• TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
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          6 hours ago

          I fairly sure I’ve seen various *nix tools call it super, meta, and hyper. I think super is the most correct but I’ve seen all three

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            Super and Meta refer to two different keys from olden times that no longer appear on mainstream keyboards. So they are emulated using a convenient proxy.

            It’s most common on Gnome to use the Windows key for Super, while Meta is set by user preference, often to Left Alt.

            Super and Meta have different functions and are not interchangeable, though two given users may map the windows key to one or other.