Ah, that key. Keyboard. This was really scary. It did not mean as in cryptographic key, I was thinking my secure UEFI was getting more complicated now that I managed to run the stupid ‘mok’ command in the universalblue Fedora installation just last week…
The important question this raises is:
After replacing the Windows logo key cap with a penguin or distro logo, what symbol do you put on the new key?
Double wield those penguins, babyyy!!!
They should return it. Whoever lost that key could still be looking for it.
It’s innocent enough but this headline somehow just reads like it’s from the onion.
“Microsoft paid manufacturers to add another stupid key to laptops? Huh, okay then. Stupid key is now in linux. Map it up however you like yall.”
Linux users when they see the Copilot key:
emacs enjoyers:
Not the glorious return of the Hyper key I expected, but I’ll take it.
Imagine we made this into the privacy key that, by default, launches your distro’s privacy settings.
How’s that for subverting MS’s intent?
it’s not really an “extra” key… but it is mapped differently (lsh+win+f23 or sumsuch) than one it might be ‘replacing’.
in us-ansi layout the right-side ctrl, a second winlogo or context menu key… could all be gone leaving only right alt and new copilot key between space and arrows.
F keys go up to 23?? I’m missing out on so many functions!!!
There are 24 function keys on the IBM 122 key layout.
If I understand secondary function correctly, that’s essentially what the FN key does on keyboards it switches it from F1 through 12 to 13 through 23, but they generally use the buttons to control system settings such as your brightness or audio. The FN lock just switched the polarity so it defaults to 13 through 23 instead of 1 through 12
Fun fact: Tools like caffeine use these higher F-keys to bypass locking your desktop due to inactivity.
Less fun fact: Some terminal windows will happily process and display such high F-keys as input, leaving you with a screen full of garbage when you return.
