Fri 19 Oct 2007
3 Ways to Take a Screenshot in Linux
Posted by kchin under Desktop, Graphics, Tools/Utils, Training and How To's
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There are plenty of instances when it would be handy to take a quick screenshot… maybe you’re working on some technical documentation, or maybe you’re trying to troubleshoot a problem, or maybe you just want to prove to your buddies you got the “high score”… Whatever the reason, here are some quick tips on how to create a screenshot in Linux — well, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop with GNOME desktop at least…
(1) Entire Screen – Press the [Print Screen] button to take a snapshot of the entire screen. You can also add to your desktop panel this little icon (
) for “Take a screenshot of your desktop”, or you can find it in the Applications menu under System (in GNOME), or maybe right-click the icon in your Apps menu to add it to your Favorites. Either way, one click of the icon and it’ll take a screenshot… go figure.
Example screenshot: 
(2) Current Window - Press [ALT] + [Print Screen] to take a snapshot of the currently chosen window.
Example screenshot: 
(3) Random Area Selection – Press the [Windows key] (aka, the “super” key) + click-and-drag yourself an area using the left mouse button. I didn’t know this method even existed until this afternoon when I ran across it by chance. How cool is that?!?
Example screenshot: 
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October 20th, 2007 at 10:30 am
Thanks.Those are all useful. I was trying to take a screen shot just a couple of days ago.
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:27 am
I’ve also found it useful to call gnome-screenshot from the command line. If you also utilize the sleep command you can set a timer to capture a screenshot. This is a great way to capture some sweet Compiz/XGL screenshots. For example take a screenshot of “the cube” in mid-rotation. Here is an example of a command:
sleep 2s && gnome-screenshot