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How to swap Command and Control keys with xkb step by step?

I want to use my Apple long aluminium keyboard with swapped Command and Ctrl keys. How is this done step by step on Trusty Tahr (14.04) using xkb? Note: This solution doesn't work for me as xkb replaced xmodmap in 13.04 or even earlier.
Aleksandar Savkov
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How to achieve Mac-like use of CTRL and CMD keys on Apple Keyboard?

I'm very used to emacs-like ctrl+a to mean "home," and cmd+a to mean "select all." Similarly ctrl+e is "end", ctrl+d is "delete", ctrl+c does what I expect in Terminal, and probably a few more requisites I don't have on hand. Of course Ubuntu is a…
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Ubuntu 18.04 Pairing Apple Magic Keyboard 1, says 'paired' but no input from keyboard

I am attempting to pair an Apple Magic Keyboard 1 to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on an MSI GS65 Stealth. I followed the procedure outlined in this post: http://freewisdoms.com/apple-wireless-keyboard-on-ubuntu/ I used sudo bluetoothctl and was able to trust…
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Missing apple keyboard layout: English (International, Macintosh)

The "International Keyboard" layout from the apple magic keyboard seems to be missing, there is an international layout for UK, but the plain international layout is not there: English (International, Macintosh) <- missing layout * This is the…
Paul van Dyk
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map Apple keyboard EJECT key to delete on Ubuntu 20.04

followed this great instruction https://askubuntu.com/a/1019659/786192 but it didn't work for me. I then took a more aggressive approach and edited /lib/udev/hwdb.d/60-keyboard.hwdb directly by adding below evdev:input:b0005v004cp0267* …
Bo Chen
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Apple wired keyboard issue

I have been using an Apple wired keyboard with my 16.04 distro without any problems many months now. Since yesterday, I have unplugged this keyboard and plugged in my Razer keyboard. When I plugged the Apple keyboard back in, some keys stopped…
Alexandros Athanasiadis
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Key "`" is inverted with "<" on Apple Aluminium Keyboard (ISO)

On Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 I fixed this issue with simply setxkbmap -option apple:badmap This option doesn't work on Ubuntu 22.04. Anybody solved this?
Dušan Panić
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How to use Apple Mac keyboard shortcuts, seamlessly

I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on a MacBook Pro, using both the internal keyboard, and an extended external one: UK version, numeric pad, arrows keys, function (fn), home end up down, and with f13 to f19. I only installed the minimum Ubuntu without tweaks…
Hervé B.
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