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[–] loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 10 months ago (4 children)

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

[–] swag_money@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

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

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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 10 months ago (1 children)

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

It's ancient iirc

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months 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 :] ).

[–] sag@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

You just thought?? I was damn sure