I just built this Ergodone over the weekend to replace the JJ40 Planck that I use at work. I really needed the number / symbol row, since I still have trouble remembering where the symbols are even after using the Planck for two years.
I actually use the Colemak layout, but I leave the keycaps as qwerty, since admin level powershell only likes qwerty, and some of the remote servers I go into don’t retain my keyboard settings. Then I can just look down and see where the keys are.
Admin powershell only likes qwerty? Why don’t you adjust the firmware on the board to be Colemak rather than adjusting at the OS level so you avoid the trouble?
Either way, the board looks great!
I wasn’t able to do this with my JJ40 Planck, because it never seemed to work with any of the software I tried to flash it with. I was able to take this split board home yesterday and change the default layout to Colemak so now it works on any Qwerty computer. I changed the arrow keys and a few others around, and then swapped the keycaps around so that they show the Colemak layout. I must have flashed 7 different versions yesterday to try it out and slowly tweak it, and now I’ve settled on my favorite!