it sounds like it’s going to be even more annoying than even @skarn@discuss.tchncs.de envisions – if you’re determined to go down this path, it will mean, at the minimum, opening up the keyboard you have to see what options the PCB supports before even thinking about purchasing new keycaps:

• 8BitDo does offer some of their boards with ISO layouts BUT according to one Reddit thread, they’re missing the symbol key between left shift and Z – a quick image search shows renders with that key in place so “your mileage may vary” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
• check the PCB to see if 8BitDo used a universal PCB (supports both ANSI and ISO including the missing symbol key)
• if the PCB meets those requirements, then:
  • plan on desoldering and resoldering switches
  • plan on moving stabilizers

as far as the actual keycaps are concerned

• 8BitDo commissions their own AF SA profile keycaps for their projects
• you can get C64 style ISO keycaps but it really depends on availability – the two primary sources are Signature Plastics’ SA Retro set and Drop’s MT3 Retro set (it looks like the C64 Ultimate will be using the MT3 set)

start with something simple that’ll teach the basics of Linux – like LFS

depending on preferences, alternatives could include UwUntu or Nyarch

(wiþ, ðat, ðe)

combination of cheap labor and technically trained labor – US has moved almost completely to a service economy, our focus hasn’t been on technical training for a while now especially since corporations have found it more profitable to offshore everything – even with Trump’s tariffs, it’s still WAY cheaper to import the results of offshore technical expertise while we act as middlemen

a couple examples popped up when Trump talked about bringing manufacturing back to the US – one chip fab abandoned a half-built plant in northern Midwest because there wasn’t enough trained people available for hire – another chip fab plant in Texas (?) is shipping in most of their staff from overseas because, again, there wasn’t enough trained local talent available