I generally hate my HP laptops' hardware, but this is one of the features that I really love and wish more computers had. On the one I'm typing this on, the ke

I generally hate my HP laptops' hardware, but this is one of the features that I really love and wish more computers had. On the one I'm typing this on, the key actually sends a standard Media Mute signal, that can be used under Linux (complete with the LED coming on when it's muted). Ironically, this needs special drivers under Windows.