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Gnome shell: how do I map super-tab to app switcher?

I am running Ubuntu 12.04 under Parallels on a macbook8,1. I have a Norwegian keyboard, so I have set the alt key to choose 3rd level, so I can acces square and curly brackets (like on the mac). ...
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Mac Keyboard Backlight ubuntu 12.04

Running Ubuntu 12.04, I can't get the keyboard backlight on a Macbook Pro (mid 2012) to turn on. When I press the brightness button, the display shows up on full but the lights do not turn on. It ...
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After reconnecting bluetooth keyboard, I get sticky keeeeeeyyyyyyss [closed]

I have two Apple bluetooth keyboards - one at work and one at home. If I restart my Laptop (Macbook Pro 8,1) everything works wonderfully. But when I leave work (suspend)and come home and get hooked ...
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Problem using French (Switzerland, Macintosh) Alt+{KEY} combinations

Here's my problem: I am running Ubuntu 12.10 in Parallels on a Macbook Pro (June 2012 model). The first installation of Ubuntu using parallels was fine; everything worked. In that installation, I by ...
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Ubuntu in VMWare Alt-key issues

I've just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Macbook (4.1) running Lion. I have chosen the Swedish (Macintosh) keyboard layout and it's working pretty good. ⌘ + C, ⌘ + A etc. are all working as in OSX. ...
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OS X Keyboard Layout in Unity or Ubuntu

I want to use ALL of the mac keyboard shortcuts for everything in Unity. Example: Copy (CMD+C), Paste (CMD+P), etc. I have not found a way to do this where CMD is the modifier key instead of CTRL, ...
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How can I remap my keys to act like the Macintosh keyboard (like hold alt l + l click = r click)?

I want my keyboard layout to act like a Macintosh keyboard. It's hard to use my computer after years on a mac. I want to disable my right mouse click, and replace it with alt + right mouse click. ...
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Why the Enter key in a Mac keyboard is mapped to Level?

Just installing Ubuntu for the first time, glad to ditch Win 7. I have a KVM switch and also a Mac, hence I'm using a Mac keyboard (the full size alu one) Main problem is the Enter key on the keypad ...
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Installing Ubuntu 12.04 on iMac 21.5 using wireless keyboard!

Good evening everyone. I am planning to dual boot Ubuntu and Mac OS on my iMac however I faced an issue. Mostly everyone seggest to use wired keyboard while installing Ubuntu on Mac however I don't ...
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How do I type [ and \ with a Mac keyboard?

I am using a Mac with an Apple Wireless Keyboard - French. I have installed Ubuntu as virtual machine by VMware Fusion. The keyboard setting of Ubuntu is as follows: And the preview is not exactly ...
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Where is “Super” key for Ubuntu running on Mac OS X with Vmware Fusion

Host OS: Mac OS X Lion Guest OS: Ubuntu 11.10 Virtualization: Vmware Fusion I am the type of person that relies heavily on shortcuts. The fact that I don't have "Super" key on my Mac keyboard really ...
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Make Fn key from mac keyboard work on 11.10

I am using a mac keyboard slim aluminium with Ubuntu 11.10, the keyboard has F11 and F12 as controls for increasing and decreasing the volume. On boot the keys work as F keys but I would like them to ...
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How do I switch the keyboard layout so that the Apple key is CTRL and the ~ works correctly?

How do I switch the keyboard layout in Ubuntu 11 so that the Apple key is CTRL and the ~ works correct? This is the specific keyboard I'm talking about: When I hit Shift-2 it returns a "
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How do I remap command key to be the control key on a Macbook 4,1?

How I can switch the left command key on the keyboard of my macbook, with the left ctrl key? and if it is possible that the command right, continue acting like the super key / windows
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Alt/Win key behavior not working on MacBookPro keyboard (for mapping ctrl to win keys and the usual ctrl keys)

I'm running Natty with a clean install on a MacBook Pro (with no OSX install) and currently loving the switch! I found the area in keyboard layout options to map ctrl to the win keys (and the usual ...
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How to use up/down keys with UK Mac keyboard on an Ubuntu host? [closed]

I ssh to an Ubuntu host from my Mac (UK keyboard). The up/down arrows aren't working; how can I set this up to work properly? Thanks Jason
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How do I map SysReq to a key on my MacBook keyboard?

My Macbook laptop keyboard doesn't have a SysReq key. Can I change an existing key to act like SysReq? =)
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Keyboard Bug or feature on Ubuntu on a MAC?

I have ubuntu 10.04 on my mac, and i have realized that when i pluged in an USB keyboard (PC) and turn on the numeric keypad if then i removed the keyboard, the keyboard on the mac (this sounds odd, ...
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How to make keyboard work like OSX System Wide?

I switch back and forth between two computers constantly: OSX Snow Leopard Ubuntu 10.10 I'd like to be able to make Ubuntu use the same keyboard shortcuts as OSX System Wide, for the following ...