I need a way to have a Linux-based machine send a message that can be received and displayed by the Mavericks Notification Center. I used to do this on an older version of OS X by running Growl, and using its built-in ability to listen for incoming notifications. On the Linux box, I run a Perl...
Two articles about keyboard hacks that the OP may find useful:
http://www.crabappleforest.com/2008/04/keyboard-hacks-part-1/
http://www.crabappleforest.com/2008/04/keyboard-hacks-part-2/
And for what it's worth, I will just say that the differences in the Mac keyboard was one of the things...