I do not know you, but me (as an engineer) use Greek letters like α, β, γ and so on quite often. I did a small change to my linux keyboard layout: the new part in the keyboard symbols files now is
partial alphanumeric_keys xkb_symbols "standard_tlde" { include "es(basic)" key <TLDE> { [ grave, asciitilde, masculine, ordfeminine ] }; key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar, braceright, dead_breve ] }; key <AE05> { [ 5, percent, EuroSign, threeeighths ] }; key <AD03> { [ e, E, eacute, Eacute ] }; key <AD08> { [ i, I, iacute, Iacute ] }; key <AC01> { [ a, A, aacute, Aacute ] }; key <AC05> { [ g, G, dead_greek, dead_greek ]}; key <AD07> { [ u, U, uacute, Uacute ] }; key <AD06> { [ y, Y, udiaeresis, Udiaeresis ] }; key <AD09> { [ o, O, oacute, Oacute ] }; key <AB06> { [ n, N, ntilde, Ntilde ] }; };
where the important part is
key <AC05> { [ g, G, dead_greek, dead_greek ]};
here I define AltGr–G as dead greek key: pressing now AltGr–G and then for example D gives Δ.
Handy, fast and very useful.