mr_MADAFAKA to Linux · 11 months agoMicrosoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this monthwww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down135
arrow-up1298arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft says a Copilot key is coming to keyboards on Windows PCs starting this monthwww.cnbc.commr_MADAFAKA to Linux · 11 months agomessage-square216fedilink
minus-squareconst_voidlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 months ago Gonna have to shell out a small fortune for a custom build or make do with that dumb new key. I don’t think this is true. Just buy a laptop from a company that ships it with Linux. No Windows, no Windows keys. It doesn’t have to be ‘custom’.
minus-squareKeith@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoThe post mentioned this, and argues that a super a key is basically just a windows key
minus-squarePixxlMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoSo what key are they gonna put there when all cheap generic Chinese keyboard makers start including this button on all their variants of keyboards?
minus-squareHexarei@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThe context menu or right-ctrl key, probably
I don’t think this is true. Just buy a laptop from a company that ships it with Linux. No Windows, no Windows keys. It doesn’t have to be ‘custom’.
The post mentioned this, and argues that a super a key is basically just a windows key
So what key are they gonna put there when all cheap generic Chinese keyboard makers start including this button on all their variants of keyboards?
The context menu or right-ctrl key, probably