"Linear" curve doesn't exsist in After Effects

Hi! I can't do a simple LINEAR curve in motion in After Effects.
Even when I select anchor of my curve and set "Make linear" i got this:
I don't want to make "Easy Easy" curve. I want simple, linear which is going streight without any offset of motion.
But this is impossible. I try 1 whole day and nothing. Everytime I got strange motion curves like screen above.
But I want just have curve like that:
How to do this? I repeat, a button like this doesn't work and causes strange curve shape lik 2nd screen above:

Oh, for Heaven's sake.
Here's an example in a 1280x720 comp: the pixel in the uppermost left portion of the comp is 0,0. The pixel in lowermost right portion of the comp is 1280,720. The center of the comp is 640, 360.
If you have trouble grasping this oh-so radical, 21-year-old concept, I STRONGLY recommend spending a LOT of time visiting the pages you will find here:
Getting started with After Effects (CS4, CS5, CS5.5, CS6, & CC)

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