It shouldn't lock up the computer, but the daytime high should never be warmer than 80 on a summer's day. Politicians should always tell the truth. Gas should never be over $1 a gallon, etc. Never underestimate the possibilities when dealing with a computer that's designed by humans, running software written by humans and used for the most part by humans.

On 9/21/2012 19:48, Brian Cluff wrote:
If you are talking about the key that is just to the left of the space. That is the "meta" key. It's like CTRL, ALT or SHIFT and should be used to get to extra functions in combination with that key. It shouldn't really do much beyond that and shouldn't be capable of locking up your computer.

It is used quite a bit in KDE in hotkeys that adjust the window manager.
For instance if I press META + 0 I get a magnified image around the mouse.

Brian Cluff

On 09/21/2012 06:52 PM, [email protected] wrote:
How can I reprogram/neutralize that annoying M$ key on a standard keyboard?

In the past, I have inadvertently hit that key and had it lock up my Linux
system.

I don't know what it is for anyway, other than as an annoying reminder of
M$ anti-trust coercion tactics to try to make the whole world conform to
its dictates.



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