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Why? It's much, much more comfortable once you get used to it.



doubtful. the command key does not need to exist. every other operating system gets along fine without it. apple is not even consistent either. as soon as you open up their terminal, you’re stuck in this bizarre land where you have to ctrl+c and cmd+c for different tasks. linux splits paste into either a mouse click or shift+insert to avoid all this.


> you’re stuck in this bizarre land where you have to ctrl+c and cmd+c for different tasks

Which I find quite reasonable, personally. If I want to copy text, it's Command-C everywhere in the system, even in the terminal–no Command-Shift-C or similar "hack". If I want to send a SIGINT to a program it's Control-C, as it should be.


On the contrary, other operating systems simply call it other names, such as "Windows" or "Super". It's all the one key to the USB HID protocol.




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