Do you by any chance wish to modify the behavior of Ctrl+Alt+Delete? Change the following line in /etc/inittab: ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now Comment it out with # to disable Ctrl+Alt+Del altogether or replace the /sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now part with a command of your choice. This way you can first unmount NAS shares… Read More »
While in a Terminal session, press Ctrl+R and start typing a part of a previous command. The prompt will autocomplete the command from the bash history and you won’t need to type it all over again.
It doesn’t get easier than this. Open up a terminal in Ubuntu and type sudo tasksel An ncurses screen will then allow you not only to install a LAMP server in three moves but also select a Samba, Tomcat Java server, OpenSSH, VM host server, DNS server or one of the existing Ubuntu spring-offs.
If you manage to freeze your system in such a way that even Ctrl+Alt+Del doesn’t work anymore, the mouse is stuck on the screen any none of the key combinations will work, don’t think of the reset button just yet. Hold down the Right Alt and SysRq keys and press this sequence: R E I… Read More »