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Micah
Asked: 2011-02-23 22:42:57 +0800 CST

What are the most common shortcuts you use?

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I'm a windows guy and I'm really trying to get into using linux. I've just installed ubuntu and am missing all of my windows shortcuts like:

  • Win+E open file browser
  • Win+R cmd open the command prompt

There are a lot more but these two I use constantly. I'm looking for things that are going to make me a lot more productive a lot quicker.

Thanks

shortcut-keys

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  1. Best Answer

    Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard shortcuts. You'll see a list of the default configured and configurable shortcuts, including the ones for launching a web browser or terminal.
    You'll be able to set these (within some limits) as you like.

    Setting a file browser to launch appears to be a bit trickier. GeekGumbo has a terrific blog entry on setting up Windows-like shortcuts, which is probably worth checking out : Keyboard shortcut to File Manager in Ubuntu (Windows + E for Nautilus)

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  2. I use xbindkeys, which lets you associate keyboard shortcuts to any possible command - you can get some really complicated things through that. I mostly just use it to control my music player, but you can do pretty much anything with it.

    You can install and run it like so:

    sudo apt-get install xbindkeys xbindkeys-config
xbindkeys-config

    Instructions here: http://www.nongnu.org/xbindkeys/xbindkeys.html

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