Comments on: Ubuntu without “win key”

By: New Desktop Experience « JFXStudio: sketch, hack, share

New Desktop Experience « JFXStudio: sketch, hack, share — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:53:48 +0000

[...] up if you press the ALT key. In a real window manager like gnome or kde this would be done with the ubuntu key. I called it unified because you can switch the applications on mouse over (normally triggered via [...]

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A KISS Desktop UI Implemented in JavaFX « Find Time for the Karussell — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:50:26 +0000

[...] the unified taskbar in the center of the screen. OMG, what? Yes, this bar is only displayed on e.g. ubuntu key (at the moment this is implemented with the ALT key instead). I guess, this is the point where UI [...]

By: Laura Perdue

Laura Perdue — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:00:53 +0000

Very Clever, Thanks for the instructions-

By: Andre Noel

Andre Noel — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:03:42 +0000

Jeremy,

This method allows you to label the key the way you want. If I label it with ubuntu logo, I can also bind it to the main menu. I suggest the customization on the post. You do what (and if) you want to.

By: Cyrus Jones

Cyrus Jones — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:02:17 +0000

The Super key (aka the “Win” key) is very useful for Compiz Fusion shortcuts.

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paul cutler’s blog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-11-28 — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:20:32 +0000

[...] Andre Noel » Blog Archive » Ubuntu without “win key” Replace your keyboard’s Windows key with your own design. Detailed directions on how to remove the Windows logo and apply your own (tags: linux howto hardware) Bookmark to: [...]

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 22:04:27 +0000

I highly disagree with decorating the Windows key like this, because as Petrosyan pointed out, it doesn’t bind to anything useful by default.

It is a very intuitively labelled key for Windows systems — i.e., the glyph on the key matches the glyph on the menu that it triggers. However, on Ubuntu, pressing the “Ubuntu key” doesn’t do anything at all. Not intuitive at all — I do not think the key deserves such an outstanding label. It should simply have a text label of “Meta” or “Super” or something like that.

By: Petrosyan

Petrosyan — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:51:16 +0000

Too bad neither Gnome nor Ubuntu bind the “Win” key. Wouldn’t it make sense to bind it to the “Main Menu” by default?