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[Arturo Orlando <822872@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In the meantime, I have found a temporary workaround: in the keyboard layout options (System>Preferences>Keyboard>Layouts>Options…):
1) under “Key to choose 3rd level” check “Left Alt” and “Right Alt”,
2) under “Alt/Win key behavior” select “Left Alt is swapped with left Win”.

The first step solves the problem of also having a comfortable left-hand
third-level chooser (left Alt; left Win would have been uncomfortable),
so that you may comfortably type right-hand third-level keys. The second
step allows you to keep the shortcuts associated with the left Alt key
by transferring them over to the left Win key: to close a window, for
example, you’ll have to press LeftWin+F4, instead of LeftAlt+F4. As for
the Unity launcher/dash shortcut, it is also preserved, but only through
the right Win key (no more also through the left one, which now
functions as left Alt’s substitute).

I need to highlight that this solution is not ultimate, as a left-hand
third level chooser needs to be set in Ubuntu by default, to allow
comfortable touch typing (one of the main uses of a computer), as most
(European) users would have a hard time figuring out this solution,
especially when they’re used to the LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key - RightAlt+Key
equivalence in Windows.

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  LeftCtrl+LeftAlt+Key should be equivalent to RightAlt+Key

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