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A comment on KDE Slimbook.

Re:KDE Slimbook by dotancohen on Thursday January 26, 2017 @03:59PM (#13495200)
Why does the KDE Slimbook have a Windows key? http://kde.slimbook.es/images/xheader.png.pagespeed.ic.WfFJL...

Could they not get a Tux or even the KDE Gear icon printed on the keyboard?

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Re:KDE Slimbook by dr_zoidberg on Thursday January 26, 2017 @05:05PM (#13495679)
Because they sell Slimbooks with either Linux or Windows: https://slimbook.es/caracteristicas
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Re:KDE Slimbook by throwaway91111 on Thursday January 26, 2017 @08:32PM (#13497031)
Why not make it something brand less? They allow customizations by language; it's not crazy to put thought into the keyboard at that point.
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Re:KDE Slimbook by Snowe on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:08AM (#13498612)
"Meta" would be a good name.
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Re:KDE Slimbook by majewsky on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:19AM (#13498657)
"Meta" usually refers to Alt on Linux systems with IBM-PC-derived keyboards. When I look at `xmodmap -pm` on my system, the Windows key is referred to as "Super".
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Re:KDE Slimbook by throwaway91111 on Friday January 27, 2017 @12:13PM (#13501027)
That's a rather arbitrary binding; some keyboards have a discrete meta key. No reason to use super if you're not targeting windows!
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Re:KDE Slimbook by zumu on Friday January 27, 2017 @12:43PM (#13501236)
Alt had already been used to replace meta by the time the windows key came about. Therefore they mapped the windows key to super.

You can blame Emacs users.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_key_(keyboard_button)

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