Tips and tricks

= Tip collections =
 * distribution specific tips and tricks
 * KDE 3 specific tips and tricks
 * this wiki's Category Tips

= Single tips =
 * 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 share your desktop for a browser using the -httpport option of vnc.
 * you can establish a trust relationship between two computers so you can do passwordless logins.
 * 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.
 * Highlighted text is automatically copied, clicking the middle mouse button will paste it. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V also works for most environments.
 * Hexadecimal ID3 tag editing script
 * SSH tunnels that won't drop dead using autossh.
 * A nice Windows-explorer like utility (useful to look at large directory structures etc.) is the X file explorer or XFE.
 * How to find files and zip them right where they were found