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Originally Posted by JSWolf
Useless ALT GR key on a UK keyboard instead of it being another ALT key.
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The altgr allows á é í ó ú on UK Windows. Also needed for Spanish, French etc.
On Linux, altgr gives alternate characters for almost every character.
The US basic layout on a US Keyboard on Windows is almost broken. You need the US International map and an AltGr key on a US Keyboard, unless you are going to type like it's 1928.
Spanish is widely used in USA.
Many people's names have accents.
ANY keyboard for Windows or Linux without an AltGr key is stupid. Only very old ones or stupid ones even for USA don't have AltGr.
If you are lucky then you might be able to simulate AltGr with Control and Alt (or sometimes only right Alt and Right Control), then Á É Í Ó Ú needs four keys at once!
Also while we are ranting:
USA is less than 13% of world population. Why is the regional default for almost everything out of the box = USA. The stuff isn't even made there. Almost no-one else uses Letter Size (A4 is worldwide & double is A3, half is A5), USA format dates or imperial measures. Or the dumb USA Keyboard layout.