Ubuntu 10.10
Alt-Del As Task Manager How To Bind Ctrl-Alt-Del in Ubuntu
Linux, Windows style???
Always swear by the Ctrl-Alt-Del combo and wants Ubuntu to have the
same feature even though it hasn't crashed on you yet? Well, I understand.
Familiarity is a good thing. This is for those of you who seeks
familiarity in an unfamiliar surrounding.
Especially for recent converts from WIndows.
Right after installing or
reinstalling Ubuntu, one of the first
Ubuntu must haves or customization is the ability to simulate the behaviour of the control-alt-delete combination key
strokes to open the Task Manager, or the System Monitor, as it is called in Ubuntu.
This article will show you the easiest way to customize this feature to end tasks or kill unresponsive processes.
Unlike other methods which involved using terminals, if you did this just once and understood the steps, you will be able to reduplicate this for other new
installations of Ubuntu without referring to your notes whatsoever.
Some background:
In Ubuntu, when you press Ctrl-Alt-Del,you will get the Log Out screen, which
is not what Windows users expected. Here's how to enable the Ctrl-Alt-Del shortcut the "right" way: Go to "System > Preferences >
Keyboard Shortcuts" (In Ubuntu 10.04, older versions may have it elsewhere under a different name, look around) .
1. Change the key combo for the current Ctrl-Alt-Del binding:
Look for "Log out", where you can see: "Log out - Ctrl+Alt+Delete"
Click on the "Log out" line and you will be prompted to enter a new key, try "Ctrl-Shift-Del" or whatever key combination not in use.
2. Enter the new Ctrl-Alt-Del:
At the bottom of the "Keyboard Shortcuts" window, click on "Add", to
add a new "Custom Shortcut" combination. Name:* Ctrl-Alt-Del Command: gnome-system-monitor *You can name it whatever you want,
even "Windows Task Manager", as in Windows. Click "Apply", and then click on "Disabled", next to the new Ctrl-Alt-Del entry, and press Ctrl-Alt-Del to enter the
new key combination when you see "New shortcut", and you're done!
Test it out by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del .
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