Go to the directory where you have downloaded workman: sudo cp xorg/workman /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/workman (for ubuntu 10.04) Type: sudo cp workman /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/workman Type: setxkbmap -v workman && xset r 66 You should get something similar to this: Warning! Multiple definitions of keyboard layout Using command line, ignoring X server Trying to build keymap using the following components: keycodes: xfree86+aliases(qwerty) types: complete compat: complete symbols: pc(pc105)+workman+level3(ralt_switch) geometry: pc(pc105) To switch back to QWERTY type: setxkbmap us; xset -r 66