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> I have swapped Caps Lock and Escape on my Linux personal laptop and I have grown used to it.

I'd also suggest "home row modifier keys" (or "home row mods").

The idea is to have the key behave the same when tapped, but differently if held. (e.g. https://github.com/evilC/TapHoldManager implements this for AHK)

With home row modifiers, Shift/Ctrl/Win/Alt are put underneath fdsa (and jkl;). -- This reduces the need to use pinky fingers for these keys, & the fingers get to remain on home row more.




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