Since Ubuntu 9.10 the process isnt so obvious, but weve got the instructions for you.
you might hit the key as much as you want, but it wont work here.
And there you go.
Use the Windows Key for the “Start” Menu in Ubuntu Linux 10.04+
Linux distributions like Ubuntu open the main menu with Alt+F1 instead of the Windows key that most new Linux users would be expecting, but it used to
