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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Ooh the key that wrecked video games for decades!

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[–] pewpew@feddit.it 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ok now remove fast boot and TPM

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Bootloader? Not sure my laptop support it

[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

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

[–] clumsyfeline@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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

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[–] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago

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.

[–] Unlix86@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 days ago

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

[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

True, I've been looking through AliExpress for a good Linux based keycaps but didn't find anything, sticker is probably my only option

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

If I was living alone, I would buy blank keycaps.

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[–] mx_smith@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

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

[–] Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Cast it into the fire!

[–] nyan@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

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.)

[–] zingo@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

If it that easy ;_;

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Doesn't have to be

[–] VintageGenious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago

For me its just the window key, with a window on it for the window manager

[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

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

[–] redparadise@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Acetone should do the trick

[–] trslim@pawb.social 1 points 3 days ago

Windows G Enable

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago
[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 0 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Cris16228@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Like what? I'm looking for a full keyboard (100%? With numpad) what are your suggestions?

[–] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Buy a unicomp. https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/SFNT

Shits built like a tank.

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