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Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago by jordanlund to c/technology

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Copilot key will eventually be required in new PC keyboards, though not yet.

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[–] sagrotan 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

How about a key for faster choosing GNU+Linux in GRUB/rEFInd/libreboot? :)

[–] sir_reginald 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like a good feature to assign a certain key to an option in GRUB. Maybe GRUB has this feature already, it has been a while since I've looked into it's config options.

No need for a dedicated key in the physical keyboard tho, just let the user choose, Alt or Space are good options.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

How many people has the context key on their keyboard? Or scroll lock? Or F6-F9 and F11?

Plenty of other options out there. Even keyboard-centric people rarely use those keys unless they have an app that explicitly uses it.