Post B8RfUlWhaVQDrRmMSG by tknarr@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #B8RcpTtO2wNxO9Zm2C by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       does anyone actually use the start button key on the keyboard?
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RcxhUtLbpBts2Pey by north@xn--8r9a.com
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       @ariadne very often
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Rd7GHbNuXoONNfm4 by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @luana windows key
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RdAzdvC4ebwUbG8O by valk@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ariadne yes, frequently. habit from normally running macos, i bind it to open app search on linux
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RdEWDEYcQrp8nXRQ by deutrino@mstdn.io
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       @ariadne all the time, my daily driver runs Cinnamon and I use it to bring up the start menu (which has type-to-search focused) and one other DE I interact with works a similar way
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RdGyzMXTFLeQU7Yu by FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange
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       @ariadne Like the "windows/⌘" key?  I did when I had a kb with one.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RdjjVDCBYY1F5ibo by reedmideke@mastodon.social
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       @ariadne On windows, I frequently use win+v (clipboard history) and win+. (emoji picker)
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Rdy3gawyIOfhFLdY by JamesWidman@mastodon.social
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       @ariadne i used to use it, when i ran windows 7 (when windows search was reasonably good) and on windows 8, but with some add-on software that restored that functionality (after windows 8 (or 10?) removed it)
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Re67AHtpXnmHybhI by firefly@frogs.lgbt
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       @ariadne does mod4 as WM shortcut prefix count in this context, or do you mean in Windows?
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RePmfdo3vs0X1MJ6 by faoluin@chitter.xyz
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       @ariadne Opening the system menu and locking the screen, primarily.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RespDvOSsuK6u9eC by mikemol@pony.social
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       @ariadne I do! Works fine under KDE.And back when I used AwesomeWM, it was the key you'd chord for the WM-management functions.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RfUlWhaVQDrRmMSG by tknarr@mstdn.social
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       @ariadne Remapped to other functions, yes. I wish they had the Menu key on both sides too, then I could have another pair of modifier keys, but no, they had to include just the right-side one.My current model also has 4 extra function keys above the keypad, but the replacement puts the LEDs there instead.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Rg59Hoj5zVyaAKSu by hugoarnal@mastodon.social
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       @ariadne yep, pretty much every day. On GNOME, it brings up the search bar which is really useful
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RhXqyny8SvYEWYdc by sertonix@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ariadne My key super key has lost some of it's paint cause all my sway keybinds use it 😅
       
 (DIR) Post #B8Rjn48pW3sEciaw2y by jpm@aus.social
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       @ariadne yes. Win+L every time I stand up in front of my computer. It was pounded into us when I worked in an Actually Secure Network
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RpY3s8pm9zAb190K by plausocks@social.treehouse.systems
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       @ariadne i use it for the applications menu on mint
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RwORw9CtUiaXFsGm by Syn32@mastodon.social
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       @ariadne yeah, a lot. Gnome's defaults basically hardwired the key in my head as the 'window management' key, so I end up having it bound to basically everything to do with managing windows and applications on any system I'm using.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8RxeNqCIrpCTLdLqS by syn_rst@norden.social
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       @ariadneSwitching between virtual desktops, screen locking…In fact, I use it more often with Linux than Windows.OTOH, I don't care what's printed on it or whatever it was intended for, I'll assign it to whatever I deem necessary or useful for me…
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SDVVBfDfCZutSfCa by f4grx@chaos.social
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       @ariadne it's probably useful for emacs.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SKzWaBILqkbxBy3U by justsoup@mstdn.social
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       @ariadne I run default KDE Plasma, so I use it pretty often to start apps.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SNyOtegXwmLYSMjY by iodomi@infosec.exchange
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       @ariadne i use it on sway as $mod :shrug_akko:
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SPRdsABT2n96GYIS by tpaau17db@mastodon.social
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       @ariadne The real question is whether you use the Copilot key >:)
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SPUc2pR8uALSffSy by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @tpaau17db save my thinkpad t14s, none of my computers have a copilot key.  thank fucking christ.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SPpq5qOpGFzuCesC by ariadne@social.treehouse.systems
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       @tpaau17db as i said, the only computer i have with a copilot key is my thinkpad t14s.  i do not typically buy 'microsoft-approved devices'.
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SQH8zgEfHWR3L8oS by fiore@brain.worm.pink
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       @ariadne yea its  my main mod key  for  my compositor
       
 (DIR) Post #B8SQIAjFGqAA6c8v56 by fiore@brain.worm.pink
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       @ariadne always was ,  even on X :P
       
 (DIR) Post #B8UdUtYe6udWKsVBtQ by fazalmajid@vivaldi.net
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       @ariadne on my keyboard (iKBC MF87) it's the right Fn key, but otherwise it's a perfectly useful for Compose on Linux (although I remap Right-Ctrl to this instead). SO to answer your question, until you asked I didn't even realize there was a key between Right-Alt and Right-Control on my keyboard, much less used it.