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Fun fact: The “Windows key” (or “Command key” for Mac users) has its own generic name: the Super key!
Not trying to be a smartass here; I genuinely find it fascinating! :D
Some distros call it the Meta key.
I didn’t know that. Thanks!
Which distros, out of curiosity?
Fedora KDE does. I think it’s going to go with the DE rather than the distro, I bet Kubuntu also does.
I think dating back to the Space Cadet keyboard, Unix systems recognize 6 modifier keys: Shift, Control, Alt, Super, Meta and Hyper. It is my understanding that they choose to bind either Super or Meta to the “Windows” key (or the octothorpe whatever that thing is called key on Macs) and in practice it’s used as another modifier key, often with Windows-like functionality such as opening the Menu if tapped tacked on.
That is so weird. Haha.