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.
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?
Yeah maybe. Could be trying to make it clear it’s not uploading to a cloud or something lol.
Or maybe it means “put it down” (as in record, not discard).
Save? It’s done automatically now. In the cloud!
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
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
There are distro decals you can replace with :)
@ColdWater that and probably the Microsoft root certificate stored in your motherboard’s firmware
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.
Why are you going right so much more than left
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
I mean, if you think about it you tend to go right in 2d games, so I’m guessing he’s a fan
I mean I usually either play car games using the controller (BeamNG mostly), or I play 2d stuff (Terraria, Stardew Valley), and rarely FPS games (CS2)
Loos kinda dope, ngl
I might scratch mine now after seeing this. I prefer personalisation over most things honestly.
You can possibly get real creative with developing different scratch styles. From intentional needle drawing to the plastic equivalent of stonewashing jeans.
Triangle.
K. I. S. S.
As dope as human scars are I guess
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
4 years? My laptop is from 2018 (with only the battery in a shitty condition), my mom had a laptop from ~2004 in 2021 (until I embarrassingly fried the motherboard when replacing the hdd). Electronics last forever if you don’t murder them.
The super key
the meta key
the “window manager goes brrrrr” key
ah yes. the $Mod key
$mainMod*yeah i renamed it and wasn’t sure what tge original was
The meta key is technically a separate button. The windows key is the super key.
Mine says ‘Code’ for some reason.
I typed your symptoms into the computer and it says you may have “internet connectivity problems”?
For anyone interested, this is a tuxedo laptop
This is so cute *-*
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
derpycute Tux, but I think it’s the default one. https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Individual-Keyboards.tuxedo
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
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
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.
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.
I respect this.
I wish I could change the keycap of this key on every keyboard I own.
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.
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.Since it was $79 I assume you just typed 20 in the quantity, but if you do the multiple quantity discount for 10 stickers it’s half as much. $2 per is still a bit on the expensive side, but it’s not nearly as bad lol.
Did you click the wrong discount? $79 is the price for 100.
Interesting website; I did not know New Hampshire has a secessionist movement.
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!
That’ll work, as long as you never touch it. Between skin oil and just the physical touching it wouldn’t last long.
One option is to pull the keycap off and paint over it. If you feel really crafty you can sand off the coating to make whole keycap translucent and use a stencil. Personally I don’t look my keyboard that much that it’d bother me and it’s made by microsoft anyways, their ergonomic keyboard is the best one I’ve used so far.
I hate that shit so much. I don’t buy keyboards with the Windows key logo on it anymore.
Ok now remove fast boot and TPM
Bootloader? Not sure my laptop support it
