This is the only Windows thing left on my computer

@ColdWater that and probably the Microsoft root certificate stored in your motherboard's firmware

Also e.g. the lobbying around ACPI breaking suspend to ram sometimes. Funny little Bill Gates quote on that:
One thing I find myself wondering about is whether we shouldn’t try and make the “ACPI” extensions somehow Windows specific. It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work. Maybe there is no way to avoid this problem but it does bother me. Maybe we could define the APIs so that they work well with NT and not the others even if they are open. Or maybe we could patent something related to this.
- The antitrust war was in full effect when he said that. Gates is a good guy now, but he was a ruthless pos as head of MS.

I used to have this really awesome early 2000's transparent blue plastic keyboard with all the newest media keys. The only problem was that it had 4 windows keys on it! One on either side of the spacebar. The right side of the spacebar was Alt, Windows, Context menu, CTRL. That was a bit weird but it was alright. The next placements were crazy though. Someone figured there was space for more keys right below the Delete, End and Page Down keys but I guess they couldn't really figure out what would be best for there so they put a 3rd Windows key, a 2nd Context Menu and then a 4th Windows key right there. This was pretty close to the arrow keys and if anyone remembers gaming in the early 2000's, pressing the windows key accidentlly would often just crash your game completely. If you could get back into it, it could take quite a while for it to respond again. So if you were playing something like Warcraft 2 multiplayer, that button was a fucking nightmare.

Ugh, I loved the colour of that keyboard so much I put up with all those windows keys.

edit: I can't believe I found it! I've tried searching for this keyboard a few times, but finally found proof on this site!

Wow, that is pretty but also atrocious
Wow, Win98 logo and media buttons? Truely between eras.
I actually like the context key above the arrow keys, another method of effectively right-click is nice. Those Win keys are crazy though, that's the perfect place for extra function keys. Imagine having f13 & f14 that you can bind to anything without worry!
It reminds me of the Macally iKey
Do you know why the 3 key has an n? I have a hunch:
This is clearly a tactical keyboard for use in military, aviation or maritime navigation systems! /s
- Now I gotta know the tactical reason for the 2 key to also have the 2 symbol?
- Whoa, it's beautiful. I'd be still using it with some usb adapter.

I wish I could change the keycap of this key on every keyboard I own.

heres a sticker if your really dedicated
- "Cute little thing like that, yeah, I'll grab 20, one for each keyboard in the house, a few at work, a few left over for harmless pranks SEVENTY NINE DOLLARS clooose tab"
  I'm sure the quality is nice but I'm just gonna scribble Tux in with sharpie.
- Interesting website; I did not know New Hampshire has a secessionist movement.
Just put a lil bit o' tape over it. I'm actually insane and put tape over most of the logos around my house hahahah
- Well it's not like they paid you to display their logo. I think you're just fiscally responsible and more people should do that.
You can but unless they're easily swapped with a ready made key it's usually not worth the time effort and cost.
- Couldn't you just place a sticker on top? I know that you'll either not get the led light or it's gonna look a bit funny in the dark if part of the windows logo shines through if the sticker is not thick enough, but you can place a tiny tux sticker there!

For anyone interested, this is a tuxedo laptop

Why they use derpy Tux? or is it you choosing it I think they let you do that, but atleast it's not a Windows logo
- I've had this laptop for some years now and I don't remember why it has the ~~derpy~~ cute Tux, but I think it's the default one. https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Individual-Keyboards.tuxedo
This is so cute -

I'm petty enough to put stickers over mine.

If you want an alternative, lab label tape is a bit pricy but is super durable, comes in fun colors, doesn't leave residue, and sticks for practically forever.
- The "sticker" is actually an off-cut from a laptop skin from my other laptop (which also runs Linux, and also has a sticker over its Windows key :P), so it's held up pretty well
I respect this.
Yeah that's what I'm gonna do on mine
My keyboard came with both windows and Mac keycaps, so I put the mac one since it isn't a corporate logo. Plus the symbol signifies a culturally significant sight in my country.

GET THE SANDPAPER

Not worth the microplastic. Just put a sticker over it.
The logo is embedded on the keycap to let the light passthrough

And soon, new laptops will have a second forced stupid Microsoft key. The copilot key.

Not even joking.

They're on some "AI" laptop for a while now
- More things to ignore.... #sigh

Let's pray for the day that future generations will know that to be the Super key, but like the floppy disk icon for 'Save' they won't know why it is what it is.

I've noticed libreoffice has changed their save symbol. It's a grey rectangle (taller than it is wide) with a darker grey arrow pointing down.
- Download?
Save? It's done automatically now. In the cloud!

There are distro decals you can replace with :)

I hate that shit so much. I don't buy keyboards with the Windows key logo on it anymore.

Tips for coping:

Call it the Super key (actually the correct label I think)
Bind window management related hotkeys to it

So we have a new name for the copilot key now?
Since we already have super, maybe it can be the duper key?
It actually in a good spot for window management key, I bind mine to move window around on KDE

Why is there a Win-Lock option? I get Caps Lock and Fn-Lock but is there any other reason besides saving a finger for the all-important Win-Ctrl-Alt-Shift-L shortcut to open LinkedIn? /s

Its on gaming laptops so when you are playing, you dont accidentally open windows menu
- Oh, so it does the reverse of what I thought

Ooh the key that wrecked video games for decades!

I still don't get this I don't think I've ever accidentally pressed it while playing a game, and I am someone who constantly presses every wrong key while typing
- CTRL and ALT is used a lot in strategy games for example.

my kb came with mac keys too so i replaced win key with command, i hate it less

I recently bought my first mechanical keyboard, after having used my razer for 8 years, and i was looking into different keycaps, but i ended up having a hard time finding a good keycap set that is of good quality, and that i also liked in terms of colors, and has a super key or something like that. The keycaps that i ended up settling on didn't have a super key, so i just ended up putting the windows menu key on the super key, so that it atleast looks a bit more generic than the actual windows key. It's too bad they're hard to find, but i guess it makes sense since there is probably very little demand for it. Another idea is to maybe put a sticker on it or something.

You wouldn't think it would be that rare, I've found there's a huge overlap between keyboard nerds and linux users.
True, I've been looking through AliExpress for a good Linux based keycaps but didn't find anything, sticker is probably my only option
- If I was living alone, I would buy blank keycaps.

My Thinkpad has the Windows logo on the bottom bezel under the display, as well as this. Mostly doesn't bother me, but it does feel a bit wrong for a laptop that all traces of Windows have otherwise been erased from.

I sort of like that on my ThinkPad though. It reminds me of the defiance shown in liberating the laptop from its grim past life.

I have both the windows key for meta and the apple key for alt on my keyboard which balances eachother out I think

same…. and that stupid “copilot” button thing… (this is so useless)

i’m gonna turn it to a hotkey or something lol.

UPDATE: i turned the copilot button into a hotkey that opens gnome-characters which has emojis 💯

Yep, I have a Framework 16 that was ordered with no OS and yet it came with that key on the keyboard.

It seems that has since been updated to a Framework logo key, but I don't see them selling the key cap alone.

Super key? That’s not Window’s specfic, it’s just a logo.

Wow

Cast it into the fire!

Throw away that key and get another one with a pinguin instead ;)

If it that easy ;_;

Doesn't have to be

If I cared that much, I could have bought a blank keycap for an extra buck when I bought my keyboard and banished that thing forever. (I own a Unicomp New Model M 103-key, which only has one Windows key to begin with, and the manufacturer will happily sell you blank or custom-text keycaps. Unfortunately, while they do sell a set that includes Tux keycaps, they're sized for a 104-key.)

A bit of acetone will fix that.

Ah that one infinite bindings key.

could just replace it, no? Unless your keyboard is weird, the size of window key is pretty standard right?

Not as easy on a laptop, like this is. Usually a pain in the ass to replace laptop chicklet keyboard keys, if you can even find a replacement without a windows icon

I don't know what I do to keyboards when I use them for a really long time, but I have the exact same laptop frame and keyboard and most modifier keys are unrecognizable and half of the WASD keys are rarely used keys because I fucked up the keycaps while cleaning and I got other keys off the keyboard in place of them. So anyways, my Windows key is abused beyond recognition and you can't tell it was a Windows key.

Holy smoke, that's one well used laptop, I hope my laptop can last as long as yours
- 4 years and 3 months still going strong. I use the touchpad a ton too and that coating on it has come off too, but it's perfectly usable. It also surprisingly lasted two pretty bad falls with just 1-2 minor cracks that I had to open the laptop up so that i can super glue the cracks just to ensure the cracks won't spread from future vibrations.
  Visual condition is pretty unappealing, even a bit bad: the erased keycaps, the lifted coat off the touchpad and one visible crack, but it runs just as it did the day I got it
Why are you going right so much more than left
- I mean, if you think about it you tend to go right in 2d games, so I'm guessing he's a fan
- My bad, didn't explain it well in my initial comment
  I broke my A and S keys when cleaning: because the WASD keys on these keyboards are transparent, I could see all the hairs or dirt under them and once every 4 months let's say, I was pulling them off
  And one day they didn't wanna reliably clip back in place anymore
  So now I have Right Ctrl on A and Right FN on S to replace the keycaps
  So, they're basically newer keys in there, and also they are not transparent like A and S were
Loos kinda dope, ngl
- I might scratch mine now after seeing this. I prefer personalisation over most things honestly.
- As dope as human scars are I guess

I've put a GNU sticker over one, and a Tux sticker over another. I should see if there's a Debian spiral sticker I can get (or even custom keycaps) for future keyboards.

Hmm but it doesn't force ads down your throat so can you really say it is part of Windows?

That should be easy to replace.

And if not, maybe take the money you saved on a Windows licence and treat yourself to a better keyboard. It's worth spending a bit on your primary input device, the thing you use the most.

For anyone sadly stuck on Windows, please, please for fucks sake don't pay full price for a license. Go grab an OEM key from an authorized reseller for like $20.
There's some limitations on how many machines you can use it on simultaneously. That's it. Otherwise it's a full valid license at less than 1/4 of the price.
Even better, just use MASgrave and pay nothing. Yo ho ho.
- I used Masgrave before I migrated to Linux 2 years ago
Like what? I'm looking for a full keyboard (100%? With numpad) what are your suggestions?
- Buy a unicomp. https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/SFNT
  Shits built like a tank.
- A lot of diehards like Unicomp for the typing feel, and I was very tempted since I used an IBM Model M for ages. But honestly they're pretty ugly.
  Now I run an older fullsize GMMK with Kailh switches (bronze) and it's great. There are a zillion similar customizable KBs these days though.

Keyboard ?

I don't even have that. !modelm@lemmy.world users rise up!

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