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Shortly after installing Ubuntu on a computer, I like to change the default Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence (which opens the logout/shutdown menu) to be more like the Windows experience (which opens the task manager, allowing you to close processes that might be causing problems).

The easiest way I’ve found to achieve this is as follows:

From the main menu, navigate to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts.

Locate the category Desktop then locate the action Log Out. Click on the Ctrl-Alt-Del text and you should see the text change to “New Shortcut…”. Press a sequence of keys to change this, preferably something unobtrusive like “Ctrl-Alt-Escape”.

Now, click the Add button at the bottom and enter something like “System Monitor” for the Name and for the Command, enter “gnome-system-monitor”. Press Apply to add it.

Find this newly added shortcut at the bottom of the listing under “Custom”. Notice the “disabled” text under the Shortcut column. Click on this and press Ctrl-Alt-Del to make this the new key sequence.

Press Close and you’re all done.