Trying to remap my left SUPER key (also called WINDOWS key) to left or right CONTROL key, with xkg

To change it temporarily, you can run this command:

setxkbmap -option altwin:ctrl_win

To change it persistently, open the /etc/default/keyboard file for editing, change the line

XKBOPTIONS=""

to

XKBOPTIONS="altwin:ctrl_win"

and reboot.