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How i changed my keyboard's Space key to Space and Ctrl in Ubuntu 14.04

The thing i wanted was to change my keyboard's behavior like this. When i press Space alone it is Space key. If i pressed with some other key, it is Ctrl. That is Space+X gives Ctrl+X. Install needed libs sudo apt-get install libx11-dev libxtst-dev Get the source git clone https://github.com/r0adrunner/Space2Ctrl Install cd Space2Ctrl make sudo make install How to use? Start by typing this in a terminal s2cctl start And now Stop by s2cctl stop How do i use it? I added it to ~/.bash_login. So when i login to computer it works. Reference https://github.com/r0adrunner/Space2Ctrl

Terminal on Windows : Cygwin Terminal

You might be interested in working with Terminal (found in both Linux and Unix). Here is a way to install terminal on windows. Installing is simple. Go to site. Cygwin>>> Download setup.exe and run it. Follow instructions given(Now select to install from internet.). You are done. If you want to get more applications you can select it by running setup.exe again selecting the packages need.

An animated star war movie within Terminal

To see the movie you must open the terminal. In ubuntu it's easy, just press "Alt + Ctrl + T". Other wise find your terminal program from applications and open it. Type "telnet" and press enter. Now type "o" (alphabet o) Now type "towel.blinkenlights.nl" The movies starts....