Comment 38 for bug 201711

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.