On my Windows 11 laptop for work, i can lock the screen by using Ctrl-Alt-Del then hitting Enter, because Ctrl-Alt-Del brings up a small menu and the lock screen option is selected by default. This has become muscle memory.
On my Kubuntu laptop at home, i can lock the screen by typing Alt-L. This is also muscle memory.
But which combo i actually type at any given time is a bit random now. If my brain is on autopilot i might use Alt-L at work, wonder for a second why nothing happened and then correct myself. But at home, if i accidentally Ctrl-Alt-Del, Enter something does happen, because Ctrl-Alt-Del is a default keyboard shortcut in KDE to bring up the session management menu. Do you know what menu item is selected by default? That's right. Shut down the system. No confirmation dialog. No way to interrupt it.
Accidentally did that again this morning, so i finally looked it up, and yes i can disable the keyboard shortcut entirely in KDE, so that's what i've now done. My system is protected from accidental shutdowns now.
But seriously, KDE devs, what made you decide to have no confirmation dialog when selecting to shut down a running system, and what absolute demon from Hell inspired you to make that the default option so the shortcut is the same as locking the screen on the world's most widely used operating system?
#KDE #linux #ubuntu
Moriel 🏳️⚧️
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