How to Kill the Caps Lock on your Linux Desktop | Linux Today

How to Kill the Caps Lock on your Linux Desktop

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 29, 2014

Didn’t there used to be a straightforward, GUI-powered way to disable the Caps Lock key on one’s keyboard? I remember it as being one of the first modifications I did as a Linux newbie that actually altered the way a piece of equipment performed (boy, was I proud!). But some time around Ubuntu 11.04 (yes, during the Unity Revolution) that function seems to have vanished. I still use the machinery of Ubuntu, but with the less restrictive Xubuntu as a desktop.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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