Linux Tip | Using Keyboard Shortcuts

A look at some cool keyboard shortcuts you can use to make things more speedy and efficient while you work at your Linux Desktop.

Some Cinnamon shortcuts:

Firefox shortcuts

[matexxo]

Heeey Joe !
Just wanted to say that I love how you intelligently share your knowledge about Linux and how you go into things. Thank you :)

[dmw]

super good info! I'll be using alt+f2 from now on for running simple commands and I've already made a couple keyboard shortcuts thanks to this video. Godspeed sir, godspeed.

[jimfranklin]

Joe,
Thank you for your great Linux videos. I also really appreciated the video tribute to Paul Hennings. It gave me goosebumps to hear his voice, again, after so many years. I built my first Linux installation from about 40 3.5in Slackware floppies. It worked, but there wasn't much to do unless you wanted to create scripts. I worked with Solaris and more versions of Linux later on. I currently run Linux Mint 17.3. With all this experience, I still consider myself only an advanced novice. Your videos are a great boon to all who want to learn more about the workings of Linux. I still am a great fan of DOS and like the command line. I discovered MOC from you...wonderful. I find it interesting that you are from Portsmouth as I live in Hampton and Matthew Moore is from Newport News....small world. Anyway, thank you again for all your work with your videos. --jim

[anarita-]

Joe another great video although I do not use keyboard shortcuts myself due to the fact that I always do not remember them therefore I just use my mouse but like you said if the mouse stops working or it breaks then using these keyboard shortcuts is a must have until you get yourself another mouse therefore great video plus another reason I tend not to use keyboard shortcuts is due to the fact that I tend to use the keyboard only to type in for things I am searching for other then that I tend to not the keyboard that much I guess you can say I am not a keyboard person more a mouse person but great video for those who are keyboard people :)

[diffidentdvds]

can you make a key mapping tutorial please I cant find one

[stas.iegorov]

Hey Joe, I like the content you make and the way you present it, so I’d like to share something from my very modest Linux experience regarding keyboard shortcuts.
I noticed that when you use the terminal you type Clear and Exit and there are two convenient terminal shortcuts specifically for this: Ctrl + L and Ctrl + D respectively.

[andrewrhoffman]

alot of these are the same on windows, which i guess i shouldn't be surprised about. but good to know anyway. cheers

[genkiferal]

confusing that you included cinnamon shortcuts, too.

[terrancegrant]

Some of those are pretty sweet, Joe! Thanks.

[genkiferal]

i need a video to know how to use multiple (2 in my case) monitors on Linux. Hopefully it is the same as Windows' shortcuts (super and arrow keys)

[TheGhostandTheFlame]

Hey Joe, I've been enjoying your channel quite a lot lately! Could you also do a vid on Ubuntu Mate Keyboard shortcuts?
I'm currently using Linux Mint Cinnamon and I really dig that I can use all the Keyboard Shortcuts that I know from Windows.
The problem with Ubuntu Mate is that the window tiling shortcuts for example don't work out of the box and I can't get them to work either!
Any suggestions?

[ChronicKoff]

big fan, watch every video. my 2 cents tho, break up the longer videos into 5~15 Min segments(example 1 of 4). Ether way, please don't stop, because i'm hungry for the knowledge you offer.

[paulbaker]

Thanks for the video. Very helpful.
I learned that on my Apple aluminum keyboard that command brings up the menu.

[jeffharmed]

Thanks for sharing. I miss Windows mobility centre for laptops, which was Super+x. Is there any way to set up something similar?

[subject_jake]

Nice video! I noticed your keyboard sounded loud, is it a mechanical keyboard? And if so, which one?
Thanks! :)

[donaldlove]

conky messes up (they won't work) shortcuts in mate

[RichardPatry]

Very similar to Windows keyboard shortcuts in general.

[rwoodfolk]

Representing the 804, RVA is in the house... Have family in the 757 and use to live in VA Beach... Been enjoying your Videos.

[clangerbasher]

I can never remember them. My problem is that I have used so many systems over the years.

[retroelectrons]

do i make a table or some how to remember all the custom short cuts ???? LOL