Using Short-Cut Keys

Cagtegory:Ubuntu

Shortcut Keys

Like MS Windows and Mac operating systems, shortcut keys can increase your productivity. Many of the shortcut keys in Linux are similar to the shortcut keys in MS Windows, but there are occasional differences.

Listing of Shortcut Keys

Here are a list of shortcut keys by category:

Assign / Change Shortcut Key Operations

There are times that I wish to change certain shortcut keys to have it work like MS Windows (I guess I have been "conditioned" in the past...). For example, instead of pressing CTRL-ALT-d to view the desktop, I would like to just press Windows-d...

You can easily reassign the shortcut keys. Let's reassign the shortcut key to use Windows-d to view the desktop

Steps to Reassign Shortcut Keys:

Mouse Shortcuts

Linux has a great mouse shortcut that MS Windows doesn't have (at least by default). To quickly copy and paste text:

1. Select text with mouse.
2. Move to area to paste text, and click the middle mouse button.

I'm always surprised that MS Windows haven't adopted this neat shortcut (at least from default install of the OS). It is just another reason why I like working in the Linux environment... Which is really interesting since being a computer college professor, I can usually receive free Windows operating systems and get major discounts on educational versions of MS Windows applications... but still I prefer working in Linux...