I still remember the first time I had to use a non-windows operating system. I couldn't make head or tail of how to navigate the file hierarchy. It was so different from the working of windows that I had to overcome a steep learning curve. But once I mastered the Linux way of working and its file hierarchy, I felt that it was (and is) a robust operating system and has very many advantages over the windows OS.
Jeffery.G.Thomas has writen an insightful article which details the ten things one should know about every linux installation.
5 comments:
Ctrl-Alt-Esc doesn't do anything on my Ubuntu 5.10 distro. Is that just Ubuntu that this doesn't work in?
Maybe you are working on a different window manager than gnome. It doesn't work for me too and I think it could be because I use Xfce.
Considering it is supposed to kill an X window it ought to work on any desktop environment and window manager. It certainly worked on KDE.
Might also be that Ubuntu took this function out?
I too am using ubuntu and ctrl+alt+esc does not launch Xkill...all it seems to do is highlight between my gnome panels.
I'm thinking this was removed from gnome, becuase it works in KDE and fluxbox.
I believe that in Gnome, the sequence to kill an active Xwindow is alt-F4.
I wouldn't be surprised if this can be modified in the X configuration.
Bernard.
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