Drivers
Your computer may require additional drivers to function correctly. Go and install them now.
Software Updates
Ubuntu MATE periodically will check to see if new software and security updates are available for your computer. If you have just installed Ubuntu MATE, you might want to do this now.
Language Support
You computer may require updates to your language and localisation settings, or you may want to install additional language support.
Complex Input
Some regions of the world require complex inputs.
Backup, Firewall & User Management
Ubuntu MATE provides tools to backup your files, comes with a firewall and supports multiple user profiles.
User Interface
Ubuntu MATE provides a unique tool to transform the user interface. It can be used to quickly setup the user interface to broadly reflect how other popular operating system look and feel. The Redmond layouts are most similar to Microsoft Windows and Cupertino layouts are most similar to Apple Mac OSX.
Control Center
The utilities mentioned above are all part of the extensive Control Center that Ubuntu MATE provides. You can configure just about every aspect of your computer from the Control Center.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Ubuntu MATE has many keyboard shortcuts that help make using your computer more efficient.
Common application shortcuts
These shortcuts apply in most applications.
- Ctrl + C Copy the selected text/object
- Ctrl + X Cut the selected text/object
- Ctrl + V Paste/insert the selected text/object
- Ctrl + A Select all text
- Ctrl + F Find and replace words
- Ctrl + B Make the selected text bold
- Ctrl + I Make the selected text italic
- Ctrl + U Underline the selected text
- Ctrl + N Open a new document or window
- Ctrl + S Save the current document
- Ctrl + O Open another document
- Ctrl + P Print the current document
- Ctrl + Z Undo the last change you made
- Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo a change that you just undid
- F11 Toggle the current application between full-screen and windowed
Desktop shortcuts
This section lists common keyboard shortcuts which you can use to operate parts of the desktop.
- Alt + F1 Open the Applications menu
- Alt + F2 Run an application by typing its name in the box which appears
- Prt Sc Take a screenshot of the whole screen
- Alt + Prt Sc Take a screenshot of the current window
- Ctrl + Alt + Delete Prompt is you want to Suspend, Restart or Shutdown the computer
- Ctrl + Alt + L Lock your screen.
- Ctrl + Alt + T Open a terminal.
Window shortcuts
- Alt + Tab Switch between currently-open windows. Press Alt + Tab and then release Tab (but continue to hold Alt). Press Tab repeatedly to cycle through the list of available windows which appears on the screen. Release the Alt key to switch to the selected window.
- Ctrl + Alt + Tab Switch between currently-open windows in all Workspaces. Press Tab repeatedly to cycle through the list of available windows which appears on the screen. Release the Ctrl and Alt keys to switch to the selected window.
- Ctrl + Alt + Left Switch to the next workspace.
- Ctrl + Alt + Right Switch to the previous workspaces.
- Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left Move the current window to the next workspace.
- Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Right Move the current window to the previous workspace.
- Alt + F4 Closes window.
- Alt + F5 Returns window to 'normal' or previous size.
- Alt + F7 Moves the current window (can be moved with mouse or keyboard).
- Alt + F8 Resizes current window (again, can be moved with mouse or keyboard).
- Alt + F9 Minimizes current window.
- Alt + F10 Maximizes current window.
- Alt + Space Displays the window menu with with options such as 'Always on Top' and 'Minimise' and 'Maximise' and above commands.
- Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 7 Place window in top left corner of screen.
- Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 8 Place window in top half of screen.
- Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 9 Place window in top right corner of screen.
- Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 5 Center/Maximize the window in the middle of the screen.
- Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 1 Place window in the bottom left corner of the screen.
- Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 2 Place window in the bottom half of the screen.
- Ctrl + Alt + Numpad 3 Place window in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Compiz Effects Shortcuts
All of the shortcuts listed in this section require Compiz to be enabled.
- Ctrl + Alt + D Toggles 'Show Desktop'.
- Super + A Zoom out, show workspace switcher.
- Super + W Enables the 'scale' effect, it shows all windows from the current workspace.
- Super + Shift + W Enables the 'scale' effect, it shows all windows from all workspaces.
- Super + N Invert colours of the focused window.
- Super + M Invert colours for the whole screen.
- Super + Mouse Scroll Zooms in on the screen.
- Super + Middle Mouse Button Select a region to zoom into, using a rectangle.
- Alt + Left Mouse Button Move focused window.
- Alt + Middle Mouse Button Resize focused window.
- Alt + Right Mouse Button Show window menu.