On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Iain Buclaw <ibuc...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > On 27 January 2012 05:53, Andrew Wiley <wiley.andre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote: >>> "Sean Kelly" <s...@invisibleduck.org> wrote in message >>> news:mailman.49.1327595627.25230.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... >>>>The command key has a long >>>>history in the Unix world anyway. It's much better than >>>>the Windows key that just does one thing, and something >>>>I've never actually wanted to do. >>>> >>>>Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> I do Win-R all the time. Win-D is nice, too, although I tend to forget about >>> it. >>> >> >> Since I upgraded to Windows 7, I've barely ever clicked the start >> menu. Windows key, type application name, enter. Probably my favorite >> UI change. > > Since I've upgraded to Linux, I've barely ever used a mouse. Super > key, type a vague description of the application I want, enter.
Yes, I'm not sure whether I got this habit from Windows or Gnome 3, but I'm primarily running Windows these days, so that didn't immediately come to mind. I believe KDE4 does it too, although much more sluggishly than the other two. Haven't tried Unity at all.