Screenshots

Sometimes a picture says more than a thousand words. Taking a screen-shot of your desktop might make it easier to communicate a problem.


Ubuntu runs the gdm windowing system and you have the ability already built in.

(The program is called gnome-screenshot and is part of the package gnome-utils in case it's not pre-installed with your distribution and you have to install it.)

To take a screen-shot, just hit:

* Print Screen - Takes a screen-shot of the entire screen.
* Alt+Print Screen - Takes a screen-shot of the window to which the mouse points.