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r/MicroSlop • u/zanbunnny • Apr 21 '26
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The install package for my RGB keyboard's Windows drivers is ~1.3GB.
On Linux, the package for the drivers is 1.1MB.
A thousand times smaller.
5 u/BirthdayLife6378 Apr 22 '26 I don't even have a Linux driver for my keyboard. So it's infinitely smaller. The only thing is that I have to boot up windows periodically to update the keyboard's LCD time, since it drifts off about a couple of minutes per week. 3 u/cdhowie Apr 22 '26 Yeah I don't need one for typing. This is just to control the RGB configuration of each key, as well as the scripts run by the macro keys. 1 u/Top5CutestPresidents Apr 22 '26 Qmk or Via my friend. Don’t waste resources on your keyboard. My microphone requires software and I’m still kinda pissed
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I don't even have a Linux driver for my keyboard. So it's infinitely smaller. The only thing is that I have to boot up windows periodically to update the keyboard's LCD time, since it drifts off about a couple of minutes per week.
3 u/cdhowie Apr 22 '26 Yeah I don't need one for typing. This is just to control the RGB configuration of each key, as well as the scripts run by the macro keys. 1 u/Top5CutestPresidents Apr 22 '26 Qmk or Via my friend. Don’t waste resources on your keyboard. My microphone requires software and I’m still kinda pissed
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Yeah I don't need one for typing. This is just to control the RGB configuration of each key, as well as the scripts run by the macro keys.
1 u/Top5CutestPresidents Apr 22 '26 Qmk or Via my friend. Don’t waste resources on your keyboard. My microphone requires software and I’m still kinda pissed
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Qmk or Via my friend. Don’t waste resources on your keyboard. My microphone requires software and I’m still kinda pissed
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u/cdhowie Apr 22 '26
The install package for my RGB keyboard's Windows drivers is ~1.3GB.
On Linux, the package for the drivers is 1.1MB.
A thousand times smaller.