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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?



Because they sell Slimbooks with either Linux or Windows: https://slimbook.es/caracteristicas


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.


"Meta" would be a good name.


"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".


That's a rather arbitrary binding; some keyboards have a discrete meta key. No reason to use super if you're not targeting windows!


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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