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Added instructions for persisting layout changes using localectl.

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 * If you want to specify a different language, say for United Kingdom, specify <source lang=console inline>gb</source> instead of <source lang=console inline>us</source> (not <source lang=console inline>uk</source>)
+* If you want to specify a different layout, dvorak, bepo, etc, change the variant flag to <source lang=console inline>dvorak,dyalog</source>.
+== localectl ==
+A way to display server agnostic way to persist keyboard changes is though systemd's <source lang=console inline>localectl</source>. To achieve the same effect as shown under <source lang=console inline>setxkbmap</source> run this in a terminal:
+<source lang=console inline>
+localectl set-x11-keymap us,apl pc105 ,dyalog grp:switch
+</source>
+This does not affect the current session, with it just writing the changes to <source lang=console inline>/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf</source>. <source lang=console inline>setxkbmap</source> should be used for testing if the layout is as desired.
+Unlike <source lang=console inline>setxkbmap</source>, <source lang=console inline>localectl set-x11-keymap</source> doesn't use flags so the keyboard model must be specified to change variant and options settings. <source lang=console inline>pc105</source> is a general catch all for common keyboards, a full list layouts can be found using <source lang=console inline>localectl list-x11-keymap-models</source>.
 == GNOME ==