Controlling Unity without a Windows key

[Liam Proven]

On 29 April 2011 15:19, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> Hi Liam,
>
> On 29 April 2011 14:28, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I favour IBM keyboards. Therefore, I don't have a Windows key, not on
>> my desktops (all IBM Model M keyboards from the 1980s and 1990s,
>> including the Macs) or on my Thinkpad notebook. Is it possible to
>> remap a different key for controlling Unity?
>>
>> And what exactly does the Windows key do, anyway, as I have obviously
>> not been able to try it in the betas...
>
> I've seen this question come up a lot but don't know the answer, so I
> asked on AskUbuntu here:-
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/37987/how-do-you-navigate-without-a-windows-key/612
>
> I understand the developers are monitoring the Unity category for
> questions such as these.
>
> http://askubuntu.com/questions/tagged/unity
>
> Al.

Excellent and very prompt answer - many thanks!

I am currently trying to install Natty for the 3rd time. I think my
alternate-install CD is a bad burn, so I'm trying over the 'Net now.
We shall see. Once the OS is working, I have to get Unity 2D working
as well...


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