What happens if you press the Windows Key in different OSes?

0:00 - Title 0:10 - Windows 1 to Windows NT 3.1 0:19 - Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 0:26 - Windows 98 to Windows 7 0:42 - Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 1:11 - Windows 10 and Windows 11 1:20 - Mac 1:26 - Fedora 35 (Vanilla GNOME 41) 1:40 - Ubuntu 21.10 (Slightly modified GNOME 40) 1:49 - Pop!_OS 21.10 (Moderately modified GNOME 40) 2:12 - Zorin OS 12.4 (Heavily modified GNOME 3) 2:27 - KDE neon 5.23 (Vanilla KDE Plasma 5.23) 2:33 - theShell (Heavily modified KDE) 2:40 - Linux Mint 19 (Cinnamon 4) 2:47 - MX Linux 21 (XFCE 4.16) 2:53 - Raspbian (LXDE) 3:00 - Ubuntu 16.10 (Unity) 3:09 - Ubuntu MATE 21.10 (MATE 1.26) 3:15 - Ubuntu 10.10 (GNOME 2) 3:21 - Ubuntu Budgie 19.10 (Budgie) 3:27 - Deepin OS 15.3 (Deepin Desktop) 3:35 - Endless OS 3:43 - Phoenix OS 3:49 - Android x86 4.3 Jellybean 4:00 - Chromium OS 28 4:06 - TrueOS 4:12 - ReactOS 4:18 - SkyOS 4:24 - TempleOS 4:39 - webOS 4:50 - End screen On-screen text: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rgcB... Blind-accessible version:    • What happens if you press the Windows Key ...   Music: Happy Bee Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows 1 to Windows NT 3.1 It does nothing. Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 It brings up the Start menu, pressing it again doesn't do anything. Windows 98 to Windows 7 It brings up the Start menu, pressing it again gets rid of the Start menu. Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 Pressing the Windows key while on the desktop or in a Metro app takes you to the Start screen. Pressing the Windows key while on the Start screen takes you back to the last app you were on. If you close the last app you were on, it takes you to the other app that's open. If there are no apps open, pressing the Windows Key does nothing. Pressing the Windows key while on the Apps screen takes you to the Start screen. Windows 10 and Windows 11 It brings up the Start menu, pressing it again gets rid of the Start menu. Mac It does nothing. Fedora 35 (Vanilla GNOME 41) It brings up Activities view. Ubuntu 21.10 (Slightly modified GNOME 40) It brings up Activities view. Pop!_OS 21.10 (Moderately modified GNOME 40) By default it brings up Launcher. But it can also be configured to bring up Workspaces. Or Applications. Zorin OS 12.4 (Heavily modified GNOME 3) It brings up the workspace switcher. KDE neon 5.23 (Vanilla KDE Plasma 5.23) It brings up the launcher. theShell (Heavily modified KDE) It brings up theGateway. Linux Mint 19 (Cinnamon 4) It brings up the launcher. MX Linux 21 (XFCE 4.16) It brings up the launcher. Raspbian (LXDE) It brings up the launcher. Ubuntu 16.10 (Unity) It brings up the Dash. Ubuntu MATE 21.10 (MATE 1.26) It does nothing. Ubuntu 10.10 (GNOME 2) It does nothing. Ubuntu Budgie 19.10 (Budgie) It brings up the launcher. Deepin OS 15.3 (Deepin Desktop) It brings up the launcher. Endless OS It shows the desktop. Phoenix OS It brings up the launcher. Android x86 4.3 Jellybean Pressing the Windows Key while in an app or on the Apps list takes you to the home screen, pressing the Windows Key while on the home screen does nothing. Chromium OS 28 It brings up the Apps menu. TrueOS It brings up the launcher. ReactOS It brings up the Start menu. SkyOS It brings up the menu. TempleOS It brings up the menu bar. webOS It brings up the menu.