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[-] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 year ago

I'm running Linux but I thought CTRL, Shift and ESC is the shortcut for Task Manager

[-] swag_money@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

it is! but you can also launch it from the ctrl alt delete menu

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

True, but CTRL+ALT+DEL sends a system interrupt in addition. Breaks a lot of deadlocks, hence why people think it's magic.

[-] unrelatedkeg@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Curious: is that some ancient convention that just stuck around, prescribed in some old standard, or a Wibdows-specific thing?

[-] sag@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

You just thought?? I was damn sure

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure CTRL+ALT+DEL used to be the task manager shortcut, but around 7 or 8 a menu was added with logout and shutdown options. I don't know how long CTRL+SHIFT+ESC has been a thing, but it's an effective replacement (and easier to press with one hand :] ).

this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
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