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It's a staggered, 60% split keyboard, with the spacebar replaced with an 8-key thumb cluster. The familiar layout minimized my learning curve and their custom layout software is decent.
I've been looking into replacing my router with something that can host a VPN that I can connect to on the go. I don't think the ER-X can fully utilize my broadband with L2TP/IPsec or OpenVPN so I'm looking for something that can run Wireguard.
Right now I'm eyeing a PC Engine APU2 [0] running OpenWRT. I think it's powerful enough to meet my needs and would also function as a pi-hole. This setup will require more setup than the ER-X but it also is more customizable.
My UniFi APs are upstairs and downstairs. Since my place isn't wired I am using some MoCA devices [1] over coax to get everything connected.
If your current setup is powerful enough to develop I'd build on it. (1) Get one large LCD. (2) Buy a laptop stand and use your laptop screen as your second monitor. (3) Buy a good keyboard and mouse. (4) Get a powerless USB hub for the mouse and keyboard so you only use one of your laptop's USB ports.
If you primarily use Ubuntu, consider wiping your Windows partition and reinstalling Ubuntu as your primary OS. When you need Windows just run it within a virtual machine.
I would only develop on the laptop. If you need to host get a dedicated server for that. You may want to buy a hosted server and let them deal with the maintenance and uptime. Hosting on your development machine will eventually cause you headaches.