[ubuntu-uk] Mac Frustration (was Remote support was Sad but true? etc.)

[Ian Betteridge]

It lets you use Ubuntu on a Mac a little more easily :)

(The crtl key was, iirc, added around 1986, when Apple started to
bring out networking and terminal programmes which required it,
usually for connecting to a mainframe. Insignia SoftPC, which let you
run DOS apps on Macs, and so required a ctrl key, also came out around
the same time.)

On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Sean Miller <sean at seanmiller.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 1:23 PM, William Anderson <neuro at well.com> wrote:
>> Hang on, what do you mean, no Ctrl key?  I'm looking at the MacBook Pro
>> keyboard I'm typing on right now, and there it is, a Ctrl key nestling
>> between Fn and Option/Alt.  This and the "there's no right mouse
>> button"[1] fallacy really irritate me sometimes.
>
> Okay, so there's a Ctrl key.  But it doesn't do what the control key
> would normally do, that appears to be the job of the "Apple" key.
>
> So what precisely does the "Ctrl" key do on a Mac?
>
> Sean
>
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