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Image transcription: a meme that reads"I wish windows had a universal hotkey to open linkedin on my default browser ctrl + shift + alt + win + L:" below is an image of Mercy from Overwatch holding her hand out in a gesture that suggests offering aid. End transcription.

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[–] cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de 101 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Didnt belive it . Tried it . Confused. What were they thinking when they decide to make this

[–] unmarketableplushie@pawb.social 71 points 1 year ago (2 children)

iirc Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Win is an alias for the Office key found on some Surface Pro computers, which can be used to open LinkedIn with Office + L

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Win is one of the most windows things that could happen. You just press some keys that should do nothing and boom, microsoft ad. I hope the EU version of windows will be stripped of that crap.

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)
whispering give in, dualboot linux
[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My personal machines are all on linux already. But unfortunately my work laptop isn't and won't be unless I find a different job.

Then let's hope for a better windows in Europe

[–] superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dual boot? Disgusting. Windows doesn’t get the privilege of bare metal in my house. It must relegated to a virtual machine

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's good but some people use windows for ~~rootkits~~games that need bare metal or a more difficult vm setup

[–] superb@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

VM gaming was a lot easier to setup than I expected. Anything is possible with the Arch Wiki! Some anticheats will block you though, so super competitive games like Counterstrike or Apex Legends are out

[–] lud@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Ah, so that's my ctrl+alt+shift+win opens the office app. I discovered that a couple of years ago and I couldn't find it documented anywhere.

[–] vox@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

it's for a special ma keyboard with shortcuts for ms apps.
somw keyboards have an Office key.

[–] perviouslyiner@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

wasn't this part of a plan for a special keyboard with keys for some common websites?