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    Shutting down programs

    Now, before all of you start yelling at me "Ash, there's no need for that, Linux programs are stable!" Hell yeah they are, but the problem isn't Linux programs, it's Windows. When you use an non-emulator emulator like WINE some programs don't even start up right, or become non-responsive and hard to shut down. I had a program that actually had trouble starting up (didn't make it past the load screen) and it drained my computer's ability to even process anything. So there it was... 90% of my computer being dedicated to a program that didn't even know how to start up. Solution? Restarting the system.

    I think Gutsy (or Linux in general) should have some sort of ctrl-alt-del. Because these unresponsive programs in Windows are hard to control without one. Just a suggestion, sorry if it deals with more of programs then Gutsy in general.

    Greets,
    Ash
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    Re: Shutting down programs

    Ever tried [Ctrl][Esc] ...?
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      Re: Shutting down programs

      Originally posted by UnicornRider
      Ever tried [Ctrl][Esc] ...?
      That just brings up my K Menu.
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        Re: Shutting down programs

        Originally posted by Ash13
        That just brings up my K Menu.
        That's supposed to (and does on my "Gutsy" test system) bring up the process table
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          Re: Shutting down programs

          Originally posted by UnicornRider
          Originally posted by Ash13
          That just brings up my K Menu.
          That's supposed to (and does on my "Gutsy" test system) bring up the process table
          It doesn't bring up a Process Table. It brings up my K Menu. As in the thing in the bottom left hand corner that has a K on it, that shows all your programs.

          As in this
          http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/cs/info...images/kde.jpg

          Not this
          http://www.flickr.com/photos/heatsink/79818586/

          Greets,
          Ash
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            Re: Shutting down programs

            O.k., this looks as if someone had "gone creative" again - for, at least on my "Feisty" test system, both "Log Out" and "Process Table" by (new) default are now mapped to the same keyboard shortcut: [Ctrl][Alt][Del] ...

            To quit this "double-feature" (read: remap the process table back to [Ctrl][Esc]), you may want to launch the KDE Control Center (by [Alt][F2] kcontrol) and navigate therein to Regional & Accessibility > Keyboard Shortcuts > Shortcut Schemes > Global Shortcuts, where "Log Out" and "Show Taskmanager" will be what you are looking for ...

            Add.: thanks for "hinting" (note taken).

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              Re: Shutting down programs

              I have default installation of Kubuntu Feisty and <Ctrl-Esc> brings up process table.
              There is xkill too, it can kill applications.
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                Re: Shutting down programs

                Xkill: Type Ctl-Alt-Esc. Your mouse cursor turns into a skull-and-crossbones. Move it to the window you want to kill. Click, and it's gone! This used to be installed by default. If that's no longer true, just install the package "xkill".
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