R65

First, most Feker "VIA-compatible" boards aren't actually QMK. They fake it out. The CIDOO ABM066 is another faker. And the Weikav Record. Epomaker has a few similarly emulated boards some of which are really awful. The Iqunix low profile boards are more fakes. What other VIA boards did you try? Sec

I'm a Linux user. Then you want a QMK keyboard. What size? 40%: Inland MK47 * ($35) 60%: Redragon K717 Alcor * ($33) CIDOO QK61 * ($60) Skyloong GK61 QMK/VIA * ($54) Royal Kludge RK61 QMK/VIA * ($40) Womier WK61 Pro * ($31) YMDK DK61 * (barebones, $88 wooden case, $38.50 bare PCB) KBDcraft Adam 60% * ($70 l

The RK R65 VIA is legit QMK but they have a bunch of variations so you may have to play magical-JSON-file until you get one that works. I have some of the more common ones here: https://github.com/ArgentStonecutter/keyboards/tree/main/royalkludge/rk_r65

Silent switches trump pretty much every other aspect of the build. I wouldn't worry too much about the acoustic qualities of the boards if you're going to put a real silent switch like that in them. Is that the QMK/VIA version of the RK R65? If so, go with that. If not, those boards both have horrib

The wired QMK/VIA versions of the RK61, RK R65, and RK R75 are good. I was unable to get the wireless RK R75 to connect to VIA and RK support was clearly confused so I returned it to Amazon rather than debug it further. I haven't tried the new RK R87. For the RK R61 the Redragon k717 is basically be

Geeze, $157 for a plastic 65%. Try one of these: Womier VK66 Pro * ($39) Royal Kludge RK R65 QMK/VIA * ($48 with coupon) XVX M67 Jadestone * ($47)

Disclaimer: I tend to avoid keyboards with screens because they're mostly just another thing to break. The K719 is one of the least bad legacy Redragon boards. The screen is sorta functional and you can set the screen's clock using the knob which makes it not purely useless, but I prefer tapping on

HK gaming GK61 HK Gaming is currently in violation of the court order that Skyloong (the actual manufacturer of the real GK61) has won against them. The "HK Gaming GK61" is a shoddy forgery. Do not get it. On top of which that one is optical. That's double red flags. Here are some actually good 60%

Linear switches (quiet) Side comment: linear switches are not quieter than tactile, almost all the noise from switches is the impact when the switch bottoms out and again when it rebounds and the return stroke tops out. If you avoid bottoming out, the return stroke will be most of the sound. The sou

None of those are "good". Royal Kludge has a few QMK boards that aren't running their awful old proprietary firmware. https://www.amazon.in/RK-ROYAL-KLUDGE-R75-Mechanical/dp/B0CWGR5KM9 https://www.amazon.in/RK-ROYAL-KLUDGE-R65-Mechanical/dp/B0CNP1WGD1 I have their new QMK RK61 and I've tried out the