Slapping Windows 11 PCs with a Copilot key was a terrible idea, and it's already outdated as Microsoft just released a new icon

Of course it was a stupid idea. Everyone outside of MS marketing department knew that as soon as we heard about the idea.

Copilot key outdated? Just buy a new laptop!

I have to do this on new systems now just to get a Ctrl key back....

Here are the steps I did to remap "copilot key" to right control in Ubuntu 22.04.

1. Install keyd from ppa
   1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:keyd-team/ppa
   2. sudo apt update
   3. sudo apt install keyd
2. Create default config file, /etc/keyd/default.conf, with contents

[ids]

[main]

leftshift+leftmeta+f23 = rightcontrol

1. Reload config: sudo keyd reload or sudo systemctl restart keyd
   • I had to reboot in this step because a lock file was blocking keyd to reload.

(For keyd installed via PPA, the binary may be called keyd.rvaiya, but the systemd unit is always keyd.)

Most of the market flat-out won't notice. The few that notice are probably split between don't care and having the newest logo be conspicuous consumption, same as the windows key.