Replace the Windows key with a Linux one or at least a generic "super" one

Here’s what I’ve done. I’m not advising this- I mean, I’m glad to have done it, but it’s by no means a perfect solution.

I grabbed an acrylic marker with two ends and used one end to, “paint,” the super key, and kept the other end dry to move the paint around, because I didn’t want to get so much paint on the key that it overpoured and got on the body, down under the metal, etc:

(notice there’s one, “clean,” end there and one inky end)

But I wasn’t happy with how the clean end, though effectively spreading the paint around, left lines in the dried layer:

So I did another layer, nice and thick, but careful to not let it overflow the edges of the key:

After letting that dry about 10 minutes, I’m really happy with how it looks in most light:

But if I get the light to just the right angle, it doesn’t look great:

I am happy with it, personally, as an interim solution to get rid of the Windows logo figuring I’ll someday replace the keyboard entirely, or something. But it’s certainly not a, “forever-fix”…

NOTE: I’ll be using a cleaning cloth, laid over the keyboard, whenever the screen is closed. I like doing this anyway to keep finger-grease off the monitor, but especially with this acrylic layer on the super key. Supposedly it’s now a solid, plastic layer on top of the key, but I’m not going to risk getting any residue on the monitor…

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