====== Caps lock and control ====== ===== KDE ===== System settings -> Region and language -> Keyboard layout -> Advanced -> Ctrl key position -> Swap control and caps lock ===== XFCE ===== Applications -> Settings -> Settings Manager -> Session and Startup -> Application autostart -> +Add /usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:swapcaps" ==== Older version (before GUI settings) ==== Putting the following in ~/.config/autostart/caps-lock-ctrl-swap.desktop seems to work most of the time: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=0.9.4 Type=Application Name=setxkbmap Exec=/usr/bin/setxkbmap -option "ctrl:swapcaps" Hidden=false ===== Console ===== Debian uses the X keyboard maps for the console too, but configures them differently.