What are some useful keyboard shortcuts? [closed]
I would like to learn some useful keyboard shortcuts. I have become a ninja of keyboard shortcuts in Windows.
Any must-have tips for Ubuntu?
Feel free to include Ubuntu defaults or custom ones you have found useful!
You can set up whatever keyboard shortcuts you want through System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts. This will also tell you the current shortcuts.
Personally, I activate Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart the x server, use Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal, Ctrl+Alt+X as the xkill
command so I can click on non-responding window to kill it and Ctrl+Alt+Delete to open the system monitor (a la Windows) instead of bringing up the shutdown prompt.
There is also a whole load of keyboard shortcuts set by compiz, which can be
edited using compizconfig-settings-manager1
(installable from repositories).
I find keyboard shortcuts to be a personal preference and we are lucky that Linux is so customisable as to allow whatever configuration we want.
There's a fairly substantial list on the Ubuntu community wiki.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KeyboardShortcuts
When I found out about Alt + Mouse 1 on an open Window. I went nuts moving windows is easy now.
I also use Ctrl + Alt + (Left|Right) for switching workspaces.
Lastly I find myself using Super + Space which is the default binding for Gnome Do which I love.
Alt + F2 is very handy for starting programs, it has auto-completion and prevents you from clicking though the menus.