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Christopher Negus

"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

Then release the Ctrl key
to select that desktop.
Alt+Tab Step through windows To step through each of the windows that
are running on the current desktop, hold
down the Alt key and press the Tab key
until you see the one you want. Then
release the Alt key to select it.
Alt+F2 Open Run Command box To open a box on the desktop that lets you
type in a command and run it, hold the Alt
key and press F2. Next, type the command
in the box and press Enter to run it. You can
also type a URL into this box to view a
Web page.
Alt+F4 Close current window To close the current window, press Alt+F4.
Ctrl+Alt+Esc Close another window To close an open window on the desktop,
press Ctrl+Alt+Esc. When a skull and
crossbones appear as the pointer, move the
pointer over the window you want to close
and click the left mouse button. (This is a
good technique for killing a window that
has no borders or menu.)
Ctrl+F1, F2, F3, or F4 key Switch virtual desktops Go directly to a particular virtual desktop
by pressing and holding the Ctrl key
and pressing one of the following: F1,
F2, F3, or F4. These actions take you
directly to desktops one, two, three, and
four, respectively. You could do this for
up to eight desktops, if you have that
many configured.
Alt+F3 Open window operation menu To open the operations menu for the
active window, press Alt+F3.


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