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Restarting X Windows in Ubuntu

If you need to restart X Windows in Ubuntu press the Ctrl + Alt + Backspace keys all at once. This may work in other flavors of Linux too, but then again, it may not.
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Added: on Apr 10, 2007 at 8:04 am
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