Introducing the new Framework Laptop 13 with Intel Core Ultra Series 1 processors

Since nobody has mentioned it (though it’s been mentioned a couple of times in the corresponding YouTube video comments), wouldn’t it make more sense (and more aesthetically pleasing!) to use the Framework cog for the Windows/Super key? Heck, this could even also allow you to supply just one version of the keyboard as it being “OS neutral” would allow you to ship it with pre-assembled Windows laptops as well (fun fact: Cooler Master actually uses their own logo instead for the “Windows” key on some of their Keyboards, seemingly most of the “MasterKeys” models like the MasterKeys S)

Thing is, the Windows logo does not aesthetically bother me but, since I am becoming more and more of a Linux user, it feels a bit silly to have a keyboard with a “Windows” key if I have the choice not to. However, the “Super” key in its current form doesn’t really feel like my cup of tea and just aesthetically seems kind of “boring”? That is, it feels like it blends in too much with the Ctrl and Alt keys despite being a key that’s “special” enough that it should be distinguished in a greater manner, like with the aforementioned idea of using the Framework cog instead (or I suppose something like good ol’ Tux, but that would nullify the “OS neutrality” quality that the Framework cog would allow.)

(credit to 2disbetter for coming up with the idea of using the Framework cog back in 2021: Replace the Windows key with a Linux one or at least a generic "super" one - #2 by 2disbetter)

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