What's the best way to cover the windows key.

[Kinst]

http://www.itsnotthenetwork.com/wp-content/photos/187303_windows_button.jpg

This is your target.

(my actual keyboard is white and laptop-y)

[Kingsley]

You could put a small smiley-face sticker on top of it.

[FuturePilot]

Well, that one looks like a sticker. I'm sure a little scrapping will get it off. The one on my keyboard appears to be more of some type of paint. I'm sure a little scrapping will work there as well.

Wow, I just noticed how old this thing it. The Windows logo on this key looks like the Windows 95 logo. :lolflag:

[Foster Grant]

Left one pops out the main menu, right one is the compose key, logo doesn't bother me.

[damis648]

Haha i tried to color over mine with sharpie! :D But it keeps coming off...:sad:
Permanent marker... &@%@#*!%!(?!

[damis648]

Hey I got it off! Thanks to the scraping suggestion... Now on to the right side ;)

[tamoneya]

http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/102877/Let_me_replace_the_Windows_Key_for_a_Linux_key_in_ the_keyboard

[Xerp]

Something like this?

http://shop.tuxgraphics.org/fan/tuxstickerV6_kbd2.jpg

[Kinst]

Something like this?

http://shop.tuxgraphics.org/fan/tuxstickerV6_kbd2.jpg

I was hoping for something a little more muted like this from tamoneya's post:

http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/sadrzaj/linux_key.jpg

Thanks for the tips tho, I'm going to go get a nail file and see if this thing will come off.

[Xerp]

Hm.. I believe cherry do/did a tux keyboard

http://www.cherry.co.uk/english/cid_index.htm

Other stickers could be used... like an Ubuntu one :)

http://system76.com/article_info.php?articles_id=9

Cut down, it may fit?

[Mhurst1]

Someone has too much free time :D

[Kinst]

Yes I do. Okay I removed the windows sticker with a regular nail file, now I have a blank key. What do you guys think about this? It's a technique for making your own key using nail polish.

http://en.andrenoel.com.br/2007/11/28/ubuntu-without-win-key/

I'm going to do it tomorrow if I can think of / find a perfect image to put there. Any recommendations?

[Bubba64]

On my old IBM thinkpad there is no windows key.

[smoker]

this will get rid of it altogether!:lolflag:

[Half-Left]

Sorry but :lolflag: at this thread, it never truely crossed my mind until this point.

[the yawner]

I like eeePC's home key.

[vasiliymeshko]

Maybe not exactly the perfect solution, but I went and bought an apple keyboard the minute I noticed it on sale at Best Buy.

[uraldinho]

if you are into model planes or radio controlled cars, you might have some spare paint at home, if not use your sister's/mother's nail polish.

If I had to get rid off it, my choices would be:
1. tux sticker
2. scrape it off
3. paint/polish

[init1]

I've heard scraping it off with a sugar cube works.

[-gabe-noob-]

zareason sells a ubuntu keybord :P

zareason.com

[chucky chuckaluck]

put your gum on it when you answer the phone.

[yamfox]

http://www.zareason.com/shop/product.php?productid=16162&cat=0&page=1

[frup]

Here's what I did with mine:
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/frup/100_1023.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b265/frup/100_1024.jpg

First I scratched the ink off with a pocket knife. I did this quite carefully so the key had no scratches and was smooth. I then used a fine permanent marker, the type that works on CD's and finally sprayed it with fixative (hair spray would work) I let it dry for 30 mins.

Note, I pulled the key out to spray it.

With a black keyboard (like the one I am typing on now) I suppose twink or something like that would work but this one I just scratched it off and have a blank key.

[Kinst]

That's adorable. :)

[Bubba64]

I am not a Freudian but I wonder what he would have said about this fixation for removing the windows Icon. I didn't know it was such big deal for some people, are any of you secretly dual booting?

[cybergal]

You could put a small smiley-face sticker on top of it.

That's what I did - BIG improvement!