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Mount remote folders using sshfs
How to Work on a Firewall Remotely.
How to Swap Caps Lock and Ctrl.
Use screen to keep a program running on a server, even if you don't upkeep the connection.
you can create your own pdfs without additional software - just choose it in your printer dialog to print to a pdf file
you can play your old Dos games from inside Linux using DosBox
you can record a video from what you are doing on your desktop using xvidcap
Ctrl+Alt+ESC will change the cursor to a skull. Clicking any window with the skull will immediately kill the program. Very useful if a program refuses to close. You can cancel this by pressing ESC. Be careful not to kill your desktop or menu bar if you're running KDE or Gnome.
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace will kill the X server, if it refuses to quit gracefully. It's referred to as zapping.
Ctrl+Alt+Numpad_+ changes to next resolution defined in the X configuration.
Ctrl+Alt+Numpad_- changes to the previous resolution.
How to rename OK and FAILED during system start and shutdown
Highlighted text is automatically copied, clicking the middle mouse button will paste it. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V also works for most environments.

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