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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Linux equivalent of Win+Ctrl+Shift+B? (Restart graphics driver) (lemy.lol)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by flork@lemy.lol to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I haven't been able to find one. Using Zorin OS which is GNOME.

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[–] drwho@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago

It's turned off by default in a lot of distros these days but it can be turned back on. It used to be that editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf was recommended but because file inclusions are a thing these days, it makes more sense to create a new file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/enable-killing-xserver.conf:

Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier                       "Keyboard Defaults"
        MatchIsKeyboard        "yes"
        Option                           "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

Then restart the X server (which, these days, is pretty much a reboot). Or, going through the x.org documentation archives, it looks like you could dispense with the config files and run setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" in a terminal session and that'll do the same thing.