French person with a weird keyboard with blank keycaps who learnt to type on a Dvorak layout but then considered Colemak and is now using Workman, I don't fully agree that blanks is such a bad idea! It's somewhat easier to have the legends on the keys, but a piece of paper with the layout on it between your keyboard and your screen does the trick too. Especially if the goal is to learn to touch type!
    As for typing French, I made my own Workman keyboard layout with all the accented keys on the layer you get when pressing alt, including œ. I like it because Alt is in a comfortable spot on my keyboard and then I don't have to reach all the way to the number keys to type accents. But I guess it gets a lot more complicated when you regularly type German and Russian on top of that!

  • @MarkusBurrer
    @MarkusBurrer Před 3 lety

    I use the PUO layout (adnw.de). German letters are on a separate layer. I also highly use the layers 3 and 4 from the Neo2 layout. I only have one shift key on the left thumb and I use the thumbs for layer 3 and 4 and Ctrl

  • @awk_mark
    @awk_mark Před 4 lety

    Really considering buying one right now. Also how did you learn all these languages so fluently, damn.

  • @dmitrynikolaev5743
    @dmitrynikolaev5743 Před 4 lety

    How do you switch layouts? Why aren't you using something like "English International" which is mostly English layout, but has all those characters like ß and all others for any language using latin.

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety +1

      English International is mostly made for people who type English 99% of the time but occasionally need to type an accented letter here or there. I only need umlauts, ß, plus dead keys with acute, grave and circumflex accents. My modified layout makes it possible to access those letters quicker since I do type in German pretty often

  • @notusingmyrealnamegoogle6232

    The honesty and fairness on this channel is great

  • @alefsantos835
    @alefsantos835 Před 4 lety +16

    that linus segue way style

  • @WanSyazlina
    @WanSyazlina Před 3 lety

    Do you think i should get a niu mini or planck?

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 3 lety

      I'd say get whatever is available for cheaper. I haven't tried planck but they're similar to each other.

    • @WanSyazlina
      @WanSyazlina Před 3 lety

      @@WolfgangsChannel nice! I bought the cyan one already. Can't wait for it to arrive. Btw is it okay to put in 3 pin key switches? Or must it be 5 pin?

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 3 lety

      as far as i know, 5-pin is PCB mounted and 3-pin is plate-mounted. You want to order 3-pin switches if I remember correcltly, but if you got 5-pin ones that's fine too, you can just cut the extra pins off with angle cutters.

  • @Keyshooter
    @Keyshooter Před 4 lety

    yay for the 30K!! (I know is joke but please don't sell out to linus, you are like 300% times better), tbh, my mother language (spanish) is the only reason taking me away for this kind of keyboards, is really hard to find the ñ letter in the places i have seen, but this video gives me good ideas about the keyboards and actually it surprises me with the layout part

  • @2disbetter
    @2disbetter Před 3 lety

    Your mastery multiple language deserves a comment, and you know it. Very impressive.

  • @keyboard-slayer
    @keyboard-slayer Před 4 lety +4

    Wow, really good french pronunciation !
    But i had problem hearing the part when you said "En aucun cas"

  • @ablanchi
    @ablanchi Před 4 lety +5

    0:38 ...the angle of that keyboard dude... do they even use keyboards at linus tech tips?

    • @SaHaRaSquad
      @SaHaRaSquad Před 4 lety +1

      That's the best setup if you wanna kill your wrists, lol. It's like a baby putting a shoe on the hand because it doesn't know what to do with it.

    • @tehchonka5031
      @tehchonka5031 Před 3 lety

      @@SaHaRaSquad ironic because its having the opposite effect on an ergonomic keyboard

  • @D0rlisok
    @D0rlisok Před 9 měsíci

    hi, I wanted to know if anyone had a 2023 update?

  • @Slate245Ivanovo
    @Slate245Ivanovo Před 4 lety +1

    Seeing someone so easily switch between english, german, french and russian is just stunning. Чувак, я понимаю, что основной фокус твоих видео - это всякие технические штуки, но все равно. Ты крутой.
    Anyway, as someone who's steadily getting more and more keyboard videos suggested on youtube, I was wondering, is it a rabbit hole that's worth getting into? Those enthusiast-grade boards sure look great, but the price is putting me off significantly

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety +1

      Спасибо :)
      It's an expensive hobby alright, and your wallet isn't going to be happy. I try to keep my keyboard expenses to the very minimum and only buy a keyboard if my current one broke. In case of Vortex Cypher I just needed a second keyboard for work, so that's why I got Niu Mini. Now I use it at home too

  • @EdLrandom
    @EdLrandom Před 4 lety

    Hey make a video on a trackball mouse you have there. I'm getting one myself and I have not found that many videos about it. It's a lot better than a regular mouse in my opinion.

  • @elias2737
    @elias2737 Před 4 lety +2

    Where are you currently living? Germany?

  • @shadowcore94
    @shadowcore94 Před 4 lety +1

    Using both German and Russian on a 40% I just put the arrows on a layer and have Ö(Ö and Ä are swapped, so Ä is next to l)and Ü in the bottom right. I also swapped -_ with ß. For Russian you'll end up missing ъ, which is put on layer above ь - just like on your phone.
    There are DSA/XDA keycaps with proper printed legends, that visually support the layout. Sadly none are German + Russian, only either of those exist.
    Finally: The Planck is not using a plastic case, it's milled Alu. Personally I prefer the Planck, as it's lower in profile and is not angled. The newer versions are even hotswap and there is a low profile, aswell as a high profile case.

  • @Dan96XD
    @Dan96XD Před 4 lety +7

    Just went bonkers when you just started to switch languages non-stop. I barely know my second language. How the hell, dude???

  • @IchOdaNich
    @IchOdaNich Před 4 lety +1

    I 100% get the appeal of custom keyboards but other than the aesthetics I do not get 40% keyboards. I like full size Keyboards with extra macro-keys. i even thought about adding a secondary programmable keyboard for macros.
    Also pretty decent german.

    • @DavidLindes
      @DavidLindes Před 3 lety

      In a word: ergonomics. Less moving of your hands means less strain...
      I recently watched this video, which I thought had a pretty good explanation of the motivations: czcams.com/video/LgEkusmH-9k/video.html

  • @OnLyStrahl
    @OnLyStrahl Před 4 lety

    It looks cool and fancy. Would like to try it out.
    But i dont want to buy anything that doesnt have usb-c :/

  • @kaspersergej
    @kaspersergej Před 4 lety

    Wait what, you don't use a full size keyboard? What a blasphemy, someone call the inquisition right now! On a more serious note, great content and style, subbed and bell'd!

  • @jameshall5556
    @jameshall5556 Před 4 lety

    The thumbnail hits the nail on the head...

  • @slick99951
    @slick99951 Před 4 lety +4

    Hearing you swap to russian and talk so fluently was really creepy, i must applaud your skill, very, very impressive.

  • @73N5H1
    @73N5H1 Před 3 lety

    Also, if you set up your layers well, you're not sacrificing anything with a 40%. It's actually more efficient because you're bringing the keys to you. My 2nd layer has numbers on home row with 0 on thumb so you can type as fast as with a num pad, f keys are on top row and symbols are on bottom row. Much faster to access than a full sized keyboard. No sacrifices. Also, most used keys are on thumbs. Right thumb has spacebar, with enter and esc to the right of that, left thumb has backspace with del and tab to the left of that, holding space or backspace is how you shift and holding enter or delete is how you access the number, symbol, and f keys layer. By far, having shift on thumbs is the most useful change you can make, easy to capitalize a single letter or a string of letters with either thumb without having to having to do the shift dance that a normal keyboard layout makes you do

    • @73N5H1
      @73N5H1 Před 3 lety

      Oh, and right and left ctrl are where shifts normally are and right and left alt are where enter and caps lock normally are

  • @user-rg1jp2us4o
    @user-rg1jp2us4o Před 4 lety

    please please tell how you customise iterm 2.

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety +1

      I already replied to your comment stop spamming pls

    • @user-rg1jp2us4o
      @user-rg1jp2us4o Před 4 lety

      @@WolfgangsChannel Thank you chosen one.

    • @user-rg1jp2us4o
      @user-rg1jp2us4o Před 4 lety

      @@WolfgangsChannel I'm also sorry, youtube notifications are trash.

  • @zero422ful
    @zero422ful Před 4 lety +1

    You must be the only German ytber that does not sound German, great work love your videos.

    • @somnvm37
      @somnvm37 Před 2 lety

      though he sounds russian (maybe you don't hear this, but at least for us it's kinda obvious)

  • @rogafe_sec
    @rogafe_sec Před 3 lety +1

    Fuck, I am french and live near the German border you have a perfect German accents the french one is really good too. Cheer man dedication to language is good.

  • @FattyJesus
    @FattyJesus Před 4 lety

    Thank you for your advice, from an AZERTY guy! I've always wondered how would it work for me...

  • @dmitrynikolaev5743
    @dmitrynikolaev5743 Před 4 lety

    Ergodox is not ortholinear, it's staggered collumns (instead of staggered rows in ANSI/ISO keyboard). It's also called ergostagger. You should try something more ergonomic than ortholinear. Try Corjik, Jian or Corne. Or you can spend a whole bushel of money and get Manuform.

  • @nyarm1852
    @nyarm1852 Před 4 lety

    Je savais pas que tu parlais français. Si tu as le choix d'apprendre l'espagnole ou le Japonais, tu choisirais quoi?
    J'ai appris l'espagnole au Lycée mais, j'ai presque tous oublié et je veux apprendre un troisième langage. Le japonais est tentant, parce que comme tous les weebs, je voudrais bien regarder mes animé sans sous-titre.

  • @MarkusBurrer
    @MarkusBurrer Před 3 lety

    I use a dead key for ä, ö and ü. I can type all other letters like ë, ï or ḧ this way. There are other dead keys e.g. for french and other languages

  • @alexanderdell2623
    @alexanderdell2623 Před 4 lety +2

    7:58 how long have you been learning russian?Very cool level i mean, almost no accent

    • @WolfgangsChannel
      @WolfgangsChannel  Před 4 lety +8

      Заставляет задуматься неправда ли

    • @gregorybai363
      @gregorybai363 Před 4 lety +3

      @@WolfgangsChannel Make sure to make a video about your linguistics journey, it is extremely impressive... All those big "multi-lingual" youtube channel won't stand a chance!
      Also, check out the channel: czcams.com/video/94oXHrPudPk/video.html

    • @bBbKce
      @bBbKce Před 4 lety

      @@gregorybai363 you mean boomer luke's latin doesn't stand a chance, walk on home boy!

  • @cbtplus6133
    @cbtplus6133 Před 4 lety

    Would disagree about RSI. Heard somewhere that biggest issue is the "tilt", that your hands take when typing. So using stand is a no-no, and, naturally, high mechanical keyboards are much worse than low-profile. From personal experience this is true, but maybe its a question of getting used to, as I type only on low-profile keyboards, and thin notebooks

    • @ivanf.8489
      @ivanf.8489 Před 4 lety +1

      Yah, but I also heard (my doctor told me) that when typing you shouldn't rest your wrists, you have to "levitate" them in a way that your hand and your arm makes a straight line, not an angle. You can only rest your wrists on the table when you are not typing.
      So I think if you do that the profile of the keyboard doesn't matter that much.

  • @WaaveLvl0
    @WaaveLvl0 Před 4 lety +3

    "Cherry MX Browns are too loud, my coworkers used to give me looks"
    *Laughs in Outemu Blues*
    ...everyone hates me

    • @SimGunther
      @SimGunther Před 3 lety

      Beamspring solenoid mode ACTIVATE!