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Previously, Mark has covered some of the essential keyboardshortcuts for Windows, Firefox, Gmail, Google Calendar andGoogle Reader. In this post, we are going to look at some of theuseful keyboard shortcuts for Ubuntu.

For those who are not familiar with Linux, Ubuntu is one of themost popular and most widely used Linux distributions.

Over the years that I have used Ubuntu, other than the usual Ctrl+ C (copy) and Ctrl + V (paste) shortcuts, I have discovered quitea number of keyboard shortcuts that are very useful, but seldomused by many. If you are looking for more keyboard shortcuts toadd to your collection, I am sure you will be able to find some newtricks here.

1. Switch to the next/previous workspaceIf you make use of the workspace very frequently, you can easily switch between different workspaces bypressing Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right Arrow. The Left key brings you to the previous workspace while the Rightkey brings you to the next adjacent. If you have enabled Compiz, you can even get it to show all theworkspace by pressing Super + E on the keyboard.

2. Move the current window to another workspaceBy pressing Shift+ Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right Arrow, you can easily move your current window to anotherworkspace in the specified direction. This keyboard shortcut works very well with the one mentioned above. Ifyou have the habit of opening many applications/windows when doing your work, but don’t like to see yourdesktop and menubar cluttered with all the application windows, you can use this shortcut key to move yourapplications to another workspace and get your desktop organized.

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3. Show the desktopCtrl + Alt + D enables you to quickly minimize all windows and give focus to the desktop. When all windowsare minimized, this shortcut can also maximize all the windows to their previous state.

4. Keyboard shortcut for the mouse right-clickIn most applications, you can always right-click on the mouse to access the options menu. On the keyboard,you can simply press Shift + F10 to achieve this ‘right-click ‘ effect

5. Restart session and recover from crashesThere are very few instances where Ubuntu will crash totally. But if it does, you can press Ctrl + Alt +Backspace to restart the session, and 90% of the time, it will recover from the crashes.

6. Lock the screen quicklyIf you need to leave your workstation for a while, you can quickly lock up your screen by pressing Ctrl + Alt+ L and prevent unauthorized access by others.

7. Switch between windows in the reverse directionAlt + Tab is a common shortcut key that allow you to switch between open windows. But do you know that byincluding the ‘Shift‘ button, you can reverse the windows switching direction? This is useful when you pressAlt + Tab too fast and passed the window that you want to switch to. Simply press down the ‘Shift‘ button togo back to the previous window in the switch cycle.

8. Move windows with arrow keysPress Alt+F7 to activate the Move window function and use any arrows key (up, down, left, right) to move thewindow around the screen.

9. Show hidden filesMost of the time, you won’t need to view the hidden files in your home folder, but in the event that you needto, you can press Ctrl + H inside the Nautilus (the file manager for Ubuntu) to show all hidden files.

10. Show file properties without right-clicking the mouseThe conventional way to view a file/folder properties is to right-click the mouse and select ‘Properties‘. Nowyou can just press Alt + Enter to get the Properties window to appear.

Of course, this is only the tip of the iceberg. If you want more shortcuts and not only for Ubuntu but also forGmail, Google Search, Firefox and other programs then go straight to our Cheat Sheets Page. There are 9PDF cheat sheets there for you to download.

(By) Damien Oh is an all-out technology geek who loves to tweak and hack various operating systems tomake life easier. Check out his blog at MakeTechEasier.com where he shares all the tips, tricks andtutorials.

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