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Idea #2510: Make Ubuntu sticker to put over top of the Windows/Apple key on keyboards.



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Written by travis the 2 Mar 08 at 16:16. Category: Others.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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People who switched would not be made to feel guilty or dirty about using that key. They could be made and sold very cheaply and increase evangelism.

Also, that key should be supported by default:
idea #2490: Support the windows key
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/2490/

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zavaletaster wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 16:46
would be nice to send the stickers whit the ubuntu cds by mail

travis wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 16:49
@zavaletaster, genius!

downdb wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 16:56
Free "Powered by Ubuntu" stickers can be obtained from System76:

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

Sending them out with the Ubuntu CD by default is a great idea, though.

travis wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 17:05
@downdb, those look a little big to fit on the keyboard though. I was thinking of just a 1cm x 1cm square logo on black, beige, grey, and white.

xlasttrainhomex wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 19:31
New Apple keyboards are shipped without the apple logo.

ladysorka wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 22:14
There are a number of places online you can find an ubuntu sticker template. Download one of those, buy some sticker paper, and print it out yourself.

travis wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 05:34
@ladysorka, you wouldn't happen to have a link to one of those would you? Also, can I borrow a color printer? And I'd need some sticker paper that isn't going to wear off after the first thousand keystrokes...

pturing wrote on the 3 Mar 08 at 18:20

Would love to have this in the box when buying ubuntu media

jespdj wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 18:16
Why not have a keyboard made with an Ubuntu logo on that key instead of a Windows logo?

What do the System76 / Dell / other manufacturer systems look like that are sold with Ubuntu pre-installed? Do those systems have Windows keys on the keyboard? The manufacturers should put Ubuntu logos instead of Windows logos on those keys.

HDave wrote on the 13 Mar 08 at 13:39
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

steve196 wrote on the 6 Apr 08 at 18:32
There is no way, a sticker on a keyboard key would last a long time.
Keyboards, that have a penguin there already exist.

gnowak wrote on the 10 Apr 08 at 08:13
Don't be as Microsoft ;-)

alex_mayorga wrote on the 31 Jul 08 at 21:32
Why not a replacement key instead? =)
Next time I buy a new system, in a long time thanks to Xubuntu, I'll take issue if they try to give a not blank Meta key.
Who would have thought that they even license that http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_key#Licensing =O

p_jez wrote on the 6 Aug 08 at 10:16
zareason.com has ubuntu keyboard on their menu, I also remember reading a post (on linux.com?) saying "the windows key was popped out and replaced with an ubuntu key". Meaning this is available at least in a couple of places..

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

Endolith wrote on the 10 Sep 08 at 01:18
Decal, not sticker.


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