It’s innocent enough but this headline somehow just reads like it’s from the onion.
“Microsoft paid manufacturers to add another stupid key to laptops? Huh, okay then. Stupid key is now in linux. Map it up however you like yall.”
paid
More like extorted.
“Linux developers find a use for stupid Copilot key that no one has ever pressed.”
Linux users when they see the Copilot key:
emacs enjoyers:
Great, now linux is infected with M$ ai bullshit
Lol, dumbass.
Found the guy who never reads lol
I hope that is satire because this is letting you map the key to other stuff
No, they hide all the ai inside the actual key itself.
If you prise up the edge of the key and look under it, you’ll see all the ai nanobots hidden under there.
AI nanobots look a bit like crumbs, fluff and dust - so if you can see any of those under your AI key, you know the AI is still there.
/s
TIL I’m covered in nanobots
That’s not nanobots ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
The most nefarious nano bots look like Cheeto dust. They work their way into the wires and replace the electrons, so cleaning them out won’t help. They can’t survive the DC to AC conversion (yet), so fortunately the problem is limited to your PC and any accessories, so just destroy those and you’re good.
This is good, solid, scientific advice - however, you no longer have to destroy it - I can sell you these small magnets to wrap round the cables, which will attract and then trap any escaped nanobots. They will get clogged up quite quickly though, so you need to replace them every month - but don’t worry, we’ve got an easy and convenient subscription for them. Normal magnets won’t work, by the way - you need the special ones we make.
This is amazing, thanks for your service in righting this wrong. You might consider selling those magnets for fixing HDD issues as well, since that’s where the nanobots will be going to first.
BTW, don’t worry about the username, this person’s legit.
The important question this raises is:
After replacing the Windows logo key cap with a penguin or distro logo, what symbol do you put on the new key?
“TURBO”
Double wield those penguins, babyyy!!!
I guess some people would suggest the GNU gnu?
On a more serious note: The mapped application/action would make sense.
it’s not really an “extra” key… but it is mapped differently (lsh+win+f23 or sumsuch) than one it might be ‘replacing’.
in us-ansi layout the right-side ctrl, a second winlogo or context menu key… could all be gone leaving only right alt and new copilot key between space and arrows.
F keys go up to 23?? I’m missing out on so many functions!!!
There are 24 function keys on the IBM 122 key layout.