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[Jyaan <box100@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think everyone is forgetting that on Mac OS X you can go into System
Preferences and change this behavior at any time. I believe it would be
best if Keyboard Preferences had a similar option -- perhaps under
"Miscellaneous compatibility options".

I also believe that using fn to toggle the status of the keys ('lock'
rather than modifier) is another choice that should be available.
However, this should also be listed in Keyboard Preferences.

Regardless, Ubuntu uses the Fx keys quite a bit and that isn't going to
change. I found the current default behavior to be very cumbersome and
changed the setting on my computer right away. We also need to get the
exposé and widget keys added in, whether they do anything by default or
not.

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Apple fn key behavior isn't consistent with what's expected
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/201711
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Status in Mactel Support: New
Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Triaged
Status in “linux” source package in Suse: Fix Released

Bug description:
Hi, this is a follow up to bug 162083.  With my newly functional FN key on my Aluminum BT keyboard, I realized that the default behavior on it doesn't make much sense with what users have come to expect on Linux systems.  The default behavior is that the "special keys", like f1-f2-f10-f11-etc all act "special" without pressing fn.  They then act normally when you hold FN.  This is the default behavior on Mac OSX, but on Linux the FN keys are more commonly used.  Eg, it's rather awkward to have to press ctrl-alt-fn-f1 to switch to a VT, or FN-F11 to set a terminal full screen.