Multi-monitor shortcuts under Ubuntu

One of the best things to know with Ubuntu and multi monitors is to know the shortcuts to move windows from monitor to monitor.

Shift+Windows key and arrows will move a window to a different monitor (in the direction of the arrow).

I guess Ubuntu's term for the windows key is Super, so Shift+Super+arrows.


My TV tends to shut itself off during power save so instead of turning it back on, I'll just shift the window I need back in view.


It beats typing "alt+spacebar then down arrow then down arrow and enter" to activate the window move operation and then using the mouse or arrow keys to bring it back into view.

I've been using ubuntu for years without knowing these useful keystrokes.

2mm leads from golf pencils

I had a couple of golf pencils that broke in half that exposed the lead inside. It's a 2mm lead so it doesn't fit anything, so how to use it?




At the Dollar Tree, they sell these neat colored pencils that use 2mm leads.

I thought, they're 2.0 mm so why not see if the lead fits, and sure enough it does. These pencils have a sharpener in the top so you can sharpen the tip of the lead.

So just break a golf pencil in half for a new lead.