I looked up a possibilities first - it really seems there is just a couple of such things in the marked now, I was really surprised. One can find lots of gamer-dedicated mice, keyboards, special additional keyboards etc. But, there are just a few ergonomic keyboards meant for work. And - they are awfully expensive. My dream keyboard would be one of the Kinesis products e.g. this one:
But, the price - $300? WTF? Just for the simpler version...
So, surprisingly, I ended up with a Microsoft's keyboard - Natural Ergonomic 4000.
I have to say it is pretty nice, the price is OK as well (under 50Eur). I took the cable version over the wireless - batteries pisses me off and I work usually by the desk. The lining under wrists is a soft cushion, the special keys are working flawlessly under Linux - the Favorites, Home, Search, Back, Forward, Play, Volume controls. Really comfy, the angle the 2 pieces are set could be regulated though. I don't think I can manage to make the 'Zoom' switch to work, since xav doesn't show any keyboard input on them. Pity.
There are some flaws though - one is that the spacebar work not smoothly when pressed on the left/right edge (and it is meant to be used like this). The printings on the keys is not precise (like the paint got smudged). Overall - I like it, the paint I don't care since I do not look at the keyboard while typing, the spacebar seems to get working better with time. Now I have to try to use this pod in front edge of the keyboard - seems like a bit of revolution to the overall posture, but it would require sitting higher a bit (or have lower desk). I'll try.
The great thing I love is that the 'Microsoft' key is big and it is my mod key in Xmonad :)
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