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No normal German keyboard layout in (K)ubuntu 16.04 LTS

After the recent LTS upgrade from Kubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, I noticed that I can no longer add the normal German keyboard layout. The only German available is German (Switzerland) with the weird default layout option EurKEY. Is there anyway to…
datka
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keyboard short cut 'E' and 'O' of terminal emulator 'terminator'

I'm not sure this kind of question is acceptable here. I'm thinking of trying terminator.(https://www.tecmint.com/terminator-a-linux-terminal-emulator-to-manage-multiple-terminal-windows/) The hot key to split the window horizontally is ctrl+shift+O…
Chan Kim
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Keyboard layout misses pipe, greater, less

Thinkpad L14 with German keyboard is missing keys for pipe, "less", "greater". They should be left to "y" I tried several layouts from Ubuntu Settings. I could not get these symbols in any sense. Can anyone help me find the right layout? Thinkpad…
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My keyboard layout is always in American on the login screen but switches back to the German keyboard layout after I successfully login

As the title describes. On Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, the keyboard layout is always the American one when I boot up for the first time. After logging in however, it switches back to the correct one which is the German keyboard layout. I am really not sure…
user1547503
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Ubuntu 24.04 Dead plus Key

I am new to Linux and just installed Ubuntu on my PC. Everything seems to work fine, and I think in the beginning ply plus key worked, but since yesterday my plus key does not work anymore. I used some tools (showkey and xev) but I did not get any…
Christoph Merck
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German Macintosh keyboard missing on Ubuntu 22.04 German

I'm trying to select the german Macintosh keyboard layout on my Ubuntu 22.04 machine, the system language is set to german too but there is no keyboard layout available. There are many other languages available as Macintosh layout but unfortunately…
Alexander Hörl
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: Keyboard Layout does not effect some applications

After the upgrading of the Tuxedo Infinity Pro14v4 from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS the German keyboard layout cannot be used in some applications like emacs GUI, Visual Code or IntelliJ. In other applications like LibreOffice, GEdit,…
walkingcoder
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Creating a custom keyboard layout with umlauts on alt + ctrl

I'm trying to create a custom keyboard layout to fit my needs, based on the US layout. What I want Alt + Ctrl + u = ü Alt + Ctrl + Shift + u = Ü (same way for ö, ä, and ß) Why? Because getting used to the German keyboard is not how I want to…
WhiteBlackGoose
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How to access Keyboard preferences / activate the Compose key / insert german umlauts in Ubuntu 20.04?

I need to be able to write german umlauts in Ubuntu 20.04 with a US keyboard. Found tons of outdated documentation on it, for example this question, which I couldn't apply to Ubuntu 20.04. Keyboard preferences? Where's that? In Settings the only…
user1785730
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Changing my keyboard settings from unknown back to german on Ubuntu 14.04

I have my keyboard settings unwillingly changed System ubuntu 14.04 lts all my german letters are giving other symbols. The Z and the Y have changed position and all the shift symbols above the numbers are changed. The @ is now shift 2 Can someone…
Jarinus
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Type Spanish letters on German keyboard in Ubuntu?

My question is quite simple. I want to type the Spanish ñ letter on my German keyboard in Ubuntu 24.04. How can I do that? Is that possible? I found it really hard actually to find info on that on the Internet. To type the Spanish question mark ¿ I…
Socrates
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I don't have greater and smaller keys

I have a German keyboard and I want to write "<" and ">" to code but my Laptop doesn´t have these keys. The only solution I found was "‹" and "›" but this doesn´t work in vscode. What can I do?
ThuZ
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Ubuntu keyboard German Macintosh is not matching the real German Macintosh layout

I have noticed, that the Ubuntu keyboard German Macintosh does not match the real German Macintosh layout in the 3rd and 4th level. Specially the 3rd level - u code is a ¨ as a dead key, allowing combination with e and i. That does not work on…
Laszlo Lebrun
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My keyboard layout changes uncontrollably

I am using Ubuntu 20.10. My system language is Esperanto but I use the German keyboard layout and type Esperanto letters using a "dead" key (circumflex). I don't have an Esperanto keyboard configured. Starting a few weeks ago my keyboard layout…
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What programs convert German audio to text (Ubuntu 18.04)?

Is there any tool in Ubuntu 18.04 I can use to convert German audio to text? I searched a lot but all applications use English.
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