Stream Deck can indeed be nice, but it entirely depends on the environment on what you make of it. With windows the official software is very well-equipped with

Stream Deck can indeed be nice, but it entirely depends on the environment on what you make of it. With windows the official software is very well-equipped with all kind of integrations and plugins, making good use of the abilities. Under linux, not so much, you are mostly on your own with quirky tools. That said, if you can't make good use of the display anyway, then you can also just take a normal keyboard or numpad and remap the keys. There is some software around for this, or just write your own hacky script. Repurposing old hardware is such an overlooked solution.